Facing Threat of Empty Oceans
Winnipeg Free Press - By: Gwynne Dyer - 10/03/2010 Everybody in the business knows that the Atlantic population of bluefin... 900 lb Bluefin
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Fresh Evidence Global Warming is Man-Made
John von Radowitz - The Scotland Herald - 4 Mar 2010 Climate scientists hit back... EDITOR'S NOTE: Might there soon be too many "brushfires" like these for even our shrill gang of climate-deniers to put out? I certainly hope so! l.p. Crabeater seals. Courtesy of Coolantarctica
Monsanto to Enforce Bt Corn Refuge Rules
MB Co-Operator -Staff - 3/2/2010 Monsanto Canada plans to give corn growers one warning... EDITOR'S NOTE: As far as I'm concerned, farmers who accept this kind of bullshit deserve everything they get! l.p.
Our Brave New World of Globalization - Food and Water Drive an African Land Grab
John Vidal - guardian.co.uk - the Observer - 7 Mar. 201 An Observer investigation reveals... Inside a greenhouse at a Saudi-financed farm in Ethiopia. Courtesy of guardian.co.uk EDITOR'S NOTE: Governments and corporate land-grabbers are spreading like a cancer around the world. Please also read here.
A Somber "Global Warning" for Manitoba
by Larry Powell An environmental think-tank is warning that Manitoba faces more frequent and severe droughts and floods, due to climate change. The Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), singles out Lake Winnipeg, already besieged by a number of environmental problems, as being particularly vulnerable to further damage as a result of these changes. Lk. Winnipeg photo - Greenpeace It's believed to be the first time such a research group has so clearly spelled out a link between global warming and such obvious consequences as the massive and frequent flooding which has occurred on the Red River over the past century or so. The Institute has done what it calls "a prairie-wide cumulative stress analysis" of prairie water resources. It finds a significant part of southern Manitoba, including much of the Red River Valley, suffers from a high demand for water, a high risk of damage to water quality and, despite the catastr
Foodborne Illness Costs US $152 Billion Annually: Study
March 3, 2010 by Reuters - by Christopher Doering WASHINGTON - Foodborne illnesses cost...
What SHOULD be in Canada's Next Federal Budget
As is its usual practice, The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, a progressive "think-tank," has prepared an "alternative" budget for the federal government to consider. To download the whole budget document, click the headline and follow the links. l.p. ======
Coal-Fired Power on the Way Out?
Analysis by Lester R. Brown - (IPS) Inter Press Service WASHINGTON, 24 Feb (IPS) - The past two years have witnessed…
Pro-CWB farmers to Appeal Voters' List Ruling
Manitoba Co-Operator - Staff - 2/26/2010 A Prairie farmers' group says it has filed... Courtesy of FotoSearch
Coral Reefs in Danger of Being Destroyed
The Independent 24 February 2010 Rising acidity of the oceans is threat to... Courtesy of Solcomhouse
FCC Rolls Out Loans for On-Farm Renewable Energy
Manitoba Co-Operator - Staff - 2/23/2010 Farmers and agribusinesses eyeing ways to use renewable ... the Overgaard farm