<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div id="yiv1082657807"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" id="yiv1082657807bodyDrftID" class="yiv1082657807"><tbody><tr><td id="yiv1082657807drftMsgContent" style="font:inherit;font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;"><div id="yiv1082657807"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" id="yiv1082657807bodyDrftID" class="yiv1082657807"><tbody><tr><td id="yiv1082657807drftMsgContent" style="font:inherit;font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;"><div id="yiv1082657807"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" id="yiv1082657807bodyDrftID" class="yiv1082657807"><tbody><tr><td id="yiv1082657807drftMsgContent" style="font:inherit;"><div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b>Topics: Highland Quarry, Tar Sands, GM lables and new
 traffic study shows increased roads = increased traffic. </b></span></font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><span class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);line-height:18px;"><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 15px; "><font class="yiv1948468548Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span class="yiv1948468548Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color:
 initial; "><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><br></b></span></font></span></b></font></span></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><span class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);line-height:18px;"><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, sans-serif"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 15px; "><font class="yiv1948468548Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span class="yiv1948468548Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;
 ">URGENT: Sign the AVAAZ petition re: Highland Quarry ASAP</b><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Only days to go before the July 11th public comments are closed on the EBR website. Please sign the AVVAZ petition and join over 7300 people in saying no to this harmful project. To sign on visit: <br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "> <span class="yiv1948468548Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_the_quarry/?cl=1146133416&v=9524" style="line-height: 1.2em; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;
 outline-color: initial; ">http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_the_quarry/?vl</a> </span><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "></span></font><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><font class="yiv1948468548Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span class="yiv1948468548Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;
 outline-color: initial; ">Tar Sands update:</b><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "></span></font><span class="yiv1948468548Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><p style="margin-bottom: 14px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; ">Environmental monitoring in the Alberta oilsands is insufficient and needs to have "rigorous scientific design and execution" to be effective, a provincially-appointed expert
 panel concluded in a report released Tuesday. The panel are recommending the establishment of a new arms length monitoring team dedicated to Tar Sands monitoring. Details here:</p></span><span class="yiv1948468548Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-family: arial; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2011/07/05/edmonton-oilsands-monitoring-panel-report.html" style="line-height: 1.2em; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2011/07/05/edmonton-oilsands-monitoring-panel-report.html</a></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none;
 outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2011/07/05/edmonton-oilsands-monitoring-panel-report.html" style="line-height: 1.2em; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><font class="yiv1948468548Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span class="yiv1948468548Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "></span></font></a><span class="yiv1948468548Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:
 Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The report has yet to be released to the public but the website where the report is most likely to be posted is here:</span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span class="yiv1948468548Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.albertaemp.ca/reporting" style="line-height: 1.2em; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">http://www.albertaemp.ca/reporting</a></span></div><div
 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><br></div></div></span></b></font></span></div><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;"><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:18px;"><b>GM food
 lables now allowed</b></span></font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;"><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" color="#333333"><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" face="Arial,
 sans-serif"><span class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:18px;">The Codex Alimentarius Commission has finalized a new regulation that protects all nations who want to label Genetically Modfied foods from threats of World Trade Organization lawsuits. This means free trade agreements cannot punish anyone for  the labeling of GM products. For years the US has opposed the move but now they are only opposed to the idea of "mandatory" labeling. Details here:</span></font></font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;"><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" color="#333333"><span class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;line-height:18px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;"><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:18px;"><a rel="nofollow"
 target="_blank" href="http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/food-safety/169637-gm-food-labeling-moves-ahead-after-us-drops-opposition#.ThPrtG5TJZY.twitter">http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/food-safety/169637-gm-food-labeling-moves-ahead-after-us-drops-opposition#.ThPrtG5TJZY.twitter</a></span></font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;"><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0in;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><span class="yiv1082657807by" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><b
 style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><span class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;" size="2">U of T study finds road expansion increases traffic by increasing demand</font></span></font></font></b></span><b style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><span class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><font
 class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><span class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" color="#0082C3" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><br style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"></font></span></font><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" size="2"><br style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"></font></span></font></b><span style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;" size="2"><span class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"></span></font></span></div><div
 style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0in;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" size="2" style="line-height:1.2em;"><span style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><span class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;">Using evidence from U.S. cities, </span></font><b style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><span class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;">Professors </span></font></b></span><span
 class="yiv1082657807by" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><b style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><span style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><span class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;">Gilles Duranton </span></font></span></b></span><span class="yiv1082657807by" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><span style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><span class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;">and </span></font><b
 style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><span class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;">Matthew Turner </span></font></b><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><span class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;">of the Department of Economics find that e</span></font></span></span><span style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><span class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;">xpanding highways and roads increases traffic
 congestion by increasing demand. </span></font><span class="yiv1082657807by" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><span class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;">Interestingly, the study also found no evidence that public transit affects the number of </span></font></span></span></font><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="outline-style:none;
outline-color:initial;"><span class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" size="2"><span class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;">kilometres </span><span class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:19px;">traveled</span><span class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;">.</span></font><span class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;"> </span></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0in;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><font class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;" size="2"><span class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span"
 style="line-height:1.2em;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.environment.utoronto.ca/News/RoadExpansionStudy.aspx" style="line-height:1.2em;text-decoration:underline;color:blue;outline-style:none;outline-color:initial;">http://www.environment.utoronto.ca/News/RoadExpansionStudy.aspx</a></span></font></div></span></font></div><span class="yiv1082657807Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><p style="font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; "><br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 14px; padding-top: 0px;
 padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">Have a good one folks!</font></p><p style="font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; ">Lulu :0)</p></span></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></table>