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Small Fry - Big Problem. Global Warming Brings Smaller Fish

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CHICAGO, July 20, 2009 (AFP) - Fish have lost half their average body mass and smaller species are making up a larger proportion of European fish stocks as a result of global warming, a study published Monday has found. Rendering by FotoSearch.

Battle in the Boreal. Rekindling the Air Quality Debate

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An update - by Larry Powell   Public meetings in Swan River, Manitoba later this month, will revisit the explosive issue of pollution controls at a big wood products plant in the Swan Valley. Just as they were in the mid-'90s, battle lines are drawn between citizens, environmentalists, the US-based Louisiana Pacific Corporation (LP) and the Government of Manitoba. That's because LP wants to permanently shut down the devices which control most toxic emissions from its plant, called "regenerative thermal oxidizers" or RTOs. LP emissions, as seen from the nearby countryside.  (Photos by PinP ) Manitoba's Minister of Conservation, Stan Struthers, quietly gave it permission to do so, temporarily, last January. Struthers has since instructed the Clean Environment Commission (CEC), an arms-length advisory agency, to determine whether a permanent shutdown is justified. Whether temporary or permanent, members of the environmental group, "Concerned Citizens of th

Global Warming Causes Severe Storms

Research Meteorologists See More Severe Storms Ahead: The Culprit -- Global Warming ScienceDaily - January 1, 2009 — Research Meteorologists found that the temperature changes brought on by global warming are significant enough to cause an increase in the occurrence of severe storms. Click headline for details.

Biodiesel Plant Planned for Lloydminster

July 15, 2009 - By Jay Whetter - FarmForum.ca Canadian Bioenergy is working with Archer Daniels Midland to integrate a biodiesel production plant in with ADM’s canola crush plant at Lloydminster, Alta. Click headline for more. ================= Editors' note - And the beat goes on. It matters not that, at least this "current generation" of fuels made from food, fails society in so many ways: Not to mention its tendency to make the world food crisis even worse. As long as giant corporations like ADM can continue to profit mightily from government grants and government "mandates" which require us to buy their products whether we like it or not, that seems to be all that matters. Read related article here. =============

Strategic Blueprint Foresees Slimmed-Down Hog Industry

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Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION - By: Laura Rance - 11/07/2009 Pork council angles for government help to ease transition... Click headline for more. Kichiro Sato

The Parent Company of "Silk Soy Milk" Throws American Farmers Under the Bus

By Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. Posted July 9, 2009. Since Dean Foods acquired Silk it has ditched support of domestic organic farms. Click here for full story. ======= Editor's Note - I have been chided in past for suggesting that certifying bodies ought to deal harshly with large corporations when they step out of line. Please read this story and let me know if I am wrong. Let's boycott Silk! L.P.