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Eat This Recession!

7 October, 2009 Sneak preview of Wayne Roberts' controversial article from Alternatives' new issue... The terms “shovel-ready” and “kick start” tell us that politicians turned to pre-ecological...

What If Being Fat Is Not Your Fault?

North America's Obesity Epidemic May Be Fueled by Chemicals in Everyday Products By Tara Lohan , AlterNet . Posted October 3, 2009. Chemicals called 'obesogens' are in our food, cars and...

Taxpayers "Shell" Out $865,000,000 for Carbon Capture Project

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Pembina Institute - Posted: 09 Oct 2009 Amy Taylor, Director of Alberta Energy Solutions with the Pembina Institute, made the following statement in response to the announcement that the governments of Alberta and Canada will provide..... ====== Editor's note: Whatever became of the "polluter pay" principle? Oh, I forgot, Stephen has none! (Principles, that is.)

Wait, We Just Bombed the Moon?

Posted by Tara Lohan, AlterNet October 9, 2009. Doesn't anyone else in the universe get a say in this?

Era of Cheap, Easy Oil is Over, Warns Study

By Louise Gray , Environment Correspondent - the Telegraph - UK Published:08 Oct 2009 The world could start to run out of oil in the next ten years, sparking soaring ...

Grassy Narrows’ Legal Challenge to Clearcut Logging Begins

Monday October 5, 2009 - For Immediate Release: Toronto, ON –The Ontario Superior Court began hearing evidence this week in Grassy Narrows’ case against logging on its traditional lands. Grassy Narrows is challenging Ontario’s right to approve industrial logging that interferes with its constitutionally guaranteed treaty rights. The Grassy Narrows trappers have been in the courts for close to a decade fighting to protect Treaty 3, which was signed by the Government of Canada in 1873. The trial is expected to last approximately 75 days. “We have never given our consent to clearcut logging, and we have never given up our right to live off this land, but the government and the corporations choose to ignore this,” said Grassy Narrows representative Joseph Fobister. “The logging is destroying a way of life for our people, and we cannot allow that.” In her decision to award costs in advance of trial, Madam Justice Spies wrote “I have no difficulty in concluding that the treaty int

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