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To: Sustainable Maritimes (sust-mar) From: Paul A Falvo <pfalvo@chebucto.ns.ca> Tip: if your message doesn't reach sust-mar, you probably sent it with html coding. Use your "Format" pull-down menu to switch to plain text format. ____________________________________________________________________________ Nothing new and local in the sust-mar queue today ... so here are some web sites that might be of interest: ~paul :) Photos (with contact information!) of vehicles parked illegally in Toronto bike lanes, photos of a 'block party' (carniverous cyclists gang up on vehicles parked illegally in bike lanes -- and BLOCK them in!), and memoria for cyclists killed by car/truck drivers. http://www.getoutofthebikelane.com/ TOBEATIC FIRE CAUSED BY CAMPFIRE A campfire caused the huge forest fire last month in an isolated area of Shelburne County, N.S. FULL STORY http://novascotia.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=ns_tobeacause20030627 TAR PONDS CLEANUP CLOSE TO $1BIL: MEMO A spokesperson for the Sydney Tar Ponds Agency has lashed out at the group organizing cleanup efforts at the tar ponds site. FULL STORY http://novascotia.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=ns_donhammemo20030626 ANOTHER U.S. SOLDIER KILLED IN IRAQ Resistance to coalition troops in Iraq continued Friday as a U.S. soldier was killed as he investigated a car theft in southern Iraq . FULL STORY: http://cbc.ca/stories/2003/06/27/iraq_resistance030627 BOIL WATER ORDER LIFTED IN CAPE BRETON Municipal officials say it's now OK to drink the water in the North Sydney area without boiling it first. FULL STORY http://novascotia.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=ns_boilwater20030625 BAGHDAD AMBUSHES KILL U.S. SOLDIER, CIVILIANS Iraqi attackers launched more ambushes in Baghdad Thursday, killing an American soldier and two Iraqi civilians. FULL STORY: http://cbc.ca/stories/2003/06/26/iraqattack_030626 © Canadian Broadcasting Corporation * 'Unacceptable risk' of chemical disaster * Human health and the environment are not being protected against the potential harm caused by synthetic chemicals, a UK think-tank says. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/sci/tech/3020954.stm Copyright BBC 2003 From paul.falvo@justice.gc.ca Fri Jun 27 20:57:40 2003 10 APPALLING LIES WE WERE TOLD ABOUT IRAQ Christopher Scheer, AlterNet It was a systematic campaign to frighten the hell out of us about the threat of Hussein, and almost none of it was true. http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16274 WEAPON OF MASS DECEPTION Frida Berrigan, In These Times What the Pentagon doesn't want us to know about depleted uranium. http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16272 YOU CRUISE, YOU LOSE By Hal Clifford, Grist Author Ross Klein details the burden the cruise industry places on the environment in his book titled, "Cruise Ship Blues: The Underside of the Cruise Industry." http://www.utne.com/webwatch/2003_75/news/10669-1.html ____________________________________________________________________________ If a friend forwarded this email to you, please consider joining sust-mar yourself. Just send 'subscribe sust-mar' to mailto:majordomo@chebucto.ca
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