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Toxic Contaminants: The Other Scourge

By Neena Bhandari SYDNEY, Nov 2 (IPS) - As the world focuses on the impact of climate change, little attention is being paid to yet another...

Stop the Crisis, Change the Food System!

Mon, November 2, 2009 - La Via Campesina From November 13th to 17th, more than 400 delegates (number determined by available funding*) from 70 different countries representing small scale food producers....

How Foraging Albatrosses Put Plastic On The Menu in an Ocean of Plastic

ScienceDaily (Oct. 29, 2009) — The North Pacific Ocean is now commonly referred to as the world's largest garbage...

What Lies Beneath the Rainforest?

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The Independent - UK - Saturday, 31 October 2009 You want the Amazon to survive? Then pay us not to pump the oil, says Ecuador. Huw Hennessy in Quito reports on a bold initiative... Terragalleria

Activist's Message: End Needless Waste of Food

The Herald-News - October 31, 2009 JOLIET -- Vandana Shiva is giving new meaning to the old metaphor, "You reap what you...

Global Warming Cycles Threaten Endangered Primate Species

ScienceDaily (Oct. 29, 2009) Two Penn State University researchers have carried out one of the first-ever analyses of the effects of...

Scientists Discover Influenza's Achilles Heel: Antioxidants

ScienceDaily (Oct. 30, 2009) As the nation copes with a shortage of vaccines for H1N1 influenza, a team of Alabama researchers have raised hopes that they have found an Achilles' heel for all strains...

Climate Leadership, Economic Prosperity: Suzuki

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October 30, 2009 - the Green Pages Wind turbines, southwest SK. l.p. photo Ottawa - Canada can succeed economically while meeting targets to reduce global...

Canada Sets Aside its Boreal Forest as Giant Carbon Vault

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Suzanne Goldenberg , guardian.co.uk , 29 Oc'09 By banning logging, mining and oil drilling in an area twice the size of California, Canada is ensuring its boreal forests continue to soak up carbon... Artist: Mary Jane Eichler

Organic Farming Yields Tougher Crops

by Max Ajl - Solve Climate - Sep 22nd, 2009 The future is now. What used to be scientific predictions of climate change are now upon us. This makes a major switch to organics even more urgent...

Who’s Investigating the CAFO-Swine Flu Link?

Oc 29'09 - by Tom Philpott - Grist 6 months after the outbreak, is anyone?