Friday, May 20, 2011

Climate Change Blamed for Record Mississippi Floods

WASHINGTON, DC, May 20, 2011 (ENS) Human-induced climate change is contributing to the recent heavy rain and ongoing record flooding along the Mississippi River, and we can expect more extreme weather events in the future, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists. Details here.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

'Like a Monster Coming Down the River'

By Kiley Kroh 5/17/11 Center for American Progress
Record Flooding Threatens Gulf Coast—Again. Details here.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Canada Oil Output Cut as Alberta Wildfires Rage

May 17, 2011
Canadian oil production cuts could more than double by Wednesday as companies move to protect employees and property from wildfires raging through northern Alberta…Details here.

Pop Goes the Crop: Fields of Watermelon Burst After Growth Chemical Overdoses in Eastern China

By: Alexa Olesen, The Associated Press - 05/17/11
BEIJING, China - Watermelons have been bursting by the score in eastern China after farmers gave them overdoses of growth chemicals during wet weather, creating what state media called fields of "land mines." Details here.


PUBLISHER'S COMMENT: This is certainly a jurisdiction we ought to be emulating. Now all we have to do is grow exploding watermelon here and we won't have to import them from way over there! Yeah! That's the ticket! l.p.

Help Launch the New Rainbow Warrior!

My Letter on Climate Change Touches a Nerve!

Below are some of the comments which my letter "Ditches Not Enough,' generated when published in the Winnipeg Free Press.


    •    "'reducing your carbon footprint' nonsense.What a ridiculous belief."
    •    "'Fixing the climate' is a tomorrow problem. We neither caused climate change nor do we have the means/know-how to correct it."


Is this what you think, too? 

Please go to the link, above, or this one and add your own comment, "like" or "dislike" them, OR write a letter of your own. OR use the comment link on this post, below! Thanks!
Let's get a dialogue going!  l.p.




                                 There's little freeboard beneath the Lake of the Prairies bridge (l.) near Roblin, MB. The lake (on the Assiniboine River) is the     reservoir created by the Shellmouth Dam, downstream. And the crest on the Assiniboine, the highest in 300 years, is just now upon us.




(Photos by l.p.)
 

Monday, May 16, 2011

‪NFU - In Union Is Strength - Voices of the National Farmers Union of Canada‬ (Video)

UN Climate Change Panel to Adopt New Procedures, Quality Guidelines

Michael Ricciardi - Planetsave - 5/15/11
Members of the Intergovernmental  Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have announced adoption of new procedures…Details here.

Flood Fight and Flight Along the Mississippi River

NEW ORLEANS,  05/16/11 
(ENS) - The Mississippi River is overflowing its banks, putting pressure on levees from Baton Rouge to New Orleans... Details here.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

UN-Backed World Migratory Bird Day Puts Spotlight on Land Sustainability

United Nations News Centre - 14 May 2011 


United Nations-backed events celebrating the annual migration of an estimated 50 billion birds are taking place this… Details here.

 







The ZENN Car! Ask the Premier, Why Not in Manitoba?

Health Canada probes claim that government officials helped pesticide company overturn a ban

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