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River Road Gardens Celebrates One-Year Birthday
 Christina Ram
River Road Gardens, LLC hosted its first annual appreciation dinner on Saturday. Local, award-winning chef Ramiro Scavo from Hacienda Del Sol Guest Ranch Resort prepared fresh, organic vegetables from the garden, and lamb cooked over an open flame at the Tucson Waldorf School, the evening's venue for 135 Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) shareholders and members of the Waldorf Community.
Climate Change Talks: What to Look for at Copenhagen
 Peter Spotts
The Copenhagen climate change talks kicked off on Monday. A Q&A on the key areas that will define success or failure.
Millions in U.S. Drink Dirty Water, Records Show
 Charles Duhigg
More than 20 percent of the nation’s water treatment systems have violated key provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act over the last five years, according to a New York Times analysis of federal data.
PFP Candidate Dina Padilla Continues Battle Against Toxic Site
 Stewart A. Alexander & Dina J. Padilla
After winning a court battle in a case that developer Stuart Lichter had charged that Dina Padilla had made false claims regarding human health hazards that exist on a property that he owns, Dina Padilla says the battle will not be over until the toxic site in Downey, California is no longer a threat to the public and workers.
 Going Green: 15 Women Take it Off for the Environment
 Cammy Clark
When California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said the green movement needed to get sexier, this may not have been what he had in mind: Fifteen mature environmental activists - age 44 to 78 - took off their clothes for a fund-raising 2010 calendar called Women Sustaining the Earth.
 Video: Climate Scams Won’t Save the Planet
 Janet Redman
Whether you listen to NPR or Rush Limbaugh, you’ve probably heard about climate change. And if you’ve heard about climate change, chances are you’ve also heard about “cap and trade.” It’s a scheme that tries to sell business-as-usual as a solution to global warming.
Canada's Image Lies in Tatters
 The Real News Network
George Monbiot: Canada is now to climate what Japan is to whaling.
Mexico has Big Plans for Ethanol from Algae
 Verónica Díaz Favela
The Mexican company BioFields will begin production in 2014 of an algae-based biofuel at a site 300 kilometres from its border with the United States, which is likely to be its biggest customer.
Major Impacts of Climate Change Expected on Mental Health
 Melanie Haberstroh
Leading mental health researchers are warning that some of the most important health consequences of climate change will be on mental health, yet this issue is unlikely to be given much attention at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen next week.
New Pirate of the Caribbean Invades from Pacific
 Humberto Márquez
The red lionfish (Pterois volitans), a venomous coral reef fish from the Indian and western Pacific Oceans, has invaded the waters of the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, threatening to wreak havoc on ecosystems, native fish populations and popular underwater diving areas.
Copenhagen: No Sense of Urgency
 The Real News Network
George Monbiot: US and Canada have a convenient stand off with China and India.
Climate Change Emails Profoundly Disappointing
 The Real News Network
George Monbiot: Emails don't disprove climate change science, but suppressing skeptics unacceptable.
Angry Greenhouse Gas Victims Demand Action
 Paul Virgo
Experts say the poorest are set to feel the effects of climate change hardest, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia, in a world where many already suffer chronic food insecurity, with the ranks of the hungry passing the one-billion mark for the first time this year.
Bison Return as Mexico Releases 23 Animals from US
 Associated Press
Bison have returned to Mexico for the first time since the 1800s, with Mexican authorities releasing 23 donated U.S. animals in northern Chihuahua state.
Hacked Climate Change Email Furor
 The Real News Network
Hacked climate change emails - a tempest in a teapot or a real storm? Paul Jay talks to Michael Brklacic.
Purloined E-mails Don't Change the Facts
 Eugene Robinson
Stop hyperventilating, all you climate change deniers. The purloined e-mail correspondence published by skeptics last week - portraying some leading climate researchers as petty, vindictive and tremendously eager to make their data fit accepted theories - does not prove that global warming is a fraud.
Obama, Harper and Copenhagen
 The Real News Network
Tzeporah Berman: Canada far behind even the US when it comes to renewable energy.
Wide Heads Give Hammerheads Exceptional Stereo View
 Kathryn Knight
In 1942, G. Walls speculated that the sharks couldn't possibly have binocular vision because their eyes were stuck out on the sides of their heads. However, in 1984, Leonard Campagno suggested that the sharks would have excellent depth perception because their eyes are so widely separated.
