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Climate Change Causes Larger, More Plentiful Marmots, Study Shows

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Implications for Many Creatures That Hibernate ScienceDaily (July 22, 2010) — Could populations of these "gophers" (Richardson's ground squirrels), be about to explode, too?) l.p. photo

Oil Devastation Found at Major Gulf Breeding Site

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ScienceDaily (July 22, 2010) — A Cornell Lab of.... Raccoon Island, Louisiana Coast

ACTION ALERT: Demand That Canada Support UN Right to Water Resolution

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Let's get behind movements like these and stop this grinning jackass in his tracks! l.p. http://www.canadians.org/action/2010/RTW-June-18.html Updated July 6, 2010 After years of hard work, there has been a breakthrough in our right to water work at the United Nations. Several countries are prepared to support a resolution on the right to water which is likely to be voted on at the end of July. Council of Canadians Chair Maude Barlow, and Blue Planet Project Organizer Anil Naidoo have been speaking to international delegations urging countries to support the resolution. Unfortunately, Canada appears to be obstructing the process. It will be crucial that we get as many letters to the Canadian government over the next few days demanding that Canada support the right to water. Please join us in sending the email below to Stephen Harper. http://www.canadians.org/action/2010/RTW-June-18.html

Canadian Researchers Solve Monarch Migration Mystery

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By: Dominique Jarry-Shore, The Canadian Press - 24/07/2010 TORONTO - A new Canadian study... Monarch cluster, courtesy of www.hiltonpond.org

What Those Who Killed the Tar Sands Report Don't Want You to Know

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By Andrew Nikiforuk, 15 Jul 2010, TheTyee.ca Why did a parliamentary committee suddenly.... Open pit bitumen mine courtesy Beautiful Destruction.

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?