Saturday, February 12, 2011

Severe Drought Threatens Wheat Crop in China, World’s Largest Producer

Climate Progress - Feb 9, 2011

FAO also warns floods and heavy rains in Southern Africa "threaten food security."


Reuters - A Chinese farmer on dry farmland 
in Shandong Province, in January.

Kids on Junk Food Diets Have Lower IQs - Study

Alternet - Feb 12 - '11

Healthy diets build healthy kids, right? Apparently,..

Global Warming Melts Siberian Permafrost - a Greenpeace Video

Friday, February 11, 2011

Climate Change to Worsen Severe Water Shortages in US Southwest

by Brian Merchant, Treehugger 02.11.11
We're already well aware that….

Energy Independence Goes Awry: Why the Ethanol Boom May Turn US Conservation Land into Corn Fields

AlterNet / By Jill Richardson Feb '11

Given America's enthusiasm for ethanol production, on
e might assume ethanol is a miracle fuel, sent from heaven to lead the way to independence from oil.


Please also read: "Bursting the Ethanol Bubble" by Larry Powell

Major Betrayal of Organic Food Movement - What the Relentless March of the Biotech Industry Means to North Americans

Dr. Mercola Interviews Ronnie Cummins - Feb 14, 2011
    
If You Eat Organic Food, You Have Just Been Betrayed

A "Must-See!" Bill Mahr's Latest Video on Climate Change!

Lytton, BC under evacuation threat again, as hundreds of wildfires burn across Canada

Canada's National Observer This week marks the four-year anniversary of a deadly wildfire that destroyed the British Columbia village of...