U.S. "Stumbling Block" in U.N. Climate Talks - Mexico
 David Fogarty & Chisa Fujioka
The United States came under pressure to show leadership in U.N. climate talks on Wednesday with Mexico saying its neighbour is a stumbling block in efforts to try to craft a tough global climate agreement by December.
Climate Change Email Claims ‘Rubbish’
 The Real News Network
Skeptics claim leaked emails suggest Professor Phil Jones altered evidence about climate change.
World Awaits US Plan to Help Curb Global Warming
 Renee Schoof
With just over two weeks to go before global climate negotiations in Denmark, the United States has yet to decide whether it can meet international expectations and offer to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by a certain amount in the next decade.
Tree-Eating Bugs Threaten Monarch Butterfly in Mexico
 Agence France-Presse
The mysterious Monarch butterfly, which migrates en masse annually between Canada and Mexico, is now facing a new peril: another insect thriving in Western Mexican forests.
Plants Finally Get DNA Barcodes
 Stephen Leahy
Advances made in genetic profiling could be used to fight illegal timber trading, provide authentication of herbal medicines and map entire food chains, according to experts at a conference of the Mexican Academy of Sciences.
Copenhagen: 'We Need a Legally Binding Treaty'
 The Real News Network
Miliband: Obama's says that time has run out for a legally binding deal on climate change this year.
Climate Change in Mexico: A Policy of Pretence
 Emilio Godoy
Although it is the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases in Latin America and the Caribbean, after Brazil, and will be hosting next year's United Nations climate meeting, Mexico is heading to the Cophenhagen summit practically empty-handed.
How To Travel Green
 Howcast Videos
Travel green so you leave the most gentle carbon footprint as you traipse around the world.
Humpback Whales Return to the Banderas Bay
 Keith May
It is with a HUGE smile on my face that I inform you all that the Humpback whales have indeed returned to Banderas Bay. I have received two credible reports of Humpback whales in the bay – the first being on November 1st near Le Kliff and the second on November 11th near Los Muertos pier.
Vallarta Orchid Society Lecture Series: Growing Orchids from Seeds - Part 1
 T.J. Hartung
The Vallarta Orchid Society lecture series continues this month with a series of talks on the complexities of growing orchids from seeds. Join us for the first talk, which will take place at the Vallarta Botanical Gardens on Saturday, November 28, starting at 1 pm.
Environmental Ambassador Holds Essay Contest To Raise Awareness about Ocean and Beach Preservation
 Surfline
Professional surfer and recipient of the 2007 John Kelly Environmental Achievement Award James Pribram traveled to Sayulita Mexico November 8-13th to educate students from The Costa Verde International School (CVIS) about the importance of preserving our ocean's and beaches.
Tagging Billfish for Science Leads to Great White Shark Research Adventure and Exciting TV Series
 The Billfish Foundation
Avid billfish angler and TV outdoor fishing adventurer Chris Fischer never thought he'd actually be living a scene much like that from Jaws as he kneeled face-to-face handling a huge, live 4,600 pound great white shark.
Save Half the Planet, or Lose It All
 Stephen Leahy
At least half the planet must be protected if humanity is to survive the next century, declared conservationists at the conclusion of 9th World Wilderness Congress in Mérida, Mexico.
Global Warming Threatens Lake Titicaca, Imperils Millions of Bolivians
 Univision.com
Global warming has accelerated the evaporation of Lake Titicaca, the water level of which has dropped to the lowest point in years, Carlos Andrade, of the Binational Autonomous Authority of Lake Titicaca (ATL), told The Associated Press last week.
Tijuana Builders Set Pioneering Green Goal
 Sandra Dibble
There are taller buildings in Tijuana. And far more colorful ones. But in a corner of the city’s Rio Zone, the developers of a 14-story office building are striving for a different kind of distinction: becoming the first certified “green” structure in northwest Mexico.
President Calderón Stresses Need to Link Carbon Emission Reduction Goals to Economic Incentives
 Suzanne Stephens Waller
The Presidency reports that Mexican President Felipe Calderón, together with Australian President Kevin Rudd hosted a breakfast for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEOs to discuss the phenomenon of climate change.
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