None Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: A World Without Birds

Monday, 15 November 2010 THE INDEPENDENT

Could we be facing a future without birds? Our reliance on pesticides has cut a swathe through their numbers. We must act now, argues Kate Ravilious

Bird photos by l.p.

No Running Water - Watch Chapter 1 - Video

Thanks to the Winnipeg Free Press for this video.

Chapter 1 Video:

Helen Fallding introduces you to Manitobans living with no running water.

Scientists say Radiation Leaving Whales Sunburned Under Thinning Ozone

By: Raphael Satter, The Associated Press - 10/11/2010

LONDON - Scientists say some whale species off….

UN Report Warns of Threat to Human Progress From Climate Change

Larry Elliott and Mark Tran guardian.co.uk, 4 November 2010
Human development report says inaction on climate change puts at risk decades of progress on education and health

Only pools of water are left where once the river 

flowed This small village in Mali is being 

threatened by an encorashing sand dune. 

Photograph: Madeleine Bunting/Guardian

First Nations Struggle to Undo the Profound Harm of Greenwashing Tactics by Ottawa & the Alberta Government

Indigenous Environmental Network
OTTAWA, Nov. 5 – This morning the Indigenous...

 Immense trucks used to strip-mine bitumen. beautifuldestruction photo.

Prentice Drops Bombshell, Quits Cabinet

Viewed as leadership contender - By: Bruce Cheadle - Posted: 5/11/2010

EDITOR'S COMMENT: As usual, the media misses the mark entirely on this story. Preoccupied with "process" and "political advantage" and how Prentice may now be jockying for a "leadership" position, they fail to point out the sad state of our country, where a climate criminal such as this man can cynically rise to a position (of environment Minister) which has obviously been no more important to him                   photo by cbc.ca

than a furry rat's ass. If so, why would he now defect to a rich bank that has had its nose in the filthy tar sands trough which, had he been a real man, would have been dedicated to cleaning up rather than enabling? Sadly, this is clearly another example of our country's fall into near-total corruption and no one seems to care! l.p. 

Big Wins and Big Losses for the Environment in the US "Mid-Terms"

Alternet - Nov. 4-2010 - There is a lot of reason...

Flying Is One of the Worst Things You Can Do for the Environment -- So Why Do So Many Well-Intentioned Folks Do It?

AlterNet / By Joseph Nevins Nov 1 '10
Flying is the single most ecologically costly act of individual consumption. Can we kick the habit, or at least cut back?

Ottawa Turns Down Proposal for a Gold-Copper Mine Near Williams Lake, BC

Environment CA - Nov 2 -2010

Citing "significant adverse environmental effects,"...

Fish Lake. Photo courtesy 

of the Dominion        

Why Public Transportation is Good for Kids

by Carla Saulter - 1 Nov 2010 - Grist

"The myth that good parenting means ferrying one's children in the car...

Healing from Global Warming May Take 100,000 Years

by Stephen Messenger, Porto Alegre, Brazil - Treehugger - 11. 2.10

When it comes to human-caused global warming, news of the long-term...