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Is Canada's Flagship TV Newscast Telling the Whole Story of Climate Change?

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"The National "- a Critique - by Larry Powell  (Please also watch video at end.) Overall, I believe the coverage of global warming by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is great, on such programs as “The Nature of Things” and “Doc Zone.” On the other hand, “The National,” the network’s nightly TV newscast, continues to disappoint. And here’s why. Last month, it carried a story on the horrific, record-breaking storms, which ravaged many parts of Canada in 2010. Was this climate change, it asked? For the answer, it went to Dave Phillips, official spokesperson for Environment Canada's Meteorological Service, famous for his “weather trivia” calendars. Phillips said it would be "bad science" to suggest a link between these storms and global climate change! Bad science? Phillips did not say; there may be a link but it's not possible to conclude, scientifically, at least not yet. Nor did he say; the storms were at least consistent with the now abund

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...