Thursday, July 22, 2010

Groups Seeking Ban on Toxic Pesticide Go to US Federal Court

NEW YORK - July 22 - CommonDreams.org
Outlawed in homes and gardens, pesticide is still sprayed on food crops
Crop-duster photo by l.p.
EDITOR'S NOTE: In case you think chlorpyrfos (Lorsban) is a problem only in the US, think again! It is used extensively on grain crops on the Canadian prairies and made a Swan Valley family very sick a few years ago. Read their story here. "Family Believes it was Poisoned by Crop Spray " l.p. Why no lawsuit here?

Glacial Melt and Ocean Warming Drive Sea Level Upward

John Mulrow and Alexander Ochs, with Shakuntala Makhijani - Worldwatch Institute - Jul 22, '10
The average sea level...

Peter Hollinger
photo

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

British Meat and Dairy Are Destroying Rainforests

By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent - 20 Jul 2010 Telegraph.co.uk

Huge swaths of rainforest…
British dairy herd,
courtesy of Superstock

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

BP Oil Poisons the Gulf of Mexico's Food Chain

By Dahr Jamail* NEW ORLEANS, United States, Jul 20, 2010 (IPS/IFEJ) - Shellfish in…
(AFP/Getty Images/
File/Sean Gardner)

Cattle Die in Kansas heat

Manitoba Co-Operator - staff - 7/19/2010

Cattle prices on...

Greenpeace Canada exposes a major fossil fuel project proposed by a foreign country in Quebec. It could threaten a vital ecosystem.

Larry,   One of the key roles that Greenpeace plays is  acting as a watchdog, keeping an eye out for environmental threats and injustices, a...