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NASA Satellites Reveal Connection Between Mountain Pine Beetles and Wild Fires - But Not One You Might Expect!

by Jaymi Heimbuch, TreeHugger, San Francisco, California Mountain pine beetles…

Organic Strawberries Have Better Taste & Nutrition Than Conventional & Better For Soil Too: New Study

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by Matthew McDermott, TreeHugger, New York, NY Se 3, '10 In the tug of…. Strawberries photo by l.p.

Alberta Premier Has a Bad Week Over the Tar Sands; *Poor Baby!

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Climate Action News Sept 9th, 2010 It was a tough week for... Another *pornographic image from Alberta's tar sands. Courtesy of the Tarnished Earth Gallery. (*Editor's comments)

Death by M&M: The Problem with Food Dyes

by Sarah Parsons SUSTAINABLE FOOD June 30, 2010 Step away from…. EDITOR'S NOTE: A recent report on CBC television revealed that Health Canada is similarly nonchalant about food dyes here. SURPRISE! l.p.

Most New Farmland in Tropics Comes From Slashing Forests, Research Shows

ScienceDaily (Sep. 4, 2010) — Global agricultural...

Life vs. Productivity: "What Would You Live and Die to Protect?"

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05 September 2010 - by: Dahr Jamail, t r u t h o u t If someone broke into...

After 20 Years of Protection, Spotted Owls Decline But Forests Remain

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By Les Blumenthal | McClatchy Newspapers - Se 5 '10 WASHINGTON — Twenty years after...

Prairie Farmers on Lookout for Frost

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Brent Harder - (Resource News International) - 9/2/2010 Wet conditions... A soggy canola field near Dropmore, in western MB. l.p. photo

$11 Million Verdict to Small, Family Farms Overrun by Corporate Agriculture’s Waste in Missouri

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May 8, 2010 by Augie - wholefoodsusa Recently (March 4, 2010) a major class-action... KichiroSato photo Associated Press

Fuel Tanker Runs Aground in Northwest Passage

September 2, 2010 - CBC News A fuel tanker carrying 9½ million... EDITOR'S NOTE: What! No oil spill? I guess they'll have to try harder! l.p.

Oil Slick Reported at Burning Platform in the Gulf

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02 Se '10 - by: Mike Ludwig, t r u t h o u t A trail of oil at least a... EDITOR'S NOTE: Is there no end to this? l.p. Photo by Gerald Herbert, AP