Foodborne Illness Costs US $152 Billion Annually: Study

March 3, 2010 by Reuters - by Christopher Doering
WASHINGTON - Foodborne illnesses cost...

What SHOULD be in Canada's Next Federal Budget

As is its usual practice, The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, a progressive "think-tank," has prepared an "alternative" budget for the federal government to consider.

To download the whole budget document, click the headline and follow the links. l.p.

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Coal-Fired Power on the Way Out?

Analysis by Lester R. Brown - (IPS) Inter Press Service

WASHINGTON, 24 Feb (IPS) - The past two years have witnessed…

Pro-CWB farmers to Appeal Voters' List Ruling

Manitoba Co-Operator - Staff - 2/26/2010

A Prairie farmers' group says it has filed...

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Coral Reefs in Danger of Being Destroyed

The Independent 24 February 2010

Rising acidity of the oceans is threat to...

Courtesy of Solcomhouse

FCC Rolls Out Loans for On-Farm Renewable Energy

Manitoba Co-Operator - Staff - 2/23/2010

Farmers and agribusinesses eyeing ways to use renewable ...

the Overgaard farm

Democratic Sell-out Dianne Feinstein Attempts End-Run to Hand California Water to Billionaire Farmers

AlterNet/By Yasha Levine - Feb 13 -2010

Feinstein is trying to ram through a massive transfer of public water into the private...