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- Big Agribusiness Influence Threatens to Override Public Interest in Greed Revolution A new 30-page report that documents the growing influence of agribusiness on the multilateral food system and the lack of transparency in research funding has been released today by the international civil society organization ETC Group.
- CCPA Fast Facts on Brandon University strike
- CCPA: The link between area of residence and places of employment in a disadvantaged community
- Environmental Working Group: Risks of Oil and Gas Fracking
- Green Action Centre on the Winnipeg Transportation Master Plan
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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Leaked briefing note on climate change tax program
Mud and Water has uncovered a leaked briefing note on a new climate change related tax incentive ahead of the release of the federal budget next month. The program called the Registered Climate Adaptation Savings Plan would allow households to … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, climate change, government of Canada, Peter Kent, tar sands, tax policy
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No Bids on Canada’s Nuclear
“The enormous cost of waste disposal and the decommissioning of power plants is one of the reasons why nuclear power keeps guzzling public money …. Nowhere is there a nuclear power station which does not rely on public subsidies of … Continue reading
Dancing and alienation in Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan
“The bleaker and emptier life becomes under capitalism, the more intense is the yearning after beauty.” - Georg Lukáçs. “If works of art are to survive in the context of extremity and darkness, which is social reality, and if they … Continue reading
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Tagged alienation, aronofsky, black swan, capitalism, film review, wage labour
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Anti-coal activists receive no jail time
This week, British judge Jonathan Teere recognized the important motives of 18 environmental activists for their 2009 attempts to shut down a coal-fired power plant near Nottingham. Sentences ranged from 18 months conditional discharge to 90 hours unpaid work. No … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, climate change, coal, emissions, England, Ratcliffe
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