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Deep-Sea Mining Adds to Fears of Marine Pollution

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By Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor - the Independent - 2 July'10 Concerns about.... (photo from NOAA, Ocean Explorer)

Oil Spill in Gulf Could Cause ‘Dead Zone’, Further Hitting Sea Life

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June 29, 2010 - Financial Times High concentrations of… This image from NOAA shows the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico.

Climate Change Complicates Plant Diseases of the Future

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ScienceDaily (June 26, 2010) — Human-driven....

Keeping the Bees - Author Implicates Pesticides in Bee Deaths

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Just click headline, scroll to bottom of page and listen to the CBC Radio Podcast with Laurence Packer! There are over 19-thousand species of bees found all over the world, including two species that have been found near the edge of glaciers in the Arctic. It is estimated that bee pollination is key for about one-third of the world's food supply, either directly or indirectly. Bees play a vital role in the ecology of the planet, yet these unsung heroes of the natural world may be at risk. Pesticides, fragmentation of habitat and climate change all pose threats to bees. And according to Laurence Packer , if they are in trouble, then so are we. Dr. Packer is a melittologist and a Professor of Biology at York University in Toronto. In his new book, Keeping The Bees -Why All Bees Are At Risk and What We Can Do to Save Them ,

Obama Exercises Good Government, Makes BP Pay. Republicans and the Corporate Media Freak Out

AlterNet - June 25 - '10 Obama's hardline….

GM Alfalfa Ruling by US Supreme Court Has Sweeping Implications For Canadian Farmers and All Citizens

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 22, 2010 SASKATOON, Sask.—The US Supreme Court ruled this week that genetically-modified (GM) alfalfa cannot be planted or sold in that country. This ruling has very significant implications for Canadian farmers and all other citizens. Canada’s National Farmers Union (NFU) participated in an “amicus brief” to the US Supreme Court as part of this case. The case, Monsanto v. Geerston Farms, marks the first time a GM crop case has been brought before the US Supreme Court. Ruling on a lower court decision, the Supreme Court upheld a ban on the sale and planting of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready alfalfa. The ban will remain in place until the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) prepares a proper Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and until the USDA succeeds in officially “deregulating” the crop—a move that will be scrutinized and opposed (possibly in court) by many groups. Work on an EIS an

NDP's Food Report Urges Public Incentives for Local Foods

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Manitoba Co-Operator - June 22 - 2010 The federal New Democrats' report...