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Plowing for Profit

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by Elecia Chrunik - THE SASQUATCH - Sept/Oct 2009 l.p.photo Plans are in the wind for a one million-acre corporate farm on the prairies!

Lead Contamination Concerns in Newfoundland - Mining Operation Suspected

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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... ====== 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... ==== ....and the beat goes on.... l.p. (Please also read article directly below.)

E85 Ethanol no Cure for Gas Emissions: Report

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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

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Worldwatch Institute - 2009-09-25 Yesterday, the Washington Post drew attention to a battle being waged to shift how we wipe our... © QT Luong/terragalleria.com

Climate Change Will Hit Agriculture in Developing Countries - UN

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CP - ONLINE EDITION - By: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - 30/09/2009 © QT Luong/terragalleria.com ROME - A U.N. agency warns that the climate change will badly affect agriculture and hit developing nations hardest, leading to...

Lions at Risk

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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

Feds' Biofuel Fund Backs Husky, Methes Plants

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MB Co-Operator - 9/29/2009 A federal biofuels incentive fund has followed through on its contribution agreements to support one of the Prairies' major ethanol... Wheatfield. l.p. photo ====== Editor's note: Once again, you and I are shelling out our taxpayer dollars for the privilege of exacerbating world hunger, diverting ever-more food from human beings into machines! Way to go, Stephen! l.p.

US Inertia Could Scupper World Climate Deal in Copenhagen - Expert

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David Adam , environment correspondent - guardian.co.uk , Monday 28 Se. '09 Leading climate scientist criticizes Bush administration & points to general ignorance of global.... © QT Luong/terragalleria.com

Black Carbon Warms the Planet Second Only to CO2 ...

Monday, September 28, 2009 9:13:24 AM press-release@i-sis.org.uk The Institute of Science in Society Science Society Sustainability http://www.i-sis.org.uk This article can be found on the I-SIS website at http://www.i-sis.org.uk/blackCarbonWarmsThePlanets.php ============================== ISIS Report 28/09/09 Black Carbon Warms the Planet Second Only to CO2 ########################### Eighty percent of black carbon emissions come from fossil fuels and biomass burning associated with deforestation; reducing black carbon emissions may be the quickest, cheapest way to save the climate Dr. Mae-Wan Ho New research shows that airborne soot, or black carbon (BC) aerosols resulting from incomplete combustion, are warming the earth much more than previously thought [1]. According to Veerabhadran Ramanathan at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography San Diego and Greg Carmichael at the University of Iowa, the warming effect of black carbon is 55 percent that of CO2, the biggest contributor to

World Consumption Plunges Planet Into 'Ecological Debt' - Leading Think Tank

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The Guardian, Se. 25 '09 - Heather Stewart Rich consumers are still voraciously gobbling up.... ======== © QT Luong/terragalleria.com