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Posted on 7 Apr 2009 - by Tom Philpott - Grist

Greg Southam, Canwest News Service
Amid a sea of troubles, ethanol now has an antibiotics problem...

Cdn. Taxpayers Back SK. Ethanol Plant

Staff- MB Co-Operator - 9/1/2009

A Manitoba ethanol plant. l.p. photo
A federal biofuels incentive fund has followed through on its contribution agreement to support a Saskatchewan plant producing wheat- and corn-based ethanol.

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Ed's. Note: The hemorrhage of millions of our taxpayer dollars continues to flow into this failed technology which only makes world hunger worse. l.p.

Please also read "Bursting the Ethanol Bubble" here.

Nitrous Oxide Now Top Ozone-depleting Emission

ScienceDaily (Aug. 28, 2009)

Nitrous oxide has now become the largest ozone-depleting substance emitted through human activities...

Ag. fertilizers are a huge
contributor. Govt. of AB photo

Wal-Mart Faces Its Day of Reckoning

Frank Nelson, Miller-McCune.com. Au. 24, 2009.

Wal*Mart's relentless growth and Darwinian competitiveness have created a world that is increasingly inhospitable to its own success.

The Fast Food Industry's 7 Most Heinous Concoctions

By Brad Reed, AlterNet. Posted August 27, 2009.

2 lb. McCheeseburger - courtesy of Twisted Kites.

Some of America’s favorite chains have concocted some thoroughly repellent dishes that make the Double Quarter Pounder look like a celery stick.

Growth of Ocean ‘Garbage Patch’ Alarms Experts

Published on Friday, August 28, 2009 by The Associated Press

Three-week Pacific voyage highlights ‘shocking’ amount of plastic debris.

Desperate Food Industry Tries to Tar Michael Pollan and Organic Produce

By Vanessa Barrington, EcoSalon. August 24, 2009.(A busy market in Regina, SK. Photo by l.p.)

With growing numbers of food-conscious consumers, big corporations are trying to sully the reputation of alternatives to their style of agriculture.