Save Our Lake - Nature of Things Video on Lake Winnipeg

A mystery lurks in Lake Winnipeg. And it's  one which science is only now waking to.

Watch video here. (Runs about 45 mins.)

Budget 2011 Funding for Weather and Climate Research Inadequate to Meet Canada’s Needs

Canadian Foundation for Climate and Asmospheric Sciences (CFCAS)

                              OTTAWA March 23, 2011  

The Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences (CFCAS) is deeply concerned...Details here.

PUBLISHER'S COMMENT: We can only dream the next government will be more "science friendly! l.p.

The Collapse of Globalization

By Chris Hedges Mar 27 '11 - Truthdig

The uprisings in the Middle East, the unrest that is tearing apart nations such as the Ivory Coast, the bubbling discontent in Greece, Ireland and Britain and the labor disputes in states such as Wisconsin and Ohio presage the collapse of globalization. Details here.

UN Wants Certain Pesticides and Industrial Chemicals Placed on a Trade 'Watch List'

1 April 2011, Rome - United Nations chemical experts have recommended that two pesticides and one severely hazardous pesticide formulation - be included in...Details here.

A collection depot for pesticide containers in Manitoba.

4 Fish We Should Never Eat

Apr 1 - '11 - AlterNet - Casson Trenor
Money can buy just about anything these days, especially when it comes to fish -- and that is devastating for our oceans. Details here.


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Resource-Rich Africa Well Placed to Transition to ‘Green Economy’ – UN Official

28 March 2011 – Africa is well poised to take advantage of a host of opportunities that generate decent jobs in an environmentally sustainable way, a senior United Nations official said today. Details here.