Methane Seeps From Arctic Sea-Bed

By Judith Burns - Science reporter, BBC News.Photo by Peter Hollinger
Scientists say they have evidence that the powerful greenhouse gas methane is escaping from the Arctic sea-bed.

Alberta RCMP Use Re-Enactment to Help Find Wild Horse Killers

Wed Aug 19 - By The Canadian Press

SUNDRE, Alta. - Mounties hope a Crime Stoppers re-enactment will help them find who is killing wild horses in the Alberta foothills. Photo courtesy Canadian Geographic

Editor's note: Once again, our inhumanity to our fellow creatures shows no bounds. l.p.

Is Our Last Chance to Preserve Life On Earth Slipping Away?

By Larry Schweiger, Fulcrum Publishing. August 17, 2009.
Shallow news coverage causes most Americans to underestimate the urgency of the threat of global warming.

Soaring Population May Swamp Anti-Poverty Goals

Published on Monday, August 17, 2009 by Inter Press Service by Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS - The U.N.'s Millennium Development Goals, already undermined by the global financial crisis, are expected to take another hit - this time from rising population growth.

courtesy of The Boston Globe

Phosphorus, Nitrogen Levels Spike in Lake Winnipeg After Massive Spring Flood

By: Chinta Puxley, THE CANADIAN PRESS - 16/08/2009

WINNIPEG - The massive spring flood in Manitoba that transformed the Red River into a lake and caused at least $40 million in property damage has also taken a toll .....

Satellite image courtesy of Greg McCullough

Canada Loses out as U.S. Ups "Green" Ante

By Nicole Mordant - VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters)
The Obama administration's titanic $60 billion spending plan for the U.S. clean energy sector is luring investors away from "green" businesses in Canada...

Courtesy of photosearch.com

The CAFO Syndrome

An interview with Mia MacDonald on China’s
growing appetite for Western-style meat Posted
on 17 Feb 2009 - by Anna Lappe - Grist

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Across the planet, old ways of farming are giving way to the environmentally devastating factory farms we’ve pioneered in the West...

Photo by Kichiro Sato