PLANET IN PERIL

 AlterNet / By Peter Gleick - Nov 20 '10 How bad it gets depends on how much longer we fail to act.                             

Dear Editor,   When a hollow m an like Jim Prentice can don a phony cloak of "green," take on a sacred trust as this nation's "Minister of the Environment," then hightail it off to a cushy job with "CIBC" (which is helping to bankroll the Alberta tar sands, the world's dirtiest energy project), be afraid. Be very afraid.   Jim Prentice, Climate Criminal    Dead ducks in an Albrta tar pit. (Vancouver Sun photo) As Prentice skulks off into the night with visions of money bags dancing in his head, he gets a pat on the back from Stephen Harper and a free pass from a polite media. Fish caught near tarpits - Jason Franson CP Preoccupied with political "process," "strategy" and "positioning," news outlets obviously no longer believe they have any duty to actually hold the ethical behaviour of our leaders up to any kind of public scrutiny. That would just be wrong! Instead, they pontificate on how the balance in t

Winnipeg Free Press - By: Mike De Souza - 18/11/2010 Scrapped without Senate hearings, debate... =========== TAKE ACTION: Tell MPs and the Prime Minister to respect democracy and heed the will of Canadians Stephen Harper has done what he promised not... ========== LETTERS; Dear Editor: Re Unelected Tory senators kill climate bill passed by House , Gloria Galloway, Nov.17/2010 I am so shocked and ashamed, and disappointed by this callous political act, once again. This action by the Tory dominated Senate is the straw that broke the camel's back. The senators were undoubtedly following orders from the Tory leader who appointed them, even though he campaigned against such underhanded and devious tactics. Harper holds tyrannical control of his party, and the government whenever he can, and wields it in a condescending and undemocratic manner. Little by little he has eroded Canada's democratic government. But we Canadians just stand back and let him do it. Sometimes I w

  No 9 ’10 - Lester R. Brown   E arth P olicy I nstitute Courtesy - the World Bank 

Video on water crisis The Coming Water Shock "We're on a collision course with our finite supply of water," says Susan Leal, co-author of the new book Running Out of Water . It's not just that the supply is limited, she notes, it's our growing population, increased personal use, and climate change that are all playing into what journalist Anna Lenzer calls "the coming shock."

Monday, 15 November 2010 THE INDEPENDENT Could we be facing a future without birds? Our reliance on pesticides has cut a swathe through their numbers. We must act now, argues Kate Ravilious Bird photos by l.p.

Thanks to the Winnipeg Free Press for this video. Chapter 1 Video: Helen Fallding introduces you to Manitobans living with no running water.

By: Raphael Satter, The Associated Press - 10/11/2010 LONDON - Scientists say some whale species off….

Larry Elliott and Mark Tran guardian.co.uk, 4 November 2010 Human development report says inaction on climate change puts at risk decades of progress on education and health Only pools of water are left where once the river  flowed This small village in Mali is being  threatened by an encorashing sand dune.  Photograph: Madeleine Bunting/Guardian

Indigenous Environmental Network OTTAWA, Nov. 5 – This morning the Indigenous...  Immense trucks used to strip-mine bitumen. beautifuldestruction photo.

Viewed as leadership contender - By: Bruce Cheadle - Posted: 5/11/2010 EDITOR'S COMMENT: As usual, the media misses the mark entirely on this story. Preoccupied with "process" and "political advantage" and how Prentice may now be jockying for a "leadership" position, they fail to point out the sad state of our country, where a climate criminal such as this man can cynically rise to a position (of environment Minister) which has obviously been no more important to him                   photo by cbc.ca than a furry rat's ass. If so, why would he now defect to a rich bank that has had its nose in the filthy tar sands trough which, had he been a real man, would have been dedicated to cleaning up rather than enabling? Sadly, this is clearly another example of our country's fall into near-total corruption and no one seems to care! l.p.