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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Monday, May 10, 2010

10 May - News Noted

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U.K. coalition talks drag on
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/05/10/uk-election-coalition.html
Thursday's inconclusive election resulted in the first hung Parliament in the U.K. since 1974.

Oil leak threatens bird sanctuary
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/05/09/bp-oil-leak.html

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

The Deepwater Horizon rig exploded April 20, killing 11 workers. Oil started flowing from the leak two days later, at a rate of about 795,000 litres of crude a day.

As of Sunday, about 13.25 million litres had poured into the sea, or about a third of the 41.64 million litres spilled in the Exxon Valdez disaster.

CBCNews.ca coverage

IN DEPTH: Oil spills — How they're cleaned up
IN DEPTH: The environment — What's at stake
Oil containment dome being lowered at Gulf site
Dome on way to oil leak site
BP readies dome to contain oil leak
Oil spill cleanup eased by calm weather
BP vows to pay all costs of oil spill cleanup
Offshore spill won't happen to Canada: PM
Gulf oil spill fuels West Coast tanker fears
Obama promises to clean up Gulf oil spill
Oil spill possibly much worse than thought
BP downplayed oil-rig disaster risk
Obama halts new offshore drilling leases
Oil spill raises Arctic offshore drilling concerns
Massive oil spill hits U.S. coast
Gulf oil burn method has Newfoundland roots
BP to tackle Gulf oil spill with relief well
Gulf of Mexico oil cleanup continues
Robot subs trying to stop Gulf oil leak
Oil rig wreck leaks into Gulf of Mexico
Coast guard calls off search for oil rig workers
Crews rush to clean up massive oil spill
Oil rig sinks off Louisiana coast
Oil rig explodes off Louisiana coast

Media

AUDIO: The Current
Critics say the spill illustrates the dangers of trying to exploit oil reserves in areas that are increasingly difficult to reach.
AUDIO: Gulf oil spill
How this latest incident compares to the Exxon Valdez disaster

Your Voice

Your assignment
Are you affected by the oil spill? Send us your photos, videos and reports

How to help (external links)

U.S. National Wildlife Federation
Accepting donations of time or money for the cleanup effort
Greater New Orleans Foundation
New Orleans-area organization has a Gulf Coast oil spill fund
Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research
Working to rehabilitate birds, especially after oil spills
  An Ottawa-based aid organization that supports women's rights in the developing world has had all its federal funding cut.

Match International has relied on government funding for 34 years to support programs that help women gain leadership skills and start their own businesses in countries such as Ghana, Mali and Tanzania. The group also works to prevent violence against women and female genital mutilation.

The non-profit organization has been getting about $400,000 a year — about 75 per cent of its budget — from the federal Canadian International Development Agency. The rest comes largely from charitable donations.

Mexico Rejects US Beef as Unsafe
http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2010/04/14/mexico-rejects-us-beef-as-unsafe

Bayer admits GMO contamination out of control
http://www.naturalnews.com/028585_GMOs_Bayer.html
Two Missouri farmers sued Bayer for contaminating their crop with modified genes from an experimental strain of rice engineered to be resistant to the company's Liberty-brand herbicide.
in addition to contaminating their fields, Bayer further harmed them financially by undermining their export market. When the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the widespread rice contamination, important export markets were closed to U.S. producers. A report from Greenpeace International estimates the financial damage of the contamination at between $741 million and $1.3 billion.

Bayer claimed that there was no possible way it could have prevented the contamination, insisting that it followed not only the law but also the best industry practices.
Sources for this story include: www.organicconsumers.org; www.bloomberg.com.
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