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Minister of Environmental Destruction Says He Will Not Let Emissions Rules Hamper Tar Sands Development

DESMOGBLOG.COM  6 January 11 Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent is off... EDITOR'S NOTE: When I recently wrote "Peter Kent - hope or disappointment?" on his being named to his new cabinet post, I was skeptical - but tried to at least leave him the benefit of the doubt. Well, congrats, Peter! You have now let down totally, not just me but everyone other Canadian who had hopes for a cleaner country! Shame! l.p.

US Northwest's Foggy Summer Mystifies Experts - An Uncertain Future for the Giant Redwoods?

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By Les Blumenthal | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — The summer of 2010 was...

British Beekeepers Fume at Association's Endorsement of Fatal Insecticides

by Michael McCarthy - Global Research Jan 13 2011 Britain's beekeepers are at...

Australia Digs out of Putrid Mud; Nation Tallies Multi-billion Dollar Flood Toll

By: John Pye, Rod McGuirk, The Associated Press - 01/14/2011 TENT HILL, Australia - Australia began to tally...

Pfffft Goes Promise of Pumping C02 Underground

By Andrew Nikiforuk, 12 Jan 2011, TheTyee.ca Farmers say high profile carbon sequestration experiment is a bubbling, dangerous failure.

The Future of Food Riots

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January 10, 2011 - by Gwynne Dyer - CommonDreams.org   If all the food in the world were...