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BP Oil Leak Aftermath: Slow-Motion Tragedy Unfolds for Marine Life

Suzanne Goldenberg in Grand Isle, Louisiana - guardian.co.uk - June 2010 Out on the water,

Disturbing Blight Comes From Urban Source

Laura Rance - Manitoba Co-Operator June - 2010 Provincial agricultural extension workers are faced with...

Eat Less Meat - Save the Planet!

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Felicity Carus - guardian.co.uk, June 2010 UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free diet...

Organic Cotton Farming More Profitable: Greenpeace

The Economic Times - 15 Jun 2010 HYDERABAD: Organically grown cotton is more... Read full Greenpeace report here.

How Obama Let the World’s Most Dangerous Oil Company Spiral out of Control

AlterNet June 12 - 2010 Though George W. paved the...

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.