Friday, September 10, 2010

Invisible Disaster: Fall Migration Over the Gulf

By David Gessner - onearth - Au 25, 2010

It's not just...

Understanding the Health Effects of Climate Change

Gov't of Canada website

Climate change is affecting...

Sunset. l.p. photo

Thursday, September 9, 2010

NASA Satellites Reveal Connection Between Mountain Pine Beetles and Wild Fires - But Not One You Might Expect!

by Jaymi Heimbuch, TreeHugger, San Francisco, California
Mountain pine beetles…

Organic Strawberries Have Better Taste & Nutrition Than Conventional & Better For Soil Too: New Study

by Matthew McDermott, TreeHugger, New York, NY Se 3, '10

In the tug of….

Strawberries
photo by l.p.

Alberta Premier Has a Bad Week Over the Tar Sands; *Poor Baby!

Climate Action News Sept 9th, 2010
It was a tough week for...
Another *pornographic image
from
Alberta's tar sands.
Courtesy of the Tarnished Earth Gallery.

(*Editor's comments)


Death by M&M: The Problem with Food Dyes

by Sarah Parsons SUSTAINABLE FOOD June 30, 2010

Step away from….

EDITOR'S NOTE: A recent report on CBC television revealed that Health Canada is similarly nonchalant about food dyes here. SURPRISE! l.p.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Most New Farmland in Tropics Comes From Slashing Forests, Research Shows

ScienceDaily (Sep. 4, 2010) — Global agricultural...

Life vs. Productivity: "What Would You Live and Die to Protect?"

05 September 2010 - by: Dahr Jamail, t r u t h o u t

If someone broke into...

After 20 Years of Protection, Spotted Owls Decline But Forests Remain

By Les Blumenthal | McClatchy Newspapers - Se 5 '10


WASHINGTON — Twenty years after...



Prairie Farmers on Lookout for Frost

Brent Harder - (Resource News International) - 9/2/2010
Wet conditions...
A soggy canola
field near Dropmore,
in western MB.
l.p. photo

Saturday, September 4, 2010

$11 Million Verdict to Small, Family Farms Overrun by Corporate Agriculture’s Waste in Missouri

May 8, 2010 by Augie - wholefoodsusa

Recently (March 4, 2010) a major class-action...


KichiroSato photo
Associated Press

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 .