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'Shocking' Report Warns Of Mass Extinction From Current Rate Of Marine Distress

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Travis Donovan  Huffpost Green 20/6/11 If the current actions contributing to a multifaceted degradation of the world's oceans aren't curbed, a mass extinction unlike anything…. Details here. Please also read, "The Gulf of Mexico is Dying."  PLT: I first posted this story with some reluctance & trepidation,  fearing it may be a bit "over the top." I no longer believe this to be the case.

Where Have All the Flowers Gone? High-Mountain Wildflower Season Reduced, Affecting Pollinators Like Bees, Hummingbirds

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ScienceDaily (June 17, 2011) — It's summer wildflower season in the Rocky Mountains, a time when high-peaks meadows are dotted with riotous color. But for how long? Details here. Bee photo by l.p.

Greenpeace Leader Boards an Arctic Drilling Rig - & Pays a Price! (Video)

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Natural Gas Is No Climate Change 'Panacea', Warns International Energy Agency

The Guardian - June '11 Reliance on gas would lead the world to a 3.5C temperature rise, and out-of-control global warming, says new research. Details here.

WATCH: Dangers of Natural Gas Extraction (Video)

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Fracking is a burgeoning technology being used to extract natural gas locked  within rock formations. Fluid is pumped into natural or man made fractures  under high pressure to open up cracks and access hard to reach reservoirs.  Critics are calling for a moratorium on fracking, saying it poses serious health  risks to nearby residents, damages the environment and could even cause  small earthquakes. Supporters say those claims are overblown, and fracking is  essential to Alberta's natural gas industry. Is fracking dangerous? Is it critical  to our economic future? How should Alberta proceed? Joining us for this  discussion is Jessica Ernst, Rosebud resident and former energy sector  consultant is now suing Encana; Tim Marchant, Adjunct Professor of Strategy  and Energy Geopolitics at the University of Calgary; and Ben Parfitt, Resource  Policy Analyst with the Canadian Centre f

Manitoba Search Crews Enter Flood Zone

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CBC News - Jun 16, 2011 Teams will stabilize properties so that owners can safely retrieve items. Details here.  Toronto Star photo  PLT: According to the provincial government's latest flood bulletin, 2,527 Manitobans have now been forced from their homes by the massive flooding. This has surely become an event "of biblical proportions." Except, in this case, does God really have that much to do with it?

Food Prices Not Likely to Decline for Some Time, says UN Report

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17/06/11 – The international community will be facing higher food prices and volatility in commodity markets for some time, according to… Details here. l.p. photo

Manitoba Permanently Designates Largest Area Of Protected Land In More Than a Decade

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June 16, 2011 Gov't. of Manitoba Asatiwisipe Aki Management Plan Approved: Blaikie. Details here. Part of the Boreal forest in west-central MB. l.p. photo

Climate Change is the Symptom, Not the Cause

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By: Rod Kueneman - 06/11/2011 - Winnipeg Free Press   The soil is warming and the arrival of this year's growing season once again provides… Details here.   A crowded beach in China. Courtesy; Secondose PLT - While I might have worded the headline differently that the Free Press did, I believe this is an excellent article. If Prof. Kueneman is not suggesting that climate change is unimportant - and I don't believe he is, his references to world population and consumption are compelling. l.p. 

Water Woes Pose Dire Prospects for Prairie Crops

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Canadian Wheat Board 06/14/11 Winnipeg - Unrelenting rain across large areas of Western Canada will severely impact grain production…. Details here. Soggy field. l.p. photo

Why Supermarket Tomatoes Suck

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By Barry Estabrook - 6/13/11 ON E ARTH     a survival guide for the planet Excerpted from the new book "Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit" Details here. Organic cherry tomatoes. l.p. photo