Thursday, September 2, 2010

Fuel Tanker Runs Aground in Northwest Passage

September 2, 2010 - CBC News

A fuel tanker carrying 9½ million...

EDITOR'S NOTE: What! No oil spill? I guess they'll have to try harder! l.p.

Oil Slick Reported at Burning Platform in the Gulf

02 Se '10 - by: Mike Ludwig, t r u t h o u t
A trail of oil at least a...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Is there no end to this? l.p.
Photo by Gerald Herbert, AP

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

EPA Policy Restoring Public Right to Know About Chemical Hazards Wins Strong Support

Environmental Defense Fund August 26, 2010

EPA Policy Restoring Public Right...

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Drilling for Shale Gas Unearths Environmental Risks, Ottawa Warned

By: Andy Blatchford, The Canadian Press - Posted: 31/08/10

MONTREAL - The Conservative government has been warned…

Please also read; "No Fracking Way," here.

Food Crisis Looms After Floods in Pakistan

30 August 2010 - by: Renee Schoof - McClatchy Newspapers

Washington - The worst floods in...


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Greenpeace Activists Occupy Arctic Oil Rig

Greenpeace - Feature story - August 31, 2010



Our activists are ...

Willaim Ryerson on the US "Population Bomb" (Video)

Global Warming Deniers Aren't "Experts" At All: It's Time for a New View of Science

Bloomsbury USA / By Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway


The "debate" over global...

Monday, August 30, 2010

City of Moose Jaw Fined $55,000 for Violation of Fisheries Act

News Release - Gov't. of CA
MOOSE JAW, SK. - The City of..


EDITOR'S NOTE: Bravo! But just a moment! Who will be pleading guilty now that this same hypocritical federal government is allowing mining companies to pollute pristine Canadian lakes with their poisonous tailings? l.p.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

The Fate of New Orleans Hangs in an Uncomfortable Balance With Mother Nature

Sunday 29 August 2010 - by: Olga Bonfiglio, t r u t h o u t
Hurricane Katrina demonstrated…

One of the many disturbing
scenese after the tragedy.
(Nat'l. Geographic photo)

Saturday, August 28, 2010

President Obama's Cancer Panel: Eat Organic, Avoid Plastics

By Leah Zerbe - Rodale Institute Au '10
Our organic table at Old Market Sq. in downtown
Winnipeg, Manitoba. 2006. l.p. photo

A landmark report says the U.S. government has been grossly underestimating the effect of environmental toxins on our cancer risk.

Glyphosate causes cancer -- even at exposure levels that authorities consider safe.

EKO.ORG That's the conclusion of a scientific study that's just been published in the peer-reviewed journal  Environmental Health .