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The most ubiquitous consumer item on Earth, the lowly plastic bag is an environmental scourge like none other, sapping the life out of our oceans and thwarting our attempts to recycle it. By Katharine Mieszkowski (Keep reading…)

From: Rachel’s Democracy & Health News #918, Aug. 2, 2007 http://www.precaution.org/lib/07/prn_commentary_on_fluoride.070801.htm — (Keep reading…)

The Dominion July, 2007

Canadian mining company, Inco, has encountered resistance to its activities from Indigenous people, and evironmental and social justice groups all over the world. Polluting mine runoff is a key concern of many, as pictured here, at the Inco plant in Sudbury, Ontario. Photo: Jay Morrison/www.jaymorrison.com One of the largest and most profitable mining companies in the world — a company that received a failing grade on the Globe and Mail’s corporate social responsibility survey — is prospecting for the radioactive ore near Moncton, New Brunswick. (Keep reading…)

Daily Telegraph 04/07/2007

Pollution kills three quarters of a million people in China every year, according to previously unreleased World Bank statistics. (Keep reading…)

Canadian Dimension Magazine, July/August 2007 Issue

Buzz Hargrove recently ignited controversy over the environment and auto-industry jobs. While seemingly criticizing federal environmental policy, Buzz may have played into the Harper government’s unprecedented campaign of deception and trickery on climate change. (Keep reading…)

Globe and Mail June 8, 2007

Edmonton — One of the most influential environmental groups in the United States is training its sights on Alberta’s oil sands in an attempt to persuade Americans to stop increasing their dependence on “bottom-of-the-barrel” energy. (Keep reading…)

Monthly Review February 2007

I would like to begin my analysis of what I am calling here “the ecology of destruction” by referring to Gillo Pontecorvo’s 1969 film Burn!.1 Pontecorvo’s epic film can be seen as a political and ecological allegory intended for our time. It is set in the early nineteenth century on an imaginary Caribbean island called “Burn.” Burn is a Portuguese slave colony with a sugar production monoculture dependent on the export of sugar as a cash crop to the world economy. In the opening scene we are informed that the island got its name from the fact that the only way that the original Portuguese colonizers were able to vanquish the indigenous population was by setting fire to the entire island and killing everyone on it, after which slaves were imported from Africa to cut the newly planted sugar cane. (Keep reading…)

On March 15th an article appeared in the Toronto Globe and Mail about the Canadian seal hunt and events at The Hague Conference. The following is my response. I’m sure my thoughts are shared by millions. We watch on in fury and anguish for the hunt is underway. Let me say at the outset I am confident the EU will decide for compassion. (Keep reading…)

Financial Post: Friday, April 20, 2007

As the president of the Canadian Auto Workers Union, I often find myself taking controversial positions, usually with a strong opinion on one side of the debate. But on the issue of the environment I find myself actually taking a position in the middle. I’m not used to that. (Keep reading…)

Special to Globe and Mail March 22,2007

Across this country, people are more and more concerned about global warming. In marking World Water Day today, it is important to highlight how the global water crisis is contributing to the problem of climate change. (Keep reading…)