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Year 2003

Vol. 29 Nbr. 2, March 2003

A modest proposal.

Related to SUVs

A picket a day.

Canadian News - Taking part in protests can be good for your health - Brief Article

Against the flow: a better response to the coming world water crisis is not expansion of supply but less waste and fairer allocation.

Aquaculture boycott.

Campaigns - By Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform and the Union of BC Indian Chiefs - Brief Article

Bottom line hooks salmon science.

Political Science - Is salmon farming environmentally sound?

Brownfields.

Research Findings - Redevelop contaminated properties and earn public benefits says National Round Table on the Environment and Economy - Brief Article

Cambodia cuts forest monitors.

Global News - Global Witness fired for being hostile and untruthful - Brief Article

Chlorine conflict: residents of Erickson, BC, treasure their clean water and do not want it chlorinated.

Cleaner cars.

Canadian News - New federal regulations for vehicle emissions - Brief Article

Culture clash. .

Anatomy of a Conflict: Identity, Knowledge, and Emotion in Old-Growth Forests - Book Review

Diamonds, pipelines and Timbits.

Letter From Yellowknife - Land-use planning in the Northwest Territories - Column

Direct action 101.

Canadian News - Business students buy up pollution permits - Brief Article

Dry spell in monsoon country.

Science Desk - Reseach on global climate change - Brief Article - Excerpt

Editorial correction.

Related to Living with the Forest by Cindy Hubbard - Correction Notice

Emissions test: Canada ratified the Kyoto Protocol in December 2002, committing us to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 240 megatonnes annually. Test your climate change savvy! (Alternatives Quiz).

Full blast monty.

Commentary - Causes of our noise epidemic

GE wheat.

Canadian News - Groups launch public education campaign about the dangers of genetically engineered wheat

Great Lakes stable.

Research Findings - Task force research, International Joint Commission - Brief Article

Hold the fries.

McDonald's gets on green bandwagon - Brief Article

Hot Green Web Sites.

In poor health. .

Infections and Inequalities - Dying for Growth: Global Inequality and the Health of the Poor - Book Review

Iqaluit Recycles.

Canadian News - Iqaluit Recycling Society receives federal grant to promote practice of recycling - Brief Article

Jewish ecologies. .

Judaism and Environmental Ethics: A Reader - Book Review

Land rights activist killed.

Global News - Marcos Veron, leader of the Guarani-Kaiowa people, beaten to death - Brief Article

Letters.

Letter to the Editor

Liquid assets: how we provide water depends on whether we view water as a commodity or as a public good.

Making the desert bloom. .

Pollution in a Promised Land: An Environmental History of Israel - Book Review

Mandatory co-operation: because water knows no political boundaries, water-sharing nations must work together.

Mapping the money.

Reality Cheque - Major research initiative by the Canadian Environmental Grant-maker's Network (CEGN

Mercury rising.

Research Findings - Brief Article

Misleading ad.

Canadian News - Ontario Power Generation retracts air quality advertisement - Brief Article

Mismanaging Water.

Reviews - Water Follies: Groundwater Pumping and the Fate of America's Fresh Waters - Book Review

More houses.

Research Findings - Dispersed, single family housing developments strain biodiversity - Brief Article

Myth of abundance: the common claim that Canada boasts the world's largest supply of fresh water is false.

Paying farmers back.

Campaigns - Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario proposes tariff - Brief Article

Plastic peril.

Science Desk - Bisphenol A causes reproductive disorders in mice - Excerpt

Predator cull.

Canadian News - Steps taken to protect Vancouver Island marmot - Brief Article

Public water: the Canadian Union of Public Employees has been leading the fight against the privatization of municipal water services in Canada.

Reefer madness.

Protectors of the Planet dolls marketed by Wildlife Artists Inc. - Brief Article

Rooftop windmills.

Global News - Brief Article

Shark alert.

Research Findings - Atlantic sharks at risk - Brief Article - Excerpt

Tribal Survival.

Campaigns - Protests against resettlement of Gana and Gwi Bushmen people - Brief Article

Trusting the tap: one key lesson from the Walkerton and North Battleford tainted water tragedies is the need to protect our drinking water at the source.

Inquiries recommend multibarrier approach to water safety

Walkerton Water Stories Project.

Bruce Grey Environmental Resource Centre's community services - Brief Article

Water hot spot: Canadians can no longer take water supplies for granted.

Related article: L'eau: les points chauds: Les Canadiennes et les Canadiens peuvent plus compter sur des reserves d'eau illimitees

Water is life. .

United Nations declares 2003 the Year of Freshwater - Editorial

Water privateers.

The privatization of public water systems around the world - Related article: Water privatization glossary

Water services programs.

Watershed canaries: aquatic insects, crustaceans, worms and molluscs are excellent indicators of early water quality changes.

Web Reviews.