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Bad Harvest - the troubled Great Lakes fishery

As environmental advocates, we encourage people to get to know Lake Ontario. But some parts of the lake are so polluted that touching the water or eating the fish that lived there can be a health risk. We do not...

created by Lake Ontario Waterkeeper | 9 wks ago | updated 9 wks ago
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Lake Ontario Waterkeeper

Coalition urges McGuinty to think twice on new nukes

On June 3, 2009, thirteen environmental organizations delivered a message to Premier Dalton McGuinty: say no to new nuclear reactors in Ontario. In an open letter to the Premier, Environmental Defence, The...

created by Lake Ontario Waterkeeper | 22 wks ago | updated 22 wks ago
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Erik Larson

Caring and Community are in Our Genes

Purple America is closer to the reality of human beings and behavior than the red and blue maps the corporate media present. Republicans, Democrats, independents and third parties have more in common than we do...

opinion by Erik Larson | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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On Global Warming, There's Time to Do the Right Thing

"In a report that the anti-science crowd is sure to make a big deal about, the UN will dial back it's assessment of the human contribution to global warming next year. An article in the Sunday Telegraph reports, "Mankind has had less effect on global warming than...

created by Wisco | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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View of South San Francisco from Twin Peaks

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A Call for Environmental Justice: Bay View-Hunters Point

JOANNE ABERNATHY, a painfully skinny African American woman with a soft voice and a wild eruption of black hair, stood in the kitchen of her small, creaky three-bedroom apartment, which is located in a notorious...