PLANET IN PERIL

29 Oct '10-The Green Pages More than 95 per cent of consumer products claiming...

Staff - Manitoba Co-Operator - 10/27/2010 A provincial committee asked to consider...

ScienceDaily (Oc. 29'10) — The islands flanking...

By MIREYA NAVARRO - New York Times - Oc 25 '10 BLUE GAP, Ariz. — For decades, coal has been...

Matthew O. Berger WASHINGTON, 28 Oct (IPS) - In the run-up to the U.S.

Manitoba News Release - Oc 26 '10 Local Residents to Participate in Wildlife Monitoring Program Including Use of Satellite Tracking, Infrared Camera A high-tech wildlife monitoring program will be part of the environmental-licensing process for the all-season road project from PR 304 near Hollow Water to Berens River First Nation, Aboriginal and Northern Affairs Minister Eric Robinson, minister responsible for the East Side Road Authority, and Conservation Minister Bill Blaikie announced today during an international caribou conference in Winnipeg. "The wildlife monitoring program will ensure high-quality and meaningful information is available regarding moose and woodland caribou on the east side of Lake Winnipeg," said Robinson.  "As part of the program, local residents and trappers will be hired to collect field data that will help us make responsible decisions as we move forward building this critical link to east-side communities." The $2.4

By Pat Brennan • The Orange County Register • Oc 25'10  At the end of its ninth month, 2010 is still...

ScienceDaily (Oct. 22, 2010)    The Arctic region... (Credit: iStockphoto/ Erlend Kvalsvik)

by Larry Powell If you enjoy this blog, please consider  donating to the author to keep it going.  Just click on the link below . Thanks! - Larry                                                                                                        In 1988, the Government of Canada, under Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, created The National  Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE).    In laymen's terms, its duty was, and is, to advise Ottawa on ways of developing this country economically that won't destroy our environment or the hopes of future generations. Just this month, NRTEE published (at least on first glance) a largely credible report on global warming , entitled "Degrees of Change" in the magazine, Canadian Geographic. It describes it as "The first comprehensive illustration of expected climate impacts published for Canada." It lists several consequences, "some positive, most negative" which are expected across t

By Katherine Eban, Fortune - October 8'10 EDITOR'S NOTE: Please read this article carefully. It's yet another sordid tale of corporate dirty deeds and media sloppiness..scandalous in the extreme. Shame on you Bayer CropScience! Shame on you, New York Times! l.p.  COMMENT: "A chemical company-Bayer-funds the research, and 'surprise'..the conclusion is:  bees are not dying off because of chemicals. Isn't that nice!" Margaret

Manitoba Co-Operator - Staff - 10/19/2010  Work on a "Buy Manitoba" branding campaign...

Grist.org / By Tom Laskawy The New York Times essentially called it 'case closed' on Colony Collapse Disorder, but there is good reason to be wary about their reporting.   photo by l.p.  EDITOR'S COMMENT: My sentiments exactly!  The degree to which media, even of the stature of the New York Times, seem prepared to bend over backwards to avoid singling out the role of pesticides, is truly disturbing. Even the group representing Canadian beekeepers seems engaged in the same game. The Bayers and Monsantos of this world truly do have powerful allies!  l.p.

Simon Dyer — Pembina Institute - Oct. 20, 2010 You could be forgiven... A thick layer of tar & a thin film of oil/bitumen reflecting a late summer sunset on the Albian Sands Muskeg River Mine tar pond. Photo by beautifuldestruction.ca

by Larry Powell    The group representing beekeepers in this country says 21 percent of honey bee colonies in Canada were lost over the winter of 2009-10. The Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists (CAPA) says, of the 611,972 "over-wintered" colonies, 128,463 were dead or unproductive by spring.  According to these latest CAPA figures, belatedly released just this past Friday, this represents 1.4x the long-term winter loss rate for Canada.  The Association describes this as a substantial improvement over the previous three-year period during which losses averaged 32.6%. CAPA credits beekeepers' effective use of mite control products in the improvement in colony losses. It adds, "extension professionals" also attribute such improvement to a new mite-control product called "Apivar," approved for use last fall. CAPA tempers its optomitic message with this note of caution, however. " Though encouraging, it is too early to det

OnEarth By Sharon Levy - October 7, 2010 After years of mystery, a team of researchers has undercovered new... l.p. photo

15 Oct '10 - by: Stacy Feldman - SolveClimate News  l.p.photo Forestry advocates are warning...

AlterNet / By Brad Reed - October 10, 2010  From candy cereals to dead pigs piled onto biscuits, Americans start their days with some deadly concoctions. EDITOR'S NOTE" Not to be outdone by our American friends, Canada has now actually allowed Kentucky Fried Chicken to introduce an equally disgusting dish called the Double Down sandwich, into this country! That's progress! l.p.  (Image, above, provided by KFC)

The Guardian, 4 Oc 2010 - George Monbiot To press governments into action, not platitudes on the biodiversity crisis,...

Winnipeg Free Press - By: Laura Rance - 16/10/2010 Growing up on the farm...

Posted by Tara Lohan at 2:35 pm - October 15, 2010   Today, across the world...

