UN Climate Change Panel to Adopt New Procedures, Quality Guidelines
Michael Ricciardi - Planetsave - 5/15/11 Members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have announced adoption of new procedures… Details here.
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Flood Fight and Flight Along the Mississippi River
NEW ORLEANS, 05/16/11 (ENS) - The Mississippi River is overflowing its banks, putting pressure on levees from Baton Rouge to New Orleans... Details here. www.KVAL.com
UN-Backed World Migratory Bird Day Puts Spotlight on Land Sustainability
United Nations News Centre - 14 May 2011 United Nations-backed events celebrating the annual migration of an estimated 50 billion birds are taking place this… Details here.
United Nations Chief Urges Change in Resource Consumption Patterns for Sustainable Development
13 May 2011 – UN News Centre Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the need for fundamental changes in humanity’s resource consumption patterns and values. Details here.
Renewable Energy Can Power the World, says Landmark IPCC Study
guardian.co.uk 9 May 2011 UN's climate change science body says renewables supply, particularly solar power, can meet global demand. Details here.
The Audacity of Genetically Modified Foods
By Bruce Robinson Daily Camera - 05/08/2011 The biotech industry, led by Monsanto, promotes the idea that the arguments about genetically modified crops should focus on the science and the economics as Monsanto sees them. Read more:
The Cost of Doing Nothing (about Climate Change)!
This is the CBC (aerial) video of the dike being deliberately breached at the Hoop & Holler Bend in the Assiniboine River, near Portage La Prairie.
A Grandpa's Plea for Future Generations
David Suzuki - Science Matters - May 13'11 We shouldn't expect the kids to clean up our mess.
Harper Ignores Climate Change to his Discredit
NOTE; My letter below, now appears in the Winnipeg Free Press online at: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/121825344.html as "Ditches not enough." ======= Dear Editor, It was quite a spectacle. There was Prime Minister Harper, who once called climate change "a Communist plot," blissfully inspecting the devastation it has created in Manitoba before his very eyes. But rather than launching a frontal attack on its root causes, he predictably promised to help Manitoba dig deeper ditches and build higher dikes. Scientists who know the most about the topic have warned for years that climate change is playing a role in the terrible storms around the world which are getting worse and more frequent. And that, in all likelihood, includes the worst flooding this province has seen in centuries. So, if we hope to protect our earthly home in more meaningful, lasting ways, we need to cut back on the fossil fuels we burn in
The Canadian Wheat Board's Going... Now What?
By: Laura Rance - Wpg. Free Press - Posted: 05/7/2011 Monopoly did much more for farmers than just sell their grain for them. Details here.