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Record Spring, No Thanks to Manitoba

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By: Margaret Munro and Matt Preprost - 10/06/2010 Editor's note - Climate change? Naaaah!! l.p.

Ottawa Posts Another Wimpy "Milestone" in its "Non-Fight" Against Climate Change

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Matthew Bramley, the Pembina Institute - June 3, 2010 New federal climate plan admits minimal action on emissions...

Deathbed Reprieve for Killer Industry?

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June 6th - 2010 - Kathleen Ruff Ottawa and Quebec City appear poised to bail out asbestos producers ,

Animal Waste on Factory Farms Comes Under Closer EPA Scrutiny

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WASHINGTON, DC, June 1, 2010 (ENS) - In a legal...

Nigeria's Agony Dwarfs the Gulf Oil Spill.

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John Vidal - environment editor May 30 - 2010 The US and Europe ignore it!

Amazing CBC Podcast on Oil Spills

EDITOR: If you didn't catch this interview when it aired on CBC Radio's "Sunday Edition" on May 30th, please listen to the podcast. It's an amazing and damning indictment of oil companies in their handling of oil spills by an obviously well-informed and dedicated individual. Just click on the link, below. l.p. Guest host Helen Mann; 

Hour One: Life After an Environmental Disaster - What Can the People of Louisianna Learn from the Exxon Valdez? - Riki Ott heard about the BP rig and headed straight for the Louisiana coast. She's a marine toxicologist and an environmental activist. And she wanted to share her experience and expertise with those who live and work on that coast, and provide some advice on the challenges they face. In our first hour, Dr. Riki Ott will also tell us those things. Click here, then follow the links.

More on Boreal Forest Agreement

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Response from Canadian Boreal Initiative Re: My Concerns about the 'Boreal Forest Agreement' (Peter Miller) Clearcutting in the Duck Mtn. by Mary Jane Eichler FOLKS, FOR THOSE FOLLOWING THE RECENT BOREAL FOREST AGREEMENT, HERE IS AN EXCHANGE BETWEEN LARRY INNES OF THE CANADIAN BOREAL INITIATIVE AND JOHN HUMMEL. THANKS TO BOTH FOR THIS POSTING. Dear Larry, Thanks for writing back regarding some of my concerns regarding this agreement. I will share your response with others who have similar concerns. I did include a link to the leaked version of the agreement in my email to everyone so they would have an opportunity to see everything in context and make their own judgment. As you may be aware, there is now a longer version of the agreement now on the internet at: http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/Final.pdf Since this agreement has implications for all Canadians and Indigenous Nations, I was surprised that none of the signatories to this a