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* Environment Canada UV Index 2004 *
Find out about UV rays -- and what the forecast is for today... [More]

44 Oil Spills Found in Southeast Louisiana *
More than 500 specialists are working to clean up 44 oil spills ranging from several hundred gallons to nearly 4 million gallons, the US Coast Guard said in an assessment that goes far beyond initial reports of just two significant spills. [More]

Aerosols may harm mother and baby *
New research carried out in the UK indicates that air fresheners and aerosols can cause headaches and depression in mothers and diarrhoea and earache in babies. The more frequently the mother uses aerosols, it seems, the more likely she and her baby are to have problems. [More]

An evening with David Suzuki *
Chan Centre, Vancouver, BC, June 30, 2004 [More]

Aquatic pit bull threatens U.S. waterways *
Predatory snakehead native to Russia and China may alter ecological balance. [More]

Awash in a sea of synthetics *
A flood of junk is flowing into the sea -- some to circulate endlessly in currents, some to be eaten by fish, and then by us, warns TV documentary maker IAN CONNACHER. [More]

Back to the garden: A travel feature by Doug Alexander *
The plant-filled Eden Project has become one of England's most popular attractions. [More]

Bedbugs: coming soon to a single-family home near you *
This week, the University of Toronto released a research bulletin by urban entomologist Tim Myles confirming that local homeless shelters are infested with bedbugs ... [More]

Biodiversity critical for humanity, forum told *
French President Jacques Chirac opened an international conference on biodiversity Monday with a warning that humans risk their own future if the destruction of other species continues unabated. [More]

Bison to roam the prairies again *
Conservationists introducing a small herd to grasslands of southern Saskatchewan. [More]

Court overturns ruling on McClean Lake project *
The Federal Court of Appeal has overturned a ruling that cast into doubt the licence for waste management at the McClean Lake uranium mine and mill in northern Saskatchewan. [More]

Dancing at the Dead Sea: Homo sapiens: hurtling toward suicide *
You know our messy living space of a planet isn't in great shape when Alanna Mitchell, a sharp-eyed Globe and Mail journalist raised by an equally sharp-eyed field biologist, travels toward the world's most abused landscapes with one big awful question on her mind: "Are humans a suicidal species? [More]

Discovery announces Irwin 'Crikey' fund, while other tributes pour in *
Discovery Communications says it will establish a fund in honour of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, while other celebrity tributes pour in. [More]

Don't gripe about gas prices *
Oil prices, at their highest levels for more than a decade, are trending upward. Natural gas prices are going out of sight. Yet more blips in the ups and downs of fuel costs? Or, as many believe, the start of an era of ever-more-expensive energy? [More]

Earthsave Canada presents Taste of Health 2007 *
The "Taste of Health 2007" is Vancouver's earth-friendly vegetarian food & lifestyle festival that takes place Saturday, September 29 and Sunday, September 30, 2007 in Vancouver, BC. [More]

Electronics recycling needs cleaning up *
Environment Canada says that every year we bury or cremate 158,000 tons of dead and obsolete computers, monitors, printers, fax machines, TVs, mobile phones and similar products. [More]

Exxon oil spill still ravaging Alaska sound *
15 years after disaster, wildlife continues to be poisoned by subsurface residue. [More]

Farmed salmon are laced with toxins, study finds *
Farm-raised Atlantic salmon, one of the world's most popular health foods, are so laced with PCBs and other pollutants that they should be eaten only infrequently because they pose an increased risk of cancer, a new study contends in the prestigious journal Science. [More]

FDA bans antibiotic use for poultry *
According to Pharmaceutical News, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned the use of a poultry antibiotic made by German-based multi-national, Bayer, effective September 12, 2005. [More]

Finned invader hits Lake Ontario *
Plant-eating grass carp can destroy aquatic environments, scientists say. [More]

Flightless bird species found in Philippines *
Scientists have discovered a new species of flightless bird on the remote island of Calayan in the Philippines, conservation group BirdLife International said today. [More]

Flower power missing, and Future Futures *
One of the more curious things in science happens when a scintillating advance is proclaimed by media everywhere and then, as far as the ordinary person can tell, vanishes. [More]

For dumpster divers, trash talks *
Vancouver weighs uniforms for binners to placate citizens fearful of scavengers. [More]

