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Climate Change to Worsen Severe Water Shortages in US Southwest

by Brian Merchant, Treehugger 02.11.11 We're already well aware that….

Energy Independence Goes Awry: Why the Ethanol Boom May Turn US Conservation Land into Corn Fields

AlterNet / By Jill Richardson Feb '11 Given America's enthusiasm for ethanol production, on e might assume ethanol is a miracle fuel, sent from heaven to lead the way to independence from oil. Please also read: "Bursting the Ethanol Bubble" by Larry Powell

Major Betrayal of Organic Food Movement - What the Relentless March of the Biotech Industry Means to North Americans

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Dr. Mercola Interviews Ronnie Cummins - Feb 14, 2011      If You Eat Organic Food, You Have Just Been Betrayed

A "Must-See!" Bill Mahr's Latest Video on Climate Change!

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Environment Minister Peter Kent Claims Climate "Plan Is Working" and Canadians Are "Proud" of Tar Sands

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Naom Chomski on Climate Change. (Video) A Liberal Hoax?

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My MP Helps Nix a Bill That Would Have Protected Farmers From GMO Crops. Letter-to-the-Editor

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Dear Editor, I see my new Member of Parliament, Robert Sopuck  (Conservative Party - Dauphin-Swan River-Marquette - above.) has already made his mark on the political landscape. He voted with the rest of his Conservative Party and many Liberals last night to defeat an NDP private members' bill. The thrust of Bill C-474 was pretty simple - protect farmers by requiring “an analysis of potential harm to export markets before the sale of any new genetically engineered (GMO) seed is permitted." In other words, new GM seeds would actually be examined to make sure other countries would want to buy them. (This, of course, is something an honest, competent government should have been doing anyway.) Had it passed, the bill almost certainly would have prevented the GM flax fiasco of 2009. Canadian farmers paid a heavy price in that year (and since) when unwanted GM contamination damaged their export flax markets. It might have also saved many organic farmers in this country fro

GMO Bill Struck Down in Ottawa

By Colleen Kimmett February 9, 2011  A private members' bill that would have added a layer of scrutiny….

Mexico, Cradle of Corn, Finds its Noble Grain Under Assault

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By Tim Johnson | McClatchy Newspapers GUELATAO, Mexico — Yank the husks off...

Greens Urge Manitoba to Become "GE-Free"

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The USDA Approves Another Controversial GE Crop

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Enough is Enough: Tell President Obama to Stand Up to Monsanto Dear Larry, Is This the Monsanto Administration or the Obama Administration? Demand President Obama Stop Approving Monsanto's Crops! Is the Obama Administration becoming the Monsanto Administration? A few days ago, the USDA approved the planting of genetically engineered (GE) sug