Conservationists Fight Proposed Amazon Road
by Ben Block on October 29, 2009 - Worldwatch Institute Leaders of conservation groups from the United States and South America are requesting that international donors end their support for...
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Farmers Set Fire to Imported Sugar in Uttar Pradesh
Sun Nov 1, 2009 LUCKNOW (Reuters) - Farmers in India's biggest cane-producing state set fire to part of a goods train...
The Tar Sands - the Dirty New Gold Rush That is Blackening Canada’s Name
November 4, 2009 - Ben Webster - TimesOnline A giant mechanical digger gouges out a chunk of topsoil... Editor's note: Aerial photos of the tar sands like this one are now being touted as works of art! Our callousness toward the natural world is surely now complete. l.p.
Worldwatch Report: Global Environmental Change: The Threat to Human Health
Global Environmental Change: The Threat to Human Health Author: Samuel S. Myers, MD, MPH
Climate Negotiators Grow Impatient at Lack of Leadership From America (& Canada,too?l.p.)
UN and EU pile pressure on US to set ambitious carbon cuts... John Vidal in Barcelona guardian.co.uk , Monday 2 November 2009
Radio Program (Podcast) on Family Farms
Listen to a one-hour program on CBC Radio's, "The Current" about the assault on Canada's family farmers by agribusiness. Go to: http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/ scroll down & click on "Pt.2 - War in the Country." Thanks! l.p.
Reforming Our Food Production Can Start With Curbing Antibiotic Use
Rep. Louise Slaughter - U.S. Congresswoman from New York's 28th District November 3, 2009 Huffington Post Jonathan Safran Foer's new book, "Eating Animals ," has inspired a lively discussion here at HuffPo about how we produce the food...
Lizards, Rodent and Tree Frog Join Over 17,000 Others on Endangered Species List
By: Frank Jordans, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - 3/11/2009 GENEVA - A rare Panamanian tree frog, a rodent from Madagascar and two lizards found only in the Philippines are among...
Our Degrading Landscape - by Larry Powell
Man's mark on Planet Earth can now be seen at every turn. Not only does an increasing human population put greater demand on finite natural resources, each one of us seems to need, or want ever-more of what we already have. Jul.'04 - A wildflower field in western MB . Photo by Graham Powell (l.p. photos-click to enlarge.) Nov.'09 - Five years later, the trees in the background of the same field (above) are being logged. T he future of the field itself, where wild crocuses bloom in profusion each spring, is unknown. For some time now, more and more landowners throughout southwestern MB (not necessarily this one) have been signing agreements with Louisiana Pacific, a foreign-owned multinational corporations to supply it with logs. The company lied to authorities when it was first granted its license in the '90s, saying there were enough trees in its initial license area in the Duck and Porcupine Mountains to last "for a hundred years." If this were the case,
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....