A Great Way to Blow a Day

By: Laura Rance Wpg. Free Press - 21/08/2010

Folks eating it up at farmers' markets.

Farmers' market

photo by l.p.

High-Yield Agriculture Slows Pace of Global Warming, say FSE Researchers

Louis Bergeron - Stanford News Service - 2010

Advances in high-yield agriculture…..

EDITOR'S NOTE: I do not always agree with stories I post here. This is a case in point. But what I think is secondary. I would love to hear your comments on this study. Might there be something to it? Or is it just a piece of "agri-biz" propoganda? l.p.

Outrage at UN Decision to Exonerate Shell for Oil Pollution in Niger Delta

John Vidal, environment editor

• guardian.co.uk, 22 August 2010

• Oil giant blamed for 10% of 9m barrels leaked in 40 years


Photo courtesy of
Crossed Crocodiles

Gulf Oil Spill Spawns Biofuels Industry Opportunism

by Dave Levitan - May 6th, 2010 SolveClimate

Producers tout the ethanol alternative to oil, but similar problems abound.

Cornfield photo
by l.p.

Three Pillars of a Food Revolution

19 Au '10 by: Anna Lappé, YES Magazine

As marketers learn to fake...

Cattle feedlot
l.p. photo

Canadian Food Inspection Agency Watching for British Cloned Cow Genetics

Manitoba Co-Operator - Staff - 8/19/2010

A claim that Canadian farms are importing...

(Conventional)
cow photo by l.p.

Emissions From Alberta Tar Sands Rise, Not Fall, as Canada Claims!

Susan Casey-Lefkowitz’s Au'10

SWITCHBOARD Natural Resources Defense Council Staff Blog

The latest "line" from Canada is...

Liquid mine wastes
are a major liability
of oil sands mining.
Photo: David Dodge,
Pembina Institute.

Pavlovsk Seed Bank Faces Destruction

John Vidal, environment editor - 8 Aug 2010 The Guardian
'Priceless collection' in Russia was never registered so does not officially exist, say developers


Russian president Medvedev has ordered an inquiry into the station being turned into private housing. Photograph: Frans Lanting/Corbis

Mankind is Using up Global Resources Faster Than Ever

By Louise Gray - Telegraph.co.uk
 - 16 Aug 2010

The growing world population and increasing consumption have pushed the world into ‘eco-debt’ a month earlier this year, according to the latest statistics on global resources.

www.thenutritionpost.com

Climate Change Debate Rises with Pakistan Floods

By Zofeen Ebrahim - KARACHI, Pakistan, Aug 16, 2010 (IPS)

"If this is not...
Please also read: "Is Climate Change a Four-Letter Word?"

Uncovering the Lies That Are Sinking the Oil

Truthout - 16 Au '10 - by: Dahr Jamail and Erika Blumenfeld

The rampant use of...