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Cheney's Push of Deregulators Caused BP Oil Spil Disaster

Groups Seeking Ban on Toxic Pesticide Go to US Federal Court

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NEW YORK - July 22 - CommonDreams.org Outlawed in homes and gardens, pesticide is still sprayed on food crops Crop-duster photo by l.p. EDITOR'S NOTE: In case you think chlorpyrfos (Lorsban) is a problem only in the US, think again! It is used extensively on grain crops on the Canadian prairies and made a Swan Valley family very sick a few years ago. Read their story here. "Family Believes it was Poisoned by Crop Spray " l.p. Why no lawsuit here?

Glacial Melt and Ocean Warming Drive Sea Level Upward

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John Mulrow and Alexander Ochs, with Shakuntala Makhijani - Worldwatch Institute - Jul 22, '10 The average sea level... Peter Hollinger photo

British Meat and Dairy Are Destroying Rainforests

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By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent - 20 Jul 2010 Telegraph.co.uk Huge swaths of rainforest… British dairy herd, courtesy of Superstock

BP Oil Poisons the Gulf of Mexico's Food Chain

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By Dahr Jamail* NEW ORLEANS, United States, Jul 20, 2010 (IPS/IFEJ) - Shellfish in… (AFP/Getty Images/ File/Sean Gardner)

Cattle Die in Kansas heat

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Manitoba Co-Operator - staff - 7/19/2010 Cattle prices on...

Science Matters: Protecting the Planet is a Sacred and Scientific Duty

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Jul 7th, 2010 - David Suzuki with Faisal Moola Cloud formation. l.p. photo