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A Poem For Stephen

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– by Larry Powell ‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the land global warming was here. \ It was grand! It was grand! Cars would start! Ice would melt! Folks wore their light clothes , while up through their chimneys mere wisps of smoke rose! On the air one could hear mindless broadcasters say "It's eleven degrees. Hope this thaw lasts 'til May!” But up at the pole it was not Santa's day. Two of his reindeer had just passed away. Dasher and Dancer had sadly drowned while playing with mates confined to the ground. There was a river they could normally cross. But its ice had grown thin in the tenuous frost. The two were not helped by the fact they could fly. And the cold, clear water is where they did die. The great bears of the north had met similar ends. Just as learn-ed scholars did indeed portend. Christmas day dawned, but alas, 'twas not white! Lawns were brown, fields were black. It just didn't seem right! The s

Tarsands Pollution Exceeds Official Estimates: Study

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The Canadian Press - Bob Weber Dec. 7'09  EDMONTON – An independent study suggests pollution from...  Canada geese fly over an open pit of the tar sands Courtesy of BeautifulDesruction 

Seed Behemoth Monsanto Stumbles Into Antitrust Trouble

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16 Dec 2009 - by Tom Philpott - Grist Crop sprayer - l.p. photo Even as it bombards the airwaves and magazine ad pages to tout its commitment to “sustainable agriculture,” GMO seed giant Monsanto...

BC Wilderness Committee Calls for Climate Action

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Ken Wu Speaks out for Old Growth at Copenhagen Climate Talks Wilderness Committee campaigner Ken Wu is in Copenhagen, drawing attention to the value of our remaining ancient forests on Vancouver Island for storing carbon. This past week he joined hundreds of thousands of protesters calling for Canada’s government to take real action on climate change. Ken spoke at the conference on climate change in Copenhagen on Monday, December 14, about Vancouver's forests and their effect on the environment. He based his most recent information on a report issued by the Sierra Club, ‘State of British Columbia’ Coastal Rainforest: Mapping the Gaps for Ecological Health and Climate Protection’ released Sunday, which noted that industrial logging over the decades has decimated old-growth tracts to below the level needed to preserve species. Decades of "industrial logging" have reduced vast tracts of old-growth coverage to below the 30 per cent per ecosystem mark -- the a

Success?

by CHARLES CAMPBELL - Dogwood Initiative Enbridge can't hide the fact that their Northern Gateway pipeline and tanker project has been delayed yet again. Could Dogwood supporters have anything to do with it? Read More . . .

A Billion People's Water at Risk From Melting Ice - Al Gore

AFP. Posted December 14, 2009. At UN climate talks Monday, Gore warned that record melting...

Youth and Indigenous People Escalate Protests Inside the UN

BY JOSHUA KAHN RUSSELL | Rabble.CA - DECEMBER 10, 2009 Echoing the words of Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed (We will not...

Climate Justice - Take Action for People & the Planet

Council of Canadians reporting from Copenhagen...

MANITOBA HAS PLAN TO REDUCE PLASTIC BAG USE: BLAIKIE

Manitoba News Release ............................................................ December 8, 2009 - - - Manitobans Asked For Input To Guide Action to Protect Environment Manitobans are being asked for their views on the best way to reduce the impact of plastic bags on the environment, Conservation Minister Bill Blaikie announced today. "We want to hear what Manitobans think and we want to work with shoppers, vendors and bag manufacturers," said Blaikie. Manitoba was the first province in Canada to ban plastic bags in liquor stores and the second to set targets for packaging. Plastic bags are regulated as service packaging under the Packaging and Printed Paper Stewardship Regulation, passed in December 2008. The Guideline for Plastic Bags under the regulation establishes a target to reduce the use of plastic bags by 50 per cent within five years. Next spring, Multi-Material Stewardship Manitoba (MMSM) will launch a new industry program to manage packaging and printed pap

Global Protests Demand Action on Climate Change

COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Hundreds of thousands of activists across...

Can Wind Power the World?

Thu May. 19, 2005 - Mother Jones Two Stanford researchers have put out a new scientific study suggesting that the potential for wind-driven energy is actually many times....