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What if our Politicians Ruled as if Ecology Matters?

What If... 18 June, 2009 | William E. Rees - Alternatives Journal LET'S FACE IT – the really inconvenient truth is that the age of unconstrained exuberance is over. Click headline for more.

Science Matters - Are your vegetables green enough?

Here's your weekly Science Matters column by David Suzuki with Faisal Moola. Are your vegetables green enough? Monsanto doesn't think so! Click headline for more. Click here for related story.

Worldwatch Institute Launches Initiative to Assess Agricultural Methods’ Impacts on Sustainability, Productivity

July 8, 2009 Washington, D.C.-The Worldwatch Institute is launching a two-year project to point the world toward innovations in agriculture that can nourish people as well as the planet, supported by a $1.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Click headline for more.

Factory Farms & the Flu. Who Says They're Not Related!

By Larry Powell Sadly, politicians are again placing the interests of a failing industry ahead of science, the public interest and possibly even human health. 
Manitoba and Ottawa are doling out another 37 million dollars -good money after bad - to factory hog producers in this province. 
Both the Manitoba government and the "Feds" have swallowed, hook, line and sinker the siren song of the industry; that it is being unjustly connected to the current outbreak of swine flu and is suffering financial hardship as a result. 
In announcing this latest welfare payment, the Minister of Agriculture, Rosann Wowchuk, cites what she calls "the false connection to H1N1 flu" as one of the factors hurting the industry today. 
This rush to judgement and readiness to be a cheerleader rather than an even-handed lawmaker, does a disservice to Manitobans. 
In contrast, the Green Party of Manitoba has taken a position based on reality and science, as opposed to political ex

Water, Waste Plan Still up in the Air

Winnipeg Free Press - By: Bartley Kives 8/07/2009 City mulls three partnership options In what amounts to a $1-billion leap of faith, city councillors are being asked to wind down Winnipeg's water and waste department before senior city officials figure out precisely what role private engineering firms will play in a proposed city-owned utility. Click headline for more.

Water Warning Issued

Winnipeg Free Press - By: Bartley Kives - Jul 7 - '09 The water utility corporation proposed for the City of Winnipeg is trouble, says the head of Canada's largest union. Click headline for full story.

Flushing Out the Truth - Sewage Dumping in Ontario

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Submitted by Kori Brus — Jun 29, 2009 Tens of billions of litres of untreated sewage are entering Ontario's waterways because of outdated infrastructure and poor oversight by the provincial government. Get full report by clicking headline .

Costa Rica - The World's Greenest, Happiest Country

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Ashley Seager Guardian Co UK, Saturday 4 July 2009 Latin American nation tops index ranking countries by ecological footprint and happiness of their citizens. Click headline for full story.

More Polar Bear Populations Shrinking From Declining Sea Ice. New Report

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Winnipeg Free Press - By: Bob Weber - C.P. A major international report says the increasingly rapid loss of Arctic sea ice is already taking a toll on polar bears and Canada should reconsider its Pic. Courtesy of Dreamstime decision not to include the mighty predators on its list of endangered species. Click headline for more.

Study Eyes Wetlands' Role Against Nutrient Overload

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Manitoba Co-Operator - Staff - 6/30/2009 Ducks Unlimited Canada has picked up almost $380,000 in federal funds to see how isolated wetlands can help keep watersheds free of excess nutrients and sediment. Click headline for details. Above & r. One of Manitoba's algae-clogged rivers. Photos by L.P.

Canada Seen Worst of G8 Not Curbing Climate Change

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Wed Jul 1, 2009 11:55am EDT - By Daniel Flynn ROME (Reuters): With only five months to go until a new global pact on climate change, none of the Group of Eight nations is doing enough to curb global warming. Shamefully, Canada and the US are at the bottom. Click headline for more.