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		<title>Friend or foe?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Negotiating with former adversaries comes with a unique set of challenges. by Julee Boan In the early 1970s, a popular bumper sticker read: “If you are cold, hungry and out of work, eat an environmentalist.” At the time, and for many years after, an “us versus them” mentality dominated the discourse between tree huggers and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The problem with aggregates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Caroline Schultz   A strong wind whipped in heavy grey clouds, and the threat of rain was imminent as several hundred shivering people queued up at the edge of a woodlot north of Shelburne at the beginning of a unique demonstration of civil society. They were lining up to protest against the proposed “mega-quarry” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carbon credit swap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Allan Britnell Most of us have known for years that trees are good for the environment, particularly because of their ability to sequester greenhouse gases spewed by cars and the other conveniences of our lives. Yet, until recently, no one knew precisely just how much carbon forests could store. But a detailed analysis published [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Follow the leader</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Joshua Wise This summer, the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) First Nation took a bold stance to protect the Big Trout Lake watershed by ratifying a watershed declaration and consultation protocol aimed at preserving 1.3 million hectares of boreal lakes, rivers, forests and wetlands that form the spiritual, as well as physical, centre of the community. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climate change economics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Peter Rosenbluth Many in the environmental community found that the recent provincial election was as notable for what was not discussed as it was for the points of contention. Absent from most debates was any discussion of conservation in an era of climate change. While candidates crossed swords over, for example, the applicability of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beetle mania</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Peter Gorrie After nearly a decade of destruction due to a voracious, invasive insect, a glimmer of hope is stealing into Ontario’s gloomy ash forests. The emerald ash borer has already destroyed most of its host trees in southwestern Ontario, specifically Essex County where this creature entered the province nine years ago. On its own, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In search of creepy crawlers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by James Paterson From Toronto to Thunder Bay, Ontario Nature staff have been travelling across the province in search of snakes, salamanders and other creeping, crawling and slithering wildlife. As part of the Ontario Reptile and Amphibian Atlas project, conservation staff have conducted workshops, presentations and field surveys to increase awareness of and gather data [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The high road</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We used to toss bricks over the wall at each other. Now, in a groundbreaking alliance, the aggregate sector and conservation groups, led by Ontario Nature, make common cause on a green certification standard for gravel. <em>By Ray Ford</em>]]></description>
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		<title>Here be giants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First overfishing, then hydro dams. Lake sturgeon, Ontario’s largest and longest-lived fish, now belongs to one of the most beleaguered groups of animals on the planet. <em>By Peter Christie</em>]]></description>
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		<title>The Couchiching Conservancy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“We did not inherit this land from our fathers. We are borrowing it from our children.” In southern Ontario, we have borrowed heavily from our children. The story is well known, if not well heeded: urban sprawl has paved over large tracts of green spaces at an alarming rate. The Couchiching Conservancy has met this [...]]]></description>
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