Plowing for Profit

by Elecia Chrunik - THE SASQUATCH - Sept/Oct 2009

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Plans are in the wind for a one million-acre corporate farm on the prairies!

Lead Contamination Concerns in Newfoundland - Mining Operation Suspected

By The Canadian Press- Oc.7'09

BUCHANS, N.L. - Concerns about lead contamination in the central Newfoundland town of Buchans are prompting recommendations for blood testing...

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Editor's note; Abitibi-bowater, the 8th largest (publicly traded) pulp & papermaker in the world, has been "fingered" for this tragedy. News reports sugggest it did not clean up the site before it fled town. I guess it couldn't afford it! Poor baby! ! l.p.

Suncor Ethanol Plant Expansion to Resume

Manitoba Co-Operator - Staff - 10/5/2009

Shelved expansion plans to double capacity of Suncor Energy's corn ethanol facility south of Sarnia, Ont. are back on...
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....and the beat goes on.... l.p.
(Please also read article directly below.)

E85 Ethanol no Cure for Gas Emissions: Report

Winnipeg Free Press - By: David Akin - 3/10/2009

Feds warned of promoting its use...

Please also read "Bursting the Ethanol Bubble" here.

Don’t Squeeze the Old Growth Forest

Worldwatch Institute - 2009-09-25

Yesterday, the Washington Post drew attention to a battle being waged to shift how we wipe our...

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Climate Change Will Hit Agriculture in Developing Countries - UN

CP - ONLINE EDITION - By: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - 30/09/2009

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ROME - A U.N. agency warns that the climate change will badly affect agriculture and hit developing nations hardest, leading to...

Lions at Risk

Winnipeg Free Press - Se 30'09

In this photo taken last week, a male lion is seen in Masai Mara National Park in Kenya. Kenyan wildlife officials say the country's 2,000 lions are at grave risk because of recurrent drought and a pesticide that conservationists blame for 76 poisoning deaths of the predator since 2001.

RICCARDO GANGALE
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS