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Stop Being Cynical About Corporate Money in Politics and Start Being Angry

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:53:00 -0800

Mother Jones - By Bill McKibben - Jan. 05 - My resolution for 2012 is to be naïve—dangerously naïve. I'm aware that the usual recipe for political effectiveness is just the opposite: to be cynical, calculating, an insider. But if you think, as I do, that we need deep change in this country, then c

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Climate Talks Consensus: All Countries Should Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions--In Future

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Scientific American - Dec. 11 - DURBAN, South Africa--For the first time, all major nations--developed and developing--have agreed to a roadmap that would combat climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions via an "outcome with legal force" that would not come into effect before 2020. The 194 countries negotiating here also agreed that such a universal plan must be completed by 2015 at the latest. ...

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Canada kept detection of salmon virus secret

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Seattle Times - By Craig Welch - Nov. 30 (News Report) - A decade before this fall's salmon-virus scare, a Canadian government researcher said she found a similar virus in more than 100 wild fish from Alaska to Vancouver Island. But Canadian officials never told the public or scientists in the United States about those tests.

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Attacks on climate scientists are the real 'climategate' | Stephan Lewandowsky

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - Nov. 23 () - Climate scientists' emails are not a scandal but the attacks on those scientists and a growing anti-science movement are, argues Stephan Lewandowsky Emails from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit have once again been released on the internet. The timing is similar to the "climategate" scandal of 2009, with emails published just before an important UN climate conference. Does this mean the science is in doubt? Quite the opposite, says Stephan Lewandowsky. An ambulance pulls up behind you. You know it's an ambulance because you can read AMBULANCE in your rear view mirror. But you can also read it when you look at the vehicle directly; because the human visual system has the ability to quickly correct complete inversions or left-right reversals of letters. In fact, a complete inversion is easier to read than letters that are rotated only partially. This human ability to process complete inversions more quickly than just partial distortions, alas, lends itself to ...

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Jesse Kornbluth: The Police Riot At Berkeley: If They'll Beat A Poet Laureate, Will They Kill A Student?

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Jesse Kornbluth - Nov. 14 - The year was 1967. Body bags were coming back from Vietnam at the rate of 1,000 or more a month. I had skipped my freshman...

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Parkinson's 'linked with solvent'

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:57:00 -0800

BBC News - Nov. 14 - 13 November 2011 Last updated at 23:57 ET By Neil Bowdler Health reporter, BBC News A doctor examines the hands of a man with Parkinson's disease An international study has linked an industrial solvent to Parkinson's disease. Researchers found a six-fold

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Leaders: Free Trade In Asia-Pacific Vital To Recovery

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - Nov. 13 (News Analysis) - The plan to forge a Pacific free trade area got a big boost Sunday when leaders of Canada and Mexico joined Japan in expressing support for a deal that has received a cool reception from rising power China.

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Home Decor Flash Sales Site HomeSav.com Raises $1.2 Million

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

TechCrunch - By Robin Wauters - Sep. 27 (Opinion) - Luxury home decor flash sale site HomeSav.com this morning announced that it has raised $1.2 million in seed financing from multiple retail angel investors and entrepreneurs including the Koffler family and the Metrick family (founders and owners of Canada's largest high-end home furniture retailer). In addition, HomeSav.com says it has grown its membership by over 1,400 percent in the first year to over 100,000 registered users in the United States and Canada. Its members are said to place over 100 orders per day.

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Hurricane Maria could strike Newfoundland, warning issued

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - Sep. 16 (Opinion) - Hurricane Maria: The warning covers the area from Arnolds Cove to Brigus South. Also a tropical storm warning is in effect early Friday for Newfoundland from Stones Cove to Arnolds Cove and from Brigus South to Charlottetown. ...

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Vancouver green push goes to the next level

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Vancouver Sun - By Jeff Lee - Jul. 13 (News Report) - For nearly three years, Vancouver has been working on a plan to become the “greenest city” in the world by 2020. It has taken baby steps, such as bringing in separated bike lanes downtown, allowing backyard chickens and setting minimum efficiency standards for all new building construction. But now the city says it plans to make changes over the next nine years that will radically alter how businesses, homeowners, government and its partners deal with the environment. Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Vancouver+green+push+goes+next+level/5091821/story.html#ixzz1S1boCwdJ

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Rush for Arctic's resources provokes territorial tussles

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Terry Macalister - Jul. 06 (News Analysis) - US, Canada, Russia, Denmark and Norway are becoming embroiled in disputes over boundaries on land and at sea Two nations on opposite sides of the Nato military alliance divide – Russia and Norway – have signed a deal over who owns what in the Barents Sea. But there are plenty of other territorial tussles going on – some between good friends. The United States and Canada still disagree on the setting of the boundaries in the Beaufort Sea – an area of intense interest to oil drillers . Similarly, Canada has yet to resolve a dispute with Denmark over the ownership of Hans Island and where the control line should be drawn in the strait between Greenland (whose sovereignty remains with Denmark) and Ellesmere Island. But of even greater significance in a world of melting ice floes is control of the North West Passage . Canada insists that it has sovereignty over the sea route and therefore must be asked about usage. The US sees it as a potential area of open water which gives it automatic ...

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Rapid Melting of Arctic Sea Ice Possibly Explained

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

rcinet.ca - Jun. 28 (News Report) - Arctic researchers have discovered a clue as to why sea ice in the North is melting so much faster than anyone thought it would. Scientists have long puzzled over why Arctic sea ice is retreating at up to three times the rate that climate models say it should.

