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Warming Oceans Starved of Oxygen

ISIS Press Release 10/08/09 Global warming is depleting oxygen from the ocean waters and threatening the survival of fisheries and the entire marine ecosystem. Click headline for more.

Severe Global Warming Will Render Half of World's Inhabited Areas Unliveable, Expert Warns

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David Adam in Copenhagen - guardian.co.uk Parts of China, India and the eastern US could all become too warm in summer for people to lose heat by sweating, expert warns. Click headline for more.

Baby Emissions Fuel Global Warming

The Guardian - Estimates of the carbon legacy of bringing a child into the world suggest that the green choice may be to stop at two kids. Click headline for more.

Organic Consumers Association Responds to Faulty and Misleading FSA Food Study

* Press Release Organic Consumers Association, July 30, 2009 Straight to the Source CONTACT: Ronnie Cummins/Alexis Baden-Mayer Click headline for more.

Wind Turbines Cause Health Risks

Manitoba Wildlands newsletter - 07 August 09 New research exposes the health risks of wind energy turbines including heart disease, vertigo, panic attacks, migraines, increased heart rate and sleep deprivation. ======== COMMENT: Hi Larry While browsing your page and links I noticed an article about Wind Turbine Syndrome, and Dr. Nina Pierpont. There seems to be many doctors who disagree with Pierpont, and the basis for her arguments. Anyhow, I live in Prince Edward County, Ontario, which seems to be the Ontaro hub of NIMBYism with regard to wind energy development, here. Many in our local group helped groom the final version of our position on this issue. http://www.countysustainability.ca/WindTruth.htm ) Thought you might be interested. That is quite an extensive web page you run! Well done. Don Chisholm

The Climate Battles Present -

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NEW ENERGY VS. TARSANDS SHOWDOWN IN REGINA Regina SK. Aug. 6 '09 - by Larry Powell Protesters from far and wide converged on Regina this week, demanding climate justice on the occasion of the Premiers' ("Council of the Federation") meeting here. Targets at the rally, in front of the Saskatchewan legislature, were this province's headlong rush to promote nuclear energy; and the Alberta tar sands, the dirtiest energy project on earth! Organizers of this and various other protests and rallies around the city during the week, included Greenpeace, the Sierra Club and Council of Canadians . "Premiers Stelmach" (above l),and "Wall," (above r) and "Prime Minister Harper," wage shameless war against Mother Earth by denying climate change and refusing to do anything about it. A First Nations activist (r) urges the crowd to demand climate justice, support indigenous rights and the closure of the tarsands! A young member of the "Pedal for t