Suncor emissions exceed imits.

Suncor Energy’s operation north of Fort McMurray is the second oilsands plant to be hit with an environmental protection order in less than a month after its hydrogen sulphide emissions exceeded provincial limits.

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Factory farming cruel for animals and hard on the planet, too. The Fraser Valley, once a bucolic landscape of small family farms, has become a casualty of one of the great global issues of the 21st century: The dirty, dangerous and inhumane business of intensive agriculture -- a business driven by our insatiable demand for cheap meat. [News Source]

Japan seeking China’s cooperation to cut air pollution. Japan is trying to enlist China's help to fight air pollution around East Asia. Some environmental experts in Japan believe their country's problem with declining air quality can be traced to its giant neighbor. [News Source]

Chainsaw massacre. Two tree-planting campaigns are under way in UK cities, in an effort to reverse the "chainsaw massacre" of the past. It appears that everyone loves trees, so why are so many being lost? [News Source]

It’s getting easier to be Green. The old-left roots of Ontario's Green party are still showing, but the party makes more sense with every election. [News Source]

PPC hit with pollution fine. The Environment Ministry yesterday slapped a one-million-euro fine on the state-controlled Public Power Corporation (PPC) for excessive air pollution, the first penalty of its kind to be imposed on the power company. [News Source]

Breath test for diabetes may be possible: study (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Diabetic children exhale higher levels of a chemical when their blood sugar is too high, U.S. researchers said on Monday, suggesting that a simple breath test could one day replace finger stick testing as a way to monitor diabetes. [News Source]

U.S. Lags Behind Europe in Protecting Small Business and Competition (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News) The United States lags behind Europe in protecting small business and competition. General Motors, Daimler-Chrysler, Toyota and Fiat, have made a legally binding commitment with the European Commission that these four car manufacturers will provide technical information to independent repair shops in the European Union. Yet while major car manufacturers have committed to providing information ... [News Source]

New ‘Breakthrough’ Long-Life Color-Fast Opera Silicon Quarzo Paint Line Introduced (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) LOS ANGELES----A new "breakthrough" paint that lasts twice as long as other coatings and does not fade is being introduced in the United States by DDK Industries, Inc., of Los Angeles, under its new Opera Paints brand. [News Source]

Composting toilets offer eco-friendly alternative. As they prepared for their son’s wedding on the hill behind their home, they realized the one flushable toilet in their house would not be enough to accommodate all the guests. [News Source]

China takes aim at its smoggy skies. Now, for the first time, the smog stretching from the city of Guangzhou south to Hong Kong threatens the vigor of China's fastest-growing economic region. And China is beginning to confront the problem while it still might be controlled. [News Source]