A stirring call to unite the environmental and global justice movement from Maude Barlow

Environmental Defence - 2010 October 13 As of Today, the 
Federal government formally adds BPA to the Toxic Substances List effective immediately

Wpg. Free Press - Laura Rance - 9/10/10 Overflowing bodies of water swallow up agricultural land in Manitoba

By: Alison Mutler,George Jahn, The Associated Press- 11/10/2010  BUCHAREST, Romania - Abandoned mines in...   Photo: Zsolt Szigetvary/EPA

Oct. 11, 2010 by Agence France-Presse Hungarian police on Monday...

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Freshwater is flowing into Earth's ocean in greater…. "The Water Planet." This photo, emphasizing the Earth's oceans is courtesy of Earth Observatory.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 9:15 AM From: "press-release@i-sis.org.uk" The Institute of Science in Society - Science Society Sustainability http://www.i-sis.org.uk This article can be found on the I-SIS website at http://www.i-sis.org.uk/argentinasRoundupHumanTragedy.php ======================================================== ISIS Report 06/10/10 Argentina's Roundup Human Tragedy ############################ Ten years of GM soy and glyphosate poisoning have escalated the rates of cancer and birth defects. Claire Robinson GM soy a death sentence for humans and the environment Argentina has become a giant experiment in farming genetically modified (GM) Roundup Ready (RR) soy, engineered to be tolerant to Roundup, Monsanto’s formulation of the herbicide glyphosate. The Argentine government, eager to pull the country out of a deep economic recession in the 1990s, restructured its economy around GM soy grown for export, most of which goes to

Oct 5 '10 - Canadian Round Table on Environment and Economy The physical effects of climate change...

Se 30, 10 by the Associated Press - by Malin Rising STOCKHOLM - Activists from Nepal,

Mark Kniver | BBC News | September 25, 2010 Birds embarking on long distance migrations are more vulnerable to shifts in the climate than ones making shorter journeys, a study suggests.   Barn swallows nest under a bridge in southern Manitoba.                                                                            Might they be afffected, too?  Scientists say the increasingly early arrival of spring at breeding sites in Europe makes it harder for the birds to attract a mate or find food. The researchers warn that the "increasing ecological mismatch" can lead to a decline in bird populations. The findings appear in the journal Proceedings B of the Royal Society. Cape May warbler, observed in  southern MB, 2008 PinP photos "The study was based on a very large dataset of 117 migratory bird species that mig

Manitoba Co-Operator 9/15/10 An Ottawa enzyme maker... (R.) A tiny part of the massive strawbale backlog at the failed strawboard plant at Eli, MB . l.p. photo

September 29, 2010 | By Emily Chung, CBC News The federal government engages in...

28 Se 2010 - by: Renee Schoof | McClatchy Newspapers Washington - The strong winds off...

Staff - Manitoba Co-Operator - 9/24/2010 The federal Liberal party has… Inmates working. Photo By Marc Vasconcellos.

Shared by: F. Los on Se 22, 2010 the green pages.ca Toronto - The government is failing to...

ScienceDaily (Sep. 23, 2010) — In recent decades, the rate at which... The Assiniboine River in Manitoba, below the Shellmouth dam. l.p. photo

Above is a map of the Keystone XL pipeline, designed to carry dirty tar sands oil into the 'States. COMMENT: Construction on this questionable project is now well advanced in southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Isn't it nice how our leaders wait for our permission before proceeding. Do da word "presumptuous" come to mind? l.p. Please also read item directly below.

AlterNet/by Michael Brune Se 23 - 2010 The oil it promises to provide… Stripping the first layer of 'overburden' a layer of earth, sand and gravel up to 100 feet deep covering the bitumen ore or tar sand. The trees have been removed but, in this case, the topsoil is not being separated. Courtesy of "Beautiful Destruction"

September 22, 2010 - CBC Manitoba The Council of Canadians has filed a complaint…

Manitoba Co-Operator - Staff - 9/22/2010 CropLife Canada (CLC) has published its case for the continued use of pesticides... Crop sprayer and pesticide container collection site. l.p. photos EDITOR'S NOTE: "CLC" calls its report, "We Stand for Sustainability ." The purest definition of that word came from the Bruntland Commission many years ago. "...living today in ways that do not undermine the ability of future generations to live." Once again, the chemical industry has bastardized the word to suit its own purposes...i.e. pour more and more of our products on your crops, just so you can stay even with last year! l.p.

Juliette Jowit guardian.co.uk, 22 September 2010 Farming summit told of delaying tactics by large agri-business and food producers on decisions that would improve human health and the environment (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

- by Larry Powell Roblin, Manitoba, CA Se.22 - '10. Record rainfall and a disastrously wet season have already ruined millions of hectares of grain crops on the Canadian prairies this year. A soggy, unharvested canola field in western Manitoba. PinP photo Now, another scourge, also related to excess moisture, has emerged. Gov't. of MB photos A disease identified as “late blight” has decimated backyard vegetable crops, notably potatoes and tomatoes in Manitoba. Widespread reports from vegetable gardeners tell of crops ruined by the blight, which is a highly-contagious pathogen. It can linger in the soil and even spread in the wind. My wife & I lost our entire tomato crop this summer. l.p. Mandy Lewick of Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) in Roblin, says wet weather, such as

Canadian Bioitechnology Action Network - Se 21 - '10 FDA overlooked evidence... Poster courtesy of Google Images.

By: Laura Rance - Wpg. Free Preee - 18/09/10 Farmers have for years tried to reach out… photos by l.p. To visit one farm which took part in the "Open Farm" project on Sunday, click here.