Friday Link Round Up

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CTVnews- Record loss of Arctic sea ice causing big ecosystem changes: study

CTVnews- Medicines flushed down toilets hurting fish: study

Metro- U.S. attitudes towards climate change fluctuate with the weather: UBC study

CBCnews- Lake Winnipeg most threatened in World in 2013

CBCnews- Shooting of owls OK'd to protect endangered species

The Globe and Mail- Whatever happened to global warming?

CBCnews- Snowy owls starving in southern B.C.

Extreme Tech- Is safe, green thorium power finally ready for prime time?

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National Geographic- Urban Grasshoppers Sing Louder

TheStar.com- Autism and traffic pollution linked, study finds

TheStar.com- Federal investment in clean energy would create 20,000 new jobs: report

TheStar.com- Why your car battery may as bad as malaria for the developing world

National Geographic- Blood Red Ocean: Not Exactly The End of Days

National Geographic- Polar Ice Sheets Shrinking Worldwide, Study Confirms

National Geographic- Climate Predictions: Worst-Case May Be Most Accurate, Study Finds

CTVNews- UN agency: 2012 warmer than normal despite La Nina

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thestar.com- Bed bug battles: is fungus the next frontier?


Global News- New hope in the fight against bed bugs

thestar.com- Building owners not responsible for deaths of birds that fly into it, judge rules

Moneyville.ca- How to responsibly dispose of your old tech

thestar.com- Eggshell colour is warning sign for contamination in Great Lakes, study shows

CBCnews- Climate change a 'real and present danger,' Kent says

CBCnews- Galapagos to poison millions of rats

CBCnews- B.C. considering wolf culls in new management plan

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Toronto Star- Watch our for zom-bees, a real life sci-fi story

Fox News- M&M-loving bees make blue and green honey

Environment Canada- Winnipeg Man Fined Over $135,000 Under Federal Wildlife Legislation

Environment Canada- Government of Canada Invests in the Great Lakes Nutrient Initiative

The Vancouver Sun- Feds remove water protection from historic law

CTV News- Scientists warn iron dump could have serious consequences for ocean

CBC News- Another earthquake rattles B.C. coast

CBC News- No 'smoking gun' for Fraser River sockeye salmon collapse

CBC News- Transplanted Purcell Mountain caribou failure to survive

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Pest Control Technology- Bed Bug Firm Fined for Condo Fire

The Guardian- Potato wart 'fully under control'

Rolling Stone- Global Warming's Terrifying New Math

CBC News- Arctic ice cover shrinks to new low after summer thaw

The Globe and Mail- Seals' death sentence sparls outcry from animals lovers across Canada


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City News Toronto- West Nile case count jumps another 36% in Ontario

CTV News- Environment Canada calls for shellfish closure after storm

Canada.com- Stephen Harper's environment watchdog to investigate 'risks' of federal budget bill

Globe and Mail- Canada and U.S. update protection of Great Lakes

CBC News- Whitehorse gets machine to convert plastic into oil


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City News- 62 human cases of West Nile in Toronto

CTV News- Up to 10,000 Yosemite visitors at risk of mouse-borne virus

National Geographic- Glowing Cockroach Mimics Toxic Beetle

National Geographic- Black Bears Can "Count" as Well as Primates

The Star Phoenix- Environment Minister announces regulations for coal-fired power

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Toronto Star- West Nile virus cases in Toronto reach highest level in decade

Toronto Star- Ottawa says it's streamlining environmental review process, reducing "paperwork"

CTV news- Biologist: N.L. seabirds abandoning chicks for cooler waters

CTV news- Endangered whales invade California coastal waters

CTV news- Officials investigate black 'ooze' on Vancouver beach

Environment Canada- Canada half way to meeting 2020 Greenhouse Gas Emission Target

Globe and Mail- Kitimat refinery would be a game changer

Vancouver Sun- To bee or not to bee: Endangered species vanishing without explanation


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CTV news- Scientists find new family of spiders with fearsome claws

Vancouver Sun- Vancouver environmental group accused of 'laundering' by oilsands lobbyists

The Windsor Star- Report: Illegal logging in Mexico's monarch butterfly reserve down to near zero

CBC news- Cod comeback seen off Newfoundland

CBC news- Arctic ice could vanish in 10 years, scientists warn

Vancouver Sun- Rescued sea otter dies at Vancouver Aquarium

CTV news- Has Alberta lost its rat-free status?

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Toronto Sun- Ontario house a honey pit

mycentraljersey- Bridgewater-based pest control firm IDs, halts possible spread of Asian invasive beetle species

leaderpost- Should city ban cosmetic pesticides?

biofuelsdigest- SemiosBIO receives $485,000 for pest management applications

melodika- Government of Canada invests in green pest management

Vancouver Sun- Canada's greenhouse e for emissions will be higher than promised

Vancouver Sun- Businesses near historic Canadian sites could be asked to pay maintenance fees

Canada Politics- Environmental groups chide Harper government for taking credit emission reductions

Vancouver Sun- Teachers doing harm to the environment, spreading invasive species, study says

Ottawa Citizen- More Environment Canada weather stations fall off the radar

Montreal Gazette- Going squirrelly: Alberta rodents feeling effect of climate change: ecologist

CBCnews- Invasive crab continues P.E.I. shellfish assault

BBC news- Iceberg breaks off from Greenland's Petermann Glacier

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thestar.com- The Fixer: Trapped pigeons are dying to escape from CP Rail overpass

torontosun.com- Allergies worsened since Ontario pesticide ban?

marketwire.com- Government of Canada Invests in Green Pest Management Technology

betterfarming.com- Set up activities delay pesticide sales summary release

cbcnews- Antarctic rift valley speeds ice loss

nationalpost.com- NASA satellites spot sudden, unprecedented melting across nearly all of Greenland


thestar.com- Worst U.S. drought in over 50 years threatens to send food prices into overdrive

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Nanaimo Daily News- Pesticides clearly toxic, harmful to human health

Better Farming- Proposed Growers Requested Own Use regulations clamp down on uncooperative companies

Cheboygan News-  Surveys search area rivers for lamprey

The Globe and Mail- Goats: The new first line of defence against weeds?

