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Is a Weak Law Better Than No Law At All?

In a move that stunned many activists, the city council of Calgary, Alberta, voted NOT to ban lawn and garden pesticides — thereby not joining much of the rest of the nation of Canada in banning products like weed ‘n feed and Roundup. The councilors’ rationale is that the city wouldn’t have the resources to [...]

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Hudson Mayor Re-Elected

Euphoric phone calls and emails poured out of Hudson, Quebec, this past week with word that Michael Elliott — the same man who shepherded North America’s first anti-pesticide bylaw all the way to the Supreme Court — was named mayor again after 16 years in retirement from town politics. Elliott, who is a key figure [...]

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