Sunday, August 22, 2010

Gulf Oil Spill Spawns Biofuels Industry Opportunism

by Dave Levitan - May 6th, 2010 SolveClimate
Producers tout the ethanol alternative to oil, but similar problems abound.
Cornfield photo
by l.p.

Three Pillars of a Food Revolution

19 Au '10 by: Anna Lappé, YES Magazine

As marketers learn to fake...

Cattle feedlot
l.p. photo

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Canadian Food Inspection Agency Watching for British Cloned Cow Genetics

Manitoba Co-Operator - Staff - 8/19/2010

A claim that Canadian farms are importing...

(Conventional)
cow photo by l.p.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Emissions From Alberta Tar Sands Rise, Not Fall, as Canada Claims!

Susan Casey-Lefkowitz’s Au'10

SWITCHBOARD Natural Resources Defense Council Staff Blog

The latest "line" from Canada is...

Liquid mine wastes
are a major liability
of oil sands mining.
Photo: David Dodge,
Pembina Institute.

Monday, August 16, 2010

Pavlovsk Seed Bank Faces Destruction

John Vidal, environment editor - 8 Aug 2010 The Guardian
'Priceless collection' in Russia was never registered so does not officially exist, say developers


Russian president Medvedev has ordered an inquiry into the station being turned into private housing. Photograph: Frans Lanting/Corbis



Mankind is Using up Global Resources Faster Than Ever

By Louise Gray - Telegraph.co.uk
 - 16 Aug 2010
The growing world population and increasing consumption have pushed the world into ‘eco-debt’ a month earlier this year, according to the latest statistics on global resources.

A Beloved Canadian Chocolate Bar Disappears From the Market. By Ian Austen

The New York Times The rush to buy Canadian products that was set off by President Trump’s  trade war  shows little sign of abating. But sho...