First Nations Struggle to Undo the Profound Harm of Greenwashing Tactics by Ottawa & the Alberta Government

Indigenous Environmental Network
OTTAWA, Nov. 5 – This morning the Indigenous...

 Immense trucks used to strip-mine bitumen. beautifuldestruction photo.

Prentice Drops Bombshell, Quits Cabinet

Viewed as leadership contender - By: Bruce Cheadle - Posted: 5/11/2010

EDITOR'S COMMENT: As usual, the media misses the mark entirely on this story. Preoccupied with "process" and "political advantage" and how Prentice may now be jockying for a "leadership" position, they fail to point out the sad state of our country, where a climate criminal such as this man can cynically rise to a position (of environment Minister) which has obviously been no more important to him                   photo by cbc.ca

than a furry rat's ass. If so, why would he now defect to a rich bank that has had its nose in the filthy tar sands trough which, had he been a real man, would have been dedicated to cleaning up rather than enabling? Sadly, this is clearly another example of our country's fall into near-total corruption and no one seems to care! l.p. 

Big Wins and Big Losses for the Environment in the US "Mid-Terms"

Alternet - Nov. 4-2010 - There is a lot of reason...

Flying Is One of the Worst Things You Can Do for the Environment -- So Why Do So Many Well-Intentioned Folks Do It?

AlterNet / By Joseph Nevins Nov 1 '10
Flying is the single most ecologically costly act of individual consumption. Can we kick the habit, or at least cut back?

Ottawa Turns Down Proposal for a Gold-Copper Mine Near Williams Lake, BC

Environment CA - Nov 2 -2010

Citing "significant adverse environmental effects,"...

Fish Lake. Photo courtesy 

of the Dominion        

Why Public Transportation is Good for Kids

by Carla Saulter - 1 Nov 2010 - Grist

"The myth that good parenting means ferrying one's children in the car...

Healing from Global Warming May Take 100,000 Years

by Stephen Messenger, Porto Alegre, Brazil - Treehugger - 11. 2.10

When it comes to human-caused global warming, news of the long-term...