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UK'S Lackluster Low Carbon Transition Plan

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The Institute of Science in Society Science Society Sustainability http://www.i-sis.org.uk l.p. photo This article can be found on the I-SIS website at http://www.i-sis.org.uk/UK_lackluster_lowcarbon_transition.php ======================================================== ISIS Report 12/10/09 UK’S Lackluster Low Carbon Transition Plan ################################## Belated, good in parts, but not green and definitely lacking in vision. Prof. Peter Saunders and Brett Cherry The belated The world is shifting to renewable energies in the wake of peak oil and accelerating global warming. Contrary to exhausting supplies of fossil and nuclear fuels, renewable energy is inexhaustible energy. In 2008, more capacity in renewable energies has been added than conventional, and the trend is continuing, with many politicians and experts considering 100 percent renewable by 2050 a distinct possibility [1] (see Green Energies - 100% Renewable by 2050, ISIS publication). The German government, for

Farmers Calling for Cull of Manitoba's Wild Elk

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By: Chinta Puxley, THE CANADIAN PRESS - 12/10/2009 WINNIPEG - Bovine tuberculosis carried by wild elk is increasingly threatening some Manitoba cattle herds...

Wild Birds Blamed for Avian 'Flu in the Fraser Valley

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MB Co-Operator - Oc 9'09 Wild geese. l.p. photo Wild birds are seen as the carriers of a "low-path" H5N2 avian flu virus that hit a turkey farm....

Millions Will Starve as Rich Nations Cut Food Aid Funding, Warns UN

The Guardian - UK - Oct.10-'09 Aid agencies fear global disaster as support for World Food Programme hits 20-year low... ===== EDITOR'S NOTE: At the same time the US was pledging billions to bail out rich banks & financiers on Wall Street, it was cutting back on its pledge to the World Food Program by almost $1B! Ironic, isn't it? Especially considering one of the counties to be hardest hit by such stinginess will be President Obama's ancentral home, Kenya! l.p.

Climate Change Will Hit Tropical Fisheries the Hardest

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ScienceDaily (Oct. 11, 2009) © QT Luong/terragalleria.com Major shifts in fisheries distribution due to climate change will affect...

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