Free Willy star dies despite human effort *
After Keiko's film role, millions were spent trying to teach the people-loving killer whale to survive on his own in the wild. [More]

Fueling the Future: It's oil over now *
More than one wag has smartly suggested that the best solution to our energy mess lies in burning studies on the subject. Such tomes are, after all, as thick as logs and as cheap as paper. [More]

Herbal medicine, pure and simple *
Greenhouses may solve two problems: the risk of extinction of certain plants caused by indiscriminate collection in the wild and vast variations in the key biological chemicals, depending on growing conditions. STEPHEN STRAUSS reports. [More]

Human impact delaying ice age, study finds *
Earth's current climate may last for at least another 15,000 years, barring any effects from human intervention, according to a new study of Antarctic ice published in the latest issue of the journal Nature. [More]

Kenyan activist wins Nobel Peace Prize *
Kenyan environmental activist Wangari Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her work as leader of the Green Belt Movement, which has sought to empower women, better the environment and fight corruption in Africa for almost 30 years. [More]

Key owl biologist quits B.C. rescue program *
Birds are doomed because politicians put logging first, expert tells government. [More]

Let natives handle Luna, international groups say *
Organizations in 10 countries are asking federal Fisheries Minister Geoff Regan to abandon the plan to capture Luna the orca. [More]

Litter marks the road to social ruin *
Maybe I'm just another old fogey harrumphing about cardboard coffee cups and candy wrappers blowing in the breeze, trash piled up at bus stops and unattended dog poop. But we fogeys believe littering (along with aggressive driving, smoking, cursing in public, panhandling, etc.) reflects a generation that wants to own things and cares nothing for social grace. [More]

Mercury exposure linked to high rate of hospitalization for cerebral palsy *
Males in Sarnia, Thunder Bay, Cornwall face five times more risk, researcher says. [More]

Monkey not so extinct *
A species of monkey thought likely to be extinct may still be swinging through the trees in Africa, an Ohio Statue University anthropologist says. [More]

NAFTA pollution harming children, border study says *
Increase in commercial truck traffic linked to illness in Mexican youngsters. [More]

New health council to stay above the fray, leader says *
The head of a new council that will monitor Canada's health-care system vows to keep the watchdog from being swept away in the political squabbling that long delayed its creation. [More]

Nothing racist about it *
Like it or not, over-immigration is destroying our environment, says Sierra Club board member BEN ZUCKERMAN. [More]

PM's green credentials are fading *
What famous Canadian said: "we will need to abandon the very concept of waste" by shifting from a linear economy, with waste and pollution as end products, to a closed-loop system, patterned after nature, where no waste or pollution is generated? [More]

Polluters can be sued, court says in precedent-setting decision *
Governments may seek compensation for environmental damage, judges rule. [More]

Project to study cows' production of methane *
A project looking for ways to reduce the amount of methane gas cows put out began in New Brunswick this weekend. [More]

Resist!ca's Dave Olsen on bike advocacy in BC *
Dave Olsen says "the BC Fiberals have their very own solution for [traffic conjestion]. It is a solution much like everything else they've done over the past five years (i.e., good for big business, bad for people)..." [More]

Robert Bateman claims kids are withdrawing from the real world *
Drawing on his personal observations, Canada's foremost wildlife artist insists something must be done to inspire children to return to some important touchstones of the natural world. [More]

Robert Bateman Commemorative Prints (Garber review) *****
A great idea for this Christmas is the set of Robert Bateman Commemorative Prints that are for sale at Canadian Tire stores. [More]

Robert Bateman: I am a conservative, I conserve *
I am a conservative. This is why I deeply resent the neo-conservatives who are not conservatives at all. They are the opposite: radicals who are destroying cherished institutions and wreaking havoc on our human heritage as well as our natural heritage. [More]

Saving soil that isn't as common as dirt *
Soil doesn't have an elevated place in the English lexicon. Things are as common as dirt, as plentiful as dirt and as cheap as dirt. [More]

Saving the house that history built *
Vancouver residents are striving to preserve Joy Kogawa's childhood home, one of the settings for her book, Obasan, reports ALEXANDRA GILL. [More]

Seals a plague, East Coast fishery group complains *
An advisory panel said Friday that inaction by the federal Fisheries Department has contributed to a ballooning population of seals that continues to do serious damage to fish stocks off Nova Scotia. [More]

