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A Great Way to Blow a Day

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By: Laura Rance Wpg. Free Press - 21/08/2010 Folks eating it up at farmers' markets. Farmers' market photo by l.p.

High-Yield Agriculture Slows Pace of Global Warming, say FSE Researchers

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Louis Bergeron - Stanford News Service - 2010 Advances in high-yield agriculture….. EDITOR'S NOTE: I do not always agree with stories I post here. This is a case in point. But what I think is secondary. I would love to hear your comments on this study. Might there be something to it? Or is it just a piece of "agri-biz" propoganda? l.p.

Outrage at UN Decision to Exonerate Shell for Oil Pollution in Niger Delta

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John Vidal, environment editor • guardian.co.uk, 22 August 2010 • Oil giant blamed for 10% of 9m barrels leaked in 40 years
 Photo courtesy of Crossed Crocodiles

Gulf Oil Spill Spawns Biofuels Industry Opportunism

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by Dave Levitan - May 6th, 2010 SolveClimate Producers tout the ethanol alternative to oil, but similar problems abound. Cornfield photo by l.p.

Three Pillars of a Food Revolution

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19 Au '10 by: Anna LappƩ, YES Magazine As marketers learn to fake... Cattle feedlot l.p. photo

Canadian Food Inspection Agency Watching for British Cloned Cow Genetics

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Manitoba Co-Operator - Staff - 8/19/2010 A claim that Canadian farms are importing... (Conventional) cow photo by l.p.

Emissions From Alberta Tar Sands Rise, Not Fall, as Canada Claims!

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Susan Casey-Lefkowitz’s Au'10 SWITCHBOARD Natural Resources Defense Council Staff Blog The latest "line" from Canada is... Liquid mine wastes are a major liability of oil sands mining. Photo: David Dodge, Pembina Institute.