Hold The Thin Green Line

The following is an excerpt of an opinion piece prepared by former U.S. army general Wesley Clark for theKansasCityStar. A former presidential candidate, Rhodes scholar and graduate of West Point Military Academy, General Clark now serves as co-chairman of Growth Energy. When the United States rationed food during the Second World War so citizens and

Made In Manitoba Energy Bar Boosted By Lentil Ingredient

Theresa Le Sliworsky needed lots of energy to sustain her through busy days of raising a young family, working full time and training as an endurance triathlete. To keep her energy up, she’d eat sport performance bars, but she was often aghast by how much sugar, fat and preservatives were in them. Many didn’t taste


Climate Change Brings Stronger Storms

Witnesses to Cyclone Yasi’s destructive tear across northeastern Australia described it as a monster for its size and ferocity. It was also an omen. Climate scientists say global warming is heating up the world’s oceans and atmosphere, providing more fuel for tropical cyclones and creating ever-greater risks for crops, miners and billion-dollar beachfronts. The risks

U.S. Locked Into Ethanol Growth

The U.S. government has few options to slow down the ethanol boom that has played a big role in drawing down corn supplies to their lowest level in 15 years, a top U.S. Agriculture Department official said Feb. 10. “The fact is the industry has pretty much been built,” USDA chief economist Joe Glauber told



Hudson Bay Freeze-Up Late

Around the middle of December I wrote an article discussing the phenomenon becoming known as the upside-down winter or the “hot Arctic, cold continent” winter. The continuation of the unusually snowy weather over much of the central and eastern portions of the U.S., and all the talk about whether it’s being caused by global warming


Changing Your Paradigm To Change Your Life

The road to higher profits starts with changing the way you see your operation, according to Don Campbell, a Saskatchewan rancher and longtime advocate of holistic management. “Holistic management has made a big difference in my life and that’s why I teach and consult, because I want people to have a better life,” the Meadow

U.K. Organic Sales Stable After Recession Fall

Sales of organic products in Britain has stabilized after a recession-driven decline which was particularly severe in the meat sector, the incoming director of the Soil Association said on Feb. 9. “Last year we saw a drop (in demand), particularly in some areas. The feeling is very much that it is more stable now and


Crossing Regulations Inked, Abandonment Still Undecided

Aprotocol for crossi ng pipelines has been established, but the contentious issue of pipel ine abandonment is still undecided, members of the Manitoba Pipeline Landowners Association (MPLA) heard at a meeting last week. Dan Hacault, an MPLA director, said that the new regulations that were hammered out by the National Energy Board late last year

Letters – for Feb. 10, 2011

The recent letter from MLA Stu Briese misleads Manitobans about the facts of the Bipole III line and the plans of his party that would put Hydro reliability and low rates at risk. Manitoba Hydro is moving forward to build Bipole III on the west side of the province in order to protect the reliability