Beyond the Birds and the Bees
The Xerces Society Effects of "neonic" insecticides on agriculturally important beneficial insects. Details here. Unidentified pollinator. PLT photo.
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Apple Turnover - How This "Supercool" Tech Giant Plays Fast & Loose With the Environment
George Monbiot Apple offers 21st Century technology – with 19th Century ethics. Full story here.
Writer Knocks Manitoba Government for "Disgusting" Response to Arsenic Issue
Dear Editor: Complacency about water safety thrives in Manitoba. What are we putting into our water ? PLT photo We are putting toxic waste (poison) into our water. Toxic = dangerous, immediate or long term effects. In the absence of scientific research, no one should simply claim those products are safe and acceptable, then allow them to be discarded into a water source. There is absolutely no legitimate government interest fulfilled, by allowing arsenic, lead and other contaminants into a water source. Yet, that is exactly what is happening! The town of Virden, Manitoba, for instance, has been issued a licence by the province to dump arsenic taken from the water treatment plant, into a surface water source, which downstream, enters into the Assiniboine River. The questions then that need to be answered are: Why does government, the province of Manitoba condone and permit such a disdainful action? Why ar
Wake Up! Make Agriculture Truly Sustainable - UNCTAD
United Nations Conference on Trade & Development The world needs "a rapid and significant shift from conventional, monoculture-based and high external-input-dependent industrial production towards mosaics of sustainable, regenerative production systems." Full story here.
Climate Change: IPCC Cites Global Temperature Rise Over Last Century
The Guardian More than half a trillion tonnes of carbon have been burned since the industrial revolution, according to an IPCC report. Full story here. PLT: What doesn't get burned, gets spilled!
Protest Song - Save BC's Wilderness
Rachelle Van Zanten - My Country (Official Video) from Taylor F. on Vimeo .
Environmental Report Details Extent of Contamination in the Quebec Runaway Train Disaster
(The Toronto Star) There was never doubt that the deadly train derailment in Lac-Mégantic caused an environmental disaster, but a report made public this week by Quebec's ministry of the environment details the extent of the devastation to the soil, river and lake near the disaster zone. Details here. Related: "Have Our Servants Become Our Masters? "