Rachel Shulman EatDrinkBetter Feb 25 '11
New evidence suggests that climate change is already putting the safety of our food at risk, and that things are only going to get worse. Full story here.
"Mutant" strawberries.
l.p. photo
PLANET in PERIL - WHERE SCIENCE GETS RESPECT. DENIED HER NATURAL INSTINCTS T0 ROOT & FORAGE, THIS YOUNG SOW GOES MAD, BITING THE STEEL BARS THAT CONFINE HER.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Winning Letters on Ethics and Tar Sands
Environmental Defence Feb 24 '11
We held a contest for the best letter to new Environment Minister Peter Kent on ethics and tar sands. Here are the winners and some other favourites.You can still take action by sending a letter to Minister Kent here.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Climate Change. Wild Weather. There IS a Connection!
Edmonton Journal February 22, 2011
A report in the scientific journal Nature has for the first time linked a specific weather event to human induced climate change.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Alberta's Herds of Woodland Caribou are in Trouble Across Their Range
EDMONTONJOURNAL.COM FEBRUARY 21, 2011
Biologist says only habitat restoration will save species. Read more here.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Many Months Later, Gulf of Mexico Bottom Shows Little Sign of Recovery, but Many Dead Critters
WASHINGTON - Oil from the BP spill remains stuck on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, according to a top scientist's video and slides that she says demonstrate the oil isn't degrading as hoped and has decimated life on parts of the sea floor. Full story here.
It all began early last year when the rig,
Deepwater Horizon, (above), exploded.
Chevron Thumbs its Nose at the Court & Ecuador Itself Over the Profound Harm it Has Inflicted on the Amazon Rain Forest & its People
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Ozone Layer’s Future Linked Strongly to Changes in Climate, Study Finds
ScienceDaily (Feb. 17, 2011)
The ozone layer, the thin atmospheric band high-up in the stratosphere that protects living things on Earth from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays faces potential new challenges. Full story here.
"Home" a Breathtaking Panorama of our Troubled Earth. Watch the Trailer Here.
Watch the full video here.
We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth's climate. The stakes are high for us and our children. Everyone should take part in the effort, and HOME has been conceived to take a message of mobilization out to every human being. For this purpose, HOME needs to be free. A patron, the PPR Group, made this possible. EuropaCorp, the distributor, also pledged not to make any profit because Home is a non-profit film. HOME has been made for you : share it! And act for the planet.
We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth's climate. The stakes are high for us and our children. Everyone should take part in the effort, and HOME has been conceived to take a message of mobilization out to every human being. For this purpose, HOME needs to be free. A patron, the PPR Group, made this possible. EuropaCorp, the distributor, also pledged not to make any profit because Home is a non-profit film. HOME has been made for you : share it! And act for the planet.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand, GoodPlanet Fundation President
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Chevron Must Pay!
Alternet - Feb. 19'11
An Ecuadorian judge ordered Chevron this week to pay $8.6 billion in damages for polluting the Amazon rainforest from 1964 until 1990. Incredibly, Chevron is known to refuse to pay such damages, even when a court orders it to do so! Read story here.
An Ecuadorian judge ordered Chevron this week to pay $8.6 billion in damages for polluting the Amazon rainforest from 1964 until 1990. Incredibly, Chevron is known to refuse to pay such damages, even when a court orders it to do so! Read story here. The Body That Oversees Broadcasting in Canada, the CRTC, Drops Plan to Weaken Truth in Broadcasting Regulations
OTTAWA—CRTC chair Konrad von Finckenstein says the Commission will not proceed with changes it had been considering, to its prohibition on false and misleading news. von Finckenstein says it's because the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations, which had been pressing for the changes, will no longer persue the issue. The move follows a groundswell of protest and petitions which gathered tens of thousands of names in opposition to the idea. Many saw the proposed changes as a way to help prepare for the arrival of an American-style TV network in this country which skeptics have dubbed "Fox News North." Read full story here.
Please aslso read: "Is Canada About to Descend Into An America-Style Abyss by Cheapening Our Broadcast Regulations?"
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