EWG FoodNews just found a very handy document (PDF download here)… it’s a list of the 12 worst, and 15 best, fruits when it comes to pesticides: What’s the Difference? EWG research has found that people who eat the 12 most contami- nated fruits and vegetables consume an average of 10 pesticides a day. Those …
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Trudeau era Minister helps bring Alternative Energy to Ucluelet BC
Very cool Alternative Energy news out of Ucluelet and the Alberni Valley Times today (dead link). (Here is a link still active in 2024) With an interesting link to a long past era. The Pacific Coastal Wave plan is to build a demonstration project which will generate up to four megawatts (mw) of electricity, using …
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Arctic Sea Ice 5th smallest… and thinnest, on record.
While this years arctic sea ice picture has improved since its historic low in 2007, the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Colorado says don’t be too excited. Expanse is only one measure, the other, which could be of even greater importance? Thickness, and the story is not a good one. As you can …
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