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Farmed salmon lands sustainable markets
Article by Derrick Penner in the Vancouver Sun. Bruce Swift “operates an integrated system that produces around 3,000 salmon per year, uses its waste for raising other crops, and is heralded as the epitome of sustainable farming by locavore gurus (those who prefer to eat locally produced foods).” Read article
Enbridge probes 3rd leak in U.S.
Gravel pit challenge
Oil spill in Dalian, China
Article (with pictures) in the Boston Globe. “The total amount of oil spilled is still not clear, though China Central Television earlier reported an estimate of 1,500 tons (400,000 gallons), as compared to the estimated 94 – 184 million gallons in the BP oil spill off the Louisiana coast.” Read article
Dick Cheney, Burning Korans, and The Media…
We’ve all heard about the Florida pastor and the Korans.. it was just about the Number One Story in the world. WHY? Because the Corporate owned media WANTED to make it news – because they want us to focus on stories involving hate and division and the ‘war of civilisations’ they are trying to start … that is what they want us focused on, so that is what they tell us about. Otherwise, the guy could have done this stupid thing and it would have been a ‘nothing event’ that nobody ever knew about… zero!
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Factbox: History of Enbridge’s pipeline spills in the U.S.
Article by Joshua Schneyer and Selam Gebrekidan from Reuters. “Enbridge Inc shut down the largest of its three major oil pipelines due to a leak in Illinois on Thursday, reducing supply on the main transit route for Canadian crude into the United States. Canada is the largest oil exporter to the United States and Enbridge’s pipelines carry the lion’s share of that crude.” Read article
Canada sees shock salmon glut
Article by Kate Larkin in Nature News. “Some 34 million fish are thronging the Fraser River as they return from the sea to spawn, federal regulators announced on 31 August. The event, following two decades of decline in salmon-run numbers, is taking fisheries scientists by surprise — and causing frustration across the fishing industry, which is largely unable to access the windfall.” Read article
Enbridge stops major leak on Canada-U.S. oil pipeline
Article by Erwin Seba and Joshua Schneyer from Reuters.
“Assuming a steady flow-rate of up to 600 barrels per hour, or 14,400 barrels per day, Enbridge’s latest spill may rank among the ten largest U.S. pipeline spills of the past decade, according to U.S. government data.”
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Also on this topic: Factbox: History of Enbridge’s pipeline spills in the U.S.
A fish story that’s tough to believe
Article by David Olive in the Toronto Sun. “The Earth didn’t move for the global news media with the FDA’s announcement, but it should have. The profit motive being what it is, pressure will intensify for approval of GM cattle, bacon, dairy products and grains, which like GM salmon will be cheaper to produce and in much greater quantity.” Read article.