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Alberta to make newsprint from beetle-damaged wood
Alberta is going to introduce a $28 million research project that aims to convert trees killed by moutain pine beetles into newsprint."The project will focus on the development of new sensors by the Alberta Research...
Colorado Mountain Pine Beetle Devastation
How widespread is the pine beetle problem? Colorado is in major forest fire danger this summer and beyond. This infestation has been going on since 1996 in Colorado (and British Columbia). It's just starting to get... 
2010 Olympics has Whistler residents concerned !
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know it's funny, the 2010 Olympics, the Hype, the seemingly endless amounts of Olympic Committee money going to hire friends, family and assorted hanger ons... 
Mexico planted 250 million trees in 2007: Calderon
Back to Story - Help Mexico planted 250 million trees in 2007: Calderon Mon Dec 24, 2:33 PM ET President Felipe Calderon on Sunday said Mexico in 2007...
WGA strike's influence on the US primaries
Here's an interesting article that posits the writer's strike is having a significant effect on the US presidential race.It argues that many 'young' voters are left without their major source of political news and... 
Pine Ridge, South Dakota: Porcupine Clinic Out of Heat
" Welcome to Infoshop News Saturday, December 15 2007 @ 08:40 PM PST Pine Ridge, South Dakota: Porcupine Clinic Out of Heat Saturday, November 10 2007 @ 12:27 PM PST Contributed by: nolalove Views: 182 IndigenousPorcupine Clinic, located in the small community of...
Greek lives scarred by inferno
The fire is gone for some months now but it will probably take years for people and nature to fully recover. "The scorched Hill of Kronos at ancient Olympia stands as a symbol of the inferno that swept across...
US - Canada War Looms over Energy, Water
"Washington's new tensions with its northern neighbor and largest trading partner appear to be over perceived Canadian reticence to support US imperial adventures in the Middle East. But the vast resources of Canada... 
North American Report: Hundreds of Sleeper Cells Among us!
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorBefore you head to your "Dale Gribble" (King of the Hill) style underground bunker and don a flak jacket while you peer suspiciously at your next door...
Ancient boats surface as Florida Lakes Dry
A drought that has bared parts of the bed of Florida’s largest lake has exposed human bone fragments, pottery and even boats — and archaeologists are trying to evaluate the artifacts before water levels rise...
In Europe's greenest city, even its power plant smells more like a sauna
"It doesn't look like the heart of a green revolution. The smoke stacks stick up jarringly above the line of pine trees and don't make for the most scenic view as you meander around the clear blue waters of the nearby lake. But it is this power plant that has helped the small...
WHITECLAY ACTIVISTS PROTEST AT DISTRIBUTORSHIP
This issue is another of a long line of maladies that harm Aboriginal peoples worldwide. The Sami people of Scandinavia seem to have found ways of addressing alcohol abuse as have the Incas via traditional... 
China finds worm-infested US packaging
I deem this to be more of a political issue than anything else. "BEIJING -- China found microscopic worms and other harmful organisms in several batches of wooden packaging imported from the United States, state media said on Friday. The pine wood nematodes were found...
BC Beetle Migrates to Saskatchewan
Just one year ago scientists and conservation officers were on the lookout for signs of the dreaded Mountain Pine Beetle - a tiny insect that has devastated 80 per cent of British Columbia's forests in less than 10 years - in Alberta. "If it crosses the Rockies" they said,...
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