From Cabinet to CropLife: Ted Menzies Avoids Ethical Scrutiny Over New Job as Top Canadian Pesticide and GMO Lobbyist

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Since last Nov., John Bennett of the Sierra Club has been raising the alarm....Story here.

Studies show chemicals which some of Croplife's 

member companies peddle, contribute to the decline of 

insect-eating birds. (r.) An insectivorous bird, the purple 

martin, which is in decline.  P in P photo. 

Please also read: "Blogger Responds to Accusations from CropLife Canada" 

                          

Canadian Government Memo Criticized Top Biologist For Comments On Alberta Oilsands

Huffington Post

One of Canada’s top biologists says he will not stop talking to the media after a government memo accused him of bias and speaking out of turn about the environmental impact of Alberta’s oilsands. Story here.

The Solution Is the Soil: How Organic Farming Can Feed the World and Save the Planet

CommonDreams

One man, backed by many, marches on Washington to tell lawmakers and the world that 'there is hope right beneath our feet.' Story here.

NOAA: Record Antarctic Sea Ice Growth Linked To Its Staggering Loss Of Land Ice

CLIMATEPROGRESS

NOAA said in a news release Tuesday that “as counterintuitive as expanding winter Antarctic sea ice may appear on a warming planet, it may actually be a manifestation of recent warming.” Details here.

Understanding the Evangelical Mission of Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada.

Andrew Nikiforuk - The Tyee

Signs mount that Canada's government is beholden to a religious agenda averse to science and rational debate. Story here.

The Inventors Of A ‘Revolutionary’ Climate Solution Just Won A Nobel Prize

CLIMATEPROGRESS

Three men who together helped increase the energy efficiency of lighting systems across the world have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciencesannounced Tuesday. Story here.

Scathing Report Details Canada’s Environmental Shortfalls

The Globe and Mail

Larry Powell - P in P photo.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government is not doing enough to reduce carbon emissions, fight climate change and regulate oil and gas emissions, a series of audits from a federal watchdog have found. Story here.

Related: “No Overall Vision:” Scathing New Audit from Environment Commissioner Exposes Canada’s Utter Climate Failure

Feeding the 1 Percent

Grain

Since the global food crisis of 2008, there has been a massive wave of private sector investment in agriculture. More money flowing into agriculture means more innovation and modernisation, more jobs and more food for a hungry planet, say the G8, the World Bank and corporate investors themselves.

But does it? Story here.

Herbicide Resistance a Global Food Threat

Laura Rance - Winnipeg Free Press

Ground sprayer. Larry Powell - P  in P photo.

For decades, the experts have treated the growing problem of herbicide-resistant weeds as something solvable by the next new chemical or biological breakthrough. Now, more are stepping back and acknowledging it as a symptom of a much bigger issue in agriculture. Story here.

Volcano Shows Japan Needs a Green Revolution

By: William Pesek - Winnipeg Free Press

With the discovery of a 47th body on the slopes of Mt. Ontake, the volcano’s eruption is now Japan’s deadliest in 88 years. It’s impossible not to worry about an even bigger volcanic threat that lies just 90 miles from Tokyo: Mt. Fuji (above). All this has both seismologists and anti-nuclear activists asking anew whether the most earthquake-prone nation in the developed world should be restarting its 48 nuclear reactors.... Story here.

Canadian Scientists Rail Against Imposed Ignorance

OurWindsor.Ca

By  Carol Goar

From the Montreal Gazette

A group of Toronto scientists makes a successful foray into the realm of public 

advocacy. Story here.