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Horse welfare declines after closing of U.S. slaughter plants

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

billingsgazette.com - By Jan Falstad - Jun. 25 (News Report) - The closure of the last U.S. horse slaughter plants in the fall of 2007 has failed to reduce the number of horses shipped to slaughter.

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Crops outlook gloomy

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - Jun. 20 (News) - Interest in long-range weather forecasts has always been high. But it is likely to intensify as weather conditions continue to threaten crops in many parts of the world including China, North America and Europe. Whilst crops in the southeast of China [pr

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Vancouver Riots 2011: Fires Rage As Canucks Lose Stanley Cup (VIDEO)

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - Jun. 16 (News) - The worst nightmare for Vancouver is coming true. The worst nightmare for Vancouver is coming true. Not only did the city's beloved Canucks lose in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final, it was shutout 4-0. Now a scene reminiscent of 1994 has emerged, w..

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper to attend Game 4 of Stanley Cup final

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

yahoo.com - By Bruce Cheadle - Jun. 09 (Editorial) - Opposition MPs were incensed that Harper — who used to rail about government abuse of its executive jets — is flying to Boston on the taxpayers' dime for a hockey game even as his government is on a mission to slash some $4 billion per year in "fat" from federal programs and services.

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To Fix Health Care, First Try Rewarding Failure

Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Bloomberg - By Ezra Klein - May. 26 (Opinion) - Few policy problems are more confounding than the inexorable rise in health-care spending. It threatens the economy even as the health-care system fails at its basic task of making us healthier. But the only way to fix it runs counter to both our instincts and our political system: we need to allow ourselves to fail -- often, enthusiastically and, above all, constructively.

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Al Jazeera Says Syria Sent Missing Journalist to Iran

Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By J. David Goodman - May. 11 (Breaking News) - A reporter for Al Jazeera’s English-language news channel who disappeared while covering the uprising in Syria almost two weeks ago has been transferred to Iran, the network said Wednesday. Al Jazeera has sought information from the Syrian government on the whereabouts and condition of the reporter, Dorothy Parvaz, since losing contact with her on April 29, shortly after she arrived in the Syrian capital, Damascus, from Qatar. It was five days before Syrian officials confirmed she was being held in the capital. The network said the officials told them that she would be released.

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Obama says border patrol has doubled the number of agents since 2004

Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

PolitiFact - May. 10 (Fact Check) - In a speech on immigration reform in El Paso, Texas, President Barack Obama boasted about an unprecedented number of border security agents along the U.S. border with Mexico, but he said critics probably still won't be satisfied. "Under Secretary Napolitano’s leadership, we have strengthened border security beyond what many believed was possible," Obama said in his May 10, 2011, speech. "They wanted more agents on the border. Well, we now have more boots on the ground on the southwest border than at any time in our history. The Border Patrol has 20,000 agents –- more than twice as many as there were in 2004, a buildup that began under President Bush and that we have continued." Obama said that commitment is beyond what was requested by some Republicans "who said they supported broader reform as long as we got serious about enforcement." "I suspect there will be those who will try to move the goal posts one more time," Obama said. "They’ll say we need to triple the border patrol. Or quadruple the border patrol."

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The Right and Left Claim Success in Canada: The Conservatives Win Majority in Canadian Election As Left-Leaning NDP Makes Historic Gains

Tue, 03 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman, Stephen Lewis - May. 03 (News Report) - The Conservative party, led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, was elected to a majority in the Canadian parliament, ending five years of minority government. Harper has vowed to continue pro-corporate policies that have led critics to label his government the most right-wing in recent Canadian history. But the election also saw major gains for the left-leaning New Democratic Party, which won enough seats to become the official opposition party for the first time. We speak to Stephen Lewis, former Canadian diplomat and former leader of the NDP, and the Canadian activist and writer Judy Rebick.

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The Immortal Terrorist

Mon, 02 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New Republic - By Jonathan Kay - May. 02 (Opinion) - In my research into radical ideological movements, I’ve found that this sort of reaction is common. The psychological trigger is the death of a leader who is cast as the embodiment of some larger-than-life cause. It doesn’t matter whether the cause is good or evil—the psychological phenomenon is amoral.

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Ontario court strikes down Canada’s pot laws

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Globe and Mail - By Adrian Morrow - Apr. 13 (News) - An Ontario court has struck down Canada’s laws against possessing and growing cannabis as part of a ruling that found the country’s medicinal marijuana program is failing to provide access to the drug for those who need it.

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Hydro power's dirty side

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

montrealgazette.com - By William Marsden - Apr. 10 (Investigative Report) - On July 25, 2008, two filmmakers and two environmentalists dipped their canoes into the headwaters of the Romaine River on the lower North Shore and began a 500-kilometre trip down nature’s version of a condemned man. They were about to travel down a dead river flowing.

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AbitibiBowater NAFTA settlement has privatized Canadian water, trade committee hears

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

canadians.org - Mar. 08 (News Report) - Council of Canadians Board member and trade lawyer Steven Shrybman presented to Parliament’s Trade committee today arguing that the record-setting $130-million NAFTA settlement with AbitibiBowater has effectively privatized Canada's water by allowing foreign investors to assert a proprietary claim to water permits and even water in its natural state. "It would be difficult to overstate the consequences of such a profound transformation of the right Canadian governments have always had to own and control public natural resources,"

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Fox News' Lies Keep Them Out of Canada

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

readersupportednews.org - By Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - Mar. 01 (News Report) - 'Fox News will not be moving into Canada after all! The reason: Canadian regulators today announced they would reject efforts by Canada's right-wing Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, to repeal a law that forbids lying on broadcast news.

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