Saturday, August 14, 2010

Is the News Coming From the Gulf Too Good To Be True? Unfortunately, Yes

AlterNet - Au 1o-2010
Thad Allen may be struggling to find the oil, but that's not because it's all gone.
Bird in oil spill.
Seattle Weekly

Mosquito Wars: Politics, Economics or Science?

by Bill Paton - Prof. of Biology, Brandon University, for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - 8/12/10

Heated debates are….

Costs of Oil Reach Far Beyond What We Pay at the Pump

08/12/10 - by: Mark Engler - Truthout

This might be an opportune...

Friday, August 13, 2010

Storms Unfold as Climate Scientists Have Predicted

8/ 13/10 Boston Globe

Heat waves, fires, and floods fit their predictions

National Farmers Union Warns New Trade Agreement with EU Could Crush Canadian Farmers

New "FTA" threatens famers' right to save seed, NFU warns. (PDF)

Grain stored on
open ground.
l.p. photo

US Court Rescinds USDA Approval of GE Sugar Beets

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Heather
The True Food Network


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Cherry tomatoes.

(Organic!) l.p. photo

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Tar Sands Toxins Growing Rapidly

Globe & Mail - Au 10-2010

Volume of arsenic, lead increased 26 per cent in last four years, Environment Canada says.
AB tar pond by
Beautiful Destruction