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...

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Storms Unfold as Climate Scientists Have Predicted

8/ 13/10 Boston Globe

Heat waves, fires, and floods fit their predictions

Please also read; "Is Climate Change a Four-Letter Word?"

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.
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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.
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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.

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Beautiful Destruction

Russia's Agony a "Wake-Up Call" to the World

By Stephen Leahy - Inter Press Service

VIENNA, Aug 11, 2010 (IPS)

Food prices soar in the face of Russia's record heat wave.

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CommonDreams.org