Shark silently disappears *
A shark that was once the most common warm-water oceanic species in the world has virtually disappeared from the Gulf of Mexico, a new study authored by Canadian scientists has found. [More]

Sierra Fund files complaint over U.S. mercury pollution *
A Canadian environmental group has formally complained to Washington about a proposed law it says will leave millions of people in Canada exposed to mercury pollution from U.S. coal-fired power plants. [More]

Some like it hot -- but a robin in the Arctic? *
The glaciers are melting. The growing season is getting longer. Creatures are turning up in places where they really don't belong. It's time to stop doubting that global warming is the culprit, MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT reports. Happy Earth Day. [More]

Suzuki: Reports of Kyoto's death are premature *
It's standard practice at many newspapers to bank stories, written in the past tense, on celebrities who are near death. That way, reporters don't have to spend hours compiling research when someone of note dies suddenly. [More]

The rarest species in Canada's threatened parks? Staff *
It is said that Georgian Bay's high, white quartzite cliffs and surrounding blanket of jack-pine forest so inspired A. Y. Jackson and the Group of Seven's other members that they pleaded with the Ontario government to conserve it for future generations. [More]

The un-cola gets un-done *
Soft-drink purveyors say they will remove colas and other carbonated drinks from vending machines in Canadian elementary and middle schools by the start of the next school year. While insisting that all its products are suitable for kids -- a dubious claim at best -- the industry acknowledges that it is responding to increasing health concerns. [More]

Three dangerous little pigs *
This week, the government agency that's responsible for Canada's food safety quietly slipped out an announcement that three little pigs had gone to market by mistake in Quebec. The animals were genetically engineered as part of a program to produce pharmaceutical proteins, and their safety for use in the human food chain has never been assessed. [More]

Toronto stinks, literally: Smog alert expected to stay in effect today *
Provincial power demands spiked yesterday as residents of Southwestern Ontario suffered through their third smog alert of the year. [More]

Tory platform that would replace Kyoto accord fails to address main cause of global warming *
The statement: "Carbon dioxide does not cause or contribute to smog, and the Kyoto treaty would do nothing to reduce or prevent smog." -- Conservative Leader Stephen Harper, Barrie, Ont., June 9. [More]

War of the dandelions *
Try telling some homeowners they can't use pesticides anymore... (Note: This is a distinctly "Toronto" problem; BCers are much more recycling and environment conscious, and more eager to embrace a no-GMOs, no-smoking policy, et alia.) [More]

Watchdog hopeful defines mandate *
Blueprint for national health council calls for accountability, transparency. [More]

Whales again okay to be killed, say scientists *
Open-season again declared on whales, worldwide. [More]

Where are the big cats? *
Trips to Australia often include excursions to view kangaroos and wallabies, but not safaris to observe lions, tigers and leopards. The reason is simple: The big cats aren't there. [More]

Why did the fish miss the boat? *
Scientists and lawyers both know the devil is in the details. Last week, when Environment Minister David Anderson announced the historic first update to Canada's official list of endangered species, details about the process of protection threatened to bedevil our best intentions. [More]

Woman fined in B.C. for illegal dump *
A 60-year-old woman was sent to jail for 21 days and her company fined $640,000 for years of dumping refuse illegally in Burns Bog, an environmentally sensitive area on the outskirts of Greater Vancouver. [More]

Secondary Sites:
Clueing in to Climate Change on Earth Day *
An exciting and educational multimedia activity for the whole family -- Vancouver, BC, April 22 to May 7, 2004 [More]

Drop-outs granted patents for hydrogen production *
Two cousins discover inexpensive method to produce non-polluting gas using discarded aluminum cans and Drano. [More]

Last minute RRSP advice for the Green-keen Investor *
The last minute dash for Canadian investors to make an RRSP contribution is quickly approaching. . . [More]

New Volunteer Vacation Program appeals to Hawaii eco-tourists *
Guests are invited to join Outrigger’s beachfront hotels to help care for historic Kapiolani Park on Oahu. [More]

RCMP investigate alleged turkey-tampering *
The Mounties are investigating a Christmas turkey-tampering scare in the Vancouver area. [More]

Tech Tips and Tricks: Is Canadian e-waste an environmental disaster in waiting? *
Toxic chemicals from the used computer equipment Canadians send to landfills by the tonne each year are going to leave a nasty legacy for generations to come, experts warn. [More]