Very Few Canadians Doubt Climate Change

Vancouver Sun
Only two per cent of Canadians who responded to a new opinion poll believed climate change is not occurring. Full story here.

Stop Great Barrier Coal - Sign the Petition. Please

Avaaz.org

Australia could let mining magnates build one of the world's largest coal ports on top of the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem -- opening access to 8 billion extra tonnes of planet-killing coal and risking the survival of this entire amazing world heritage site. Details here.

Manitoba's Lakes Have High Concentrations of Algae-Produced Toxin

By: Jenny Ford - Winnipeg Free Press
Manitoba lakes have some of the highest concentrations of a potent toxin produced by blue-green algae, a study published today found. Details here.

Farmers' Pardons Another Slap in the Face

Laura Rance - Winnipeg Free Press 

Harper's act of clemency hits at CWB

 

PLT photo

As the new marketing era dawned Aug. 1, Canada's prime minister took his revisionist view of history and his ideological vendetta against the Canadian Wheat Board to a new level. Full story here.

Sustainability Now a Matter of Life and Death

IPS - Interpress Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Aug 8 2012 (IPS) - Humanity is living beyond its means with the growing demand for food, medicines and other nature-based products, making sustainable consumption and conservation a matter of life and death. This is according to the world’s oldest and largest global environmental network, the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Details here.

World's Underground Water Resources Are Being Over-Exploited, Scientists Say

Reuters

Irrigation pivots sit idle in winter, in the US midwest. PLT photo.

LONDON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - The world is depleting underground water reserves faster than they can be replenished due to over-exploitation, according to scientists in Canada and the Netherlands. Details here.