Yahoo News: Daily Brew- B.C. mudslide caught on camera from lake

CBCnews- Sockeye salmon collapse due to lack of food, study says

CTVnews- Low water levels prompt closure of 63 salmon rivers in Newfoundland

CBCnews- Suspected anthrax outbreak claims more bison in N.W.T.

CBCnews- Up to 20,000 sea turtles eggs crushed on Trinidad beach

The Globe and Mail- 450,000 salmon to be destroyed ofter outbreak in Newfoundland and Labrador

The Gazette- Seabirds on B.C., Washington and Oregon coast eating bellyfuls of plastic, study

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thestar.com- West Nile virus found in Toronto mosquitoes

thestar.com- Hazel McCallion wants to ban plastic bags

betterfarming.com- Bee deaths prompt insecticide re-evaluation

North Shore News- Take holistic approach to pest control

The Province- Time to rethink unenforceable pesticide bylaws

thestar.com- Gypsy moth outbreak took city's forestry department by surprise

thestar.com- It's a food web, not a food chain

thestar.com- Montreal takes aim at spread of bedbugs on moving day

thestar.com-Ticks that can carry Lyme disease agent spreading


 

"Friday Link Round Up"

Hope everyone had a great Canada Day and today's blog post will be our usual Friday Link Round Up

torontostar.com- Environmental laws are too important to be changed without public debate

torontosun.com- When moths attack

torontostar.com- Walkom: At Rio+20, Canada furiously backpedals on environment

torontostar.com- Stephan Harper government turns environmentalists into public enemies

torontoenvironment.org- Toronto first city in Canada with new Pollution Prevention Tool

CBCnews- B.C., Ontario score highest in environmental progress

CTVnews- Mothball makers ordered to change packaging

CBCnews- Insect bite remedies not effective


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www.bedbugremoval.ca- New Research Reveals Bed Bugs' ability to transfer harmful bacteria

thestar.com- Bedbug problem triggers $250,000 funding from Toronto Council

CBCnews- Bedbug battle being won in Winnipeg

CBCnews- Bed bugs a cottage problem, too

thestar.com- Environmental commissioner: Ontario not prepared for heavy costs of climate change

news.ontario.ca- Ontario named Canada's Greenest Province

news.ontario.ca- Restoring Great Lakes to protect Ontario's future
 
thestar.com-  Beware a staggering squirrel in your backyard

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CBCnews- Giant algae blooms thriving under thinning Arctic sea ice

CTVnews- Shipping change puts right whale back on healthy course

The Globe and Mail- Cleanup of latest Alberta oil spill could take all summer

Newscanada.com- Fruits in abundance for Canadians due to pest control products

Newscanada.com- Do what you can to save the honey bee

Newscanada.com- How to deal with local wildlife the right way

The Globe and Mail- Former Reform MP rakes Harper over environmental coals

The Toronto Star - How the family cat infected an Oregon man with Black Death

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CBCnews- Marauding polar bear shot by Newfoundland wildlife officers
Scientific American- Rapid Climate Changes Turn North Woods into Moose Graveyard
CBCnews- B.C. 'Frankenfish' report being investigated
CBCnews- Fire ants invading B.C. gardens
CBCnews- Canada's butterfly migration is largest on record
USA Today- U.N. meets to discuss global climate treaty
MSNbc- 'Gaia' scientist James Lovelock: I was 'alarmist' about climate change

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Winnipeg Free Press- Beating the cosmetic-pesticide ban

The Gazette- Ash trees in West Island threatened by beetle

The Post- Ecological farming in Ontario began in Bruce Country

CBCnews- Pest threatens P.E.I. blueberry crops

cottagecountrynow.ca- Flower farm has roots dating back to the 1800s

Times Colonist- A future without pesticides? It could happen

CBCnews- Antarctic ice melting from below due to warming ocean

Canada.com- Critics pan instructions to Environment Canada scientists at Montreal conference

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Toronto Star- Climate change is real for gardeners, Mark Cullen says

Toronto Star- Researchers create mosquitoes that can't spread dengue

CBCNews- Canada dropping the ozone ball, scientists warn

CBCNews- Wild salmon numbers in decline along Atlantic coast

CBCNews- Mining company to raise fish underground

CTVNews- Climate change drying out forests in western Canada

CTVNews- Plan to satellite tag at-risk whale species approved

CBCNews- Seals blamed for lack of cod recovery

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CTV- Urban sprawl blamed for Squamish cougar encounters

Globe and Mail- Healthy polar bear count confounds doomsayers

CTV- David Suzuki steps down from his foundation

City TV- Toronto reports 1st case of human rabies since 1931

Greenpages.ca- World Migratory Bird Day 2012

Greenpages.ca- Earth Day 2012 is just around the corner

Vancouver Sun- Environment Canada cuts eliminating research, monitoring and partnerships

CBC- Common antibacterial agent called harmful to environment

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