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More Drilling, More Disasters, (Including Canada) Unless We All Do Our Part

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Science Matters - By David Suzuki The Gulf of Mexico disaster is... Photo by Calgary Herald

Lightning Strikes Over Winnipeg Spark Sky-High Damages

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By: Lindsey Wiebe Wpeg. Free Press - Posted: 14/08/2010 FRIDAY morning's downpour lit...

Climate Leader Dies

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Professor Stephen Schneider Climate scientist at Stanford University – passed away on July 19. Steve was a tireless, dedicated author contributing to all four IPCC assessment reports. The scientific community will deeply miss this great leader. Read more ...(pdf)

Is the News Coming From the Gulf Too Good To Be True? Unfortunately, Yes

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AlterNet - Au 1o-2010 Thad Allen may be struggling to find the oil, but that's not because it's all gone. Bird in oil spill. Seattle Weekly

Mosquito Wars: Politics, Economics or Science?

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by Bill Paton - Prof. of Biology, Brandon University, for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - 8/12/10 Heated debates are….

Costs of Oil Reach Far Beyond What We Pay at the Pump

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08/12/10 - by: Mark Engler - Truthout This might be an opportune... Photo by seasteading.org

Storms Unfold as Climate Scientists Have Predicted

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8/ 13/10 Boston Globe Heat waves, fires, and floods fit their predictions Please also read; "Is Climate Change a Four-Letter Word?"

National Farmers Union Warns New Trade Agreement with EU Could Crush Canadian Farmers

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New "FTA" threatens famers' right to save seed, NFU warns. (PDF) Grain stored on open ground. l.p. photo

US Court Rescinds USDA Approval of GE Sugar Beets

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Posted on August 13, 2010 by Heather The True Food Network Order Bans Planting or Sale of... Cherry tomatoes. (Organic!) l.p. photo

Tar Sands Toxins Growing Rapidly

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Globe & Mail - Au 10-2010 Volume of arsenic, lead increased 26 per cent in last four years, Environment Canada says. AB tar pond by Beautiful Destruction

Russia's Agony a "Wake-Up Call" to the World

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By Stephen Leahy - Inter Press Service VIENNA, Aug 11, 2010 (IPS) Food prices soar in the face of Russia's record heat wave. Photo courtesy of CommonDreams.org