PLANET IN PERIL

By Barry Wilson, TheWesternProducer - Mar 14, 2011 As MPs began debating a proposal for a moratorium on genetically modified alfalfa, agriculture minister Gerry Ritz said there is no prospect GM alfalfa will be approved. Full story here.

March 18th, 2011 - By Heather Whitehead - CivilEats Image Credit: Creative Commons photo by Sam Beebe The Center for Food Safety and Earthjustice have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture, arguing that the agency’s recent unrestricted approval of genetically engineered, “Roundup Ready” Alfalfa was unlawful. Full story here.

CBC - Mar 16-11 - Ontario Power Generation has notified Canada's federal nuclear regulator about the release of 73,000 litres of demineralized water into Lake Ontario at the Pickering A nuclear generating station. Full story here.

AlterNet by Jill Richardson - Mar'11 South America is being taken over by a handful of companies in the soy business that are destroying ecologically sensitive areas and pushing people from their ancestral land.   Full story here.    

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REVIEWED BY NICOLA ROSS - From Thursday's Globe and Mail With about 25 pages left to read in David Suzuki’s The Legacy, I begin to panic. Read more here.