PLANET IN PERIL

By Simon Enoch, The Leader-Post September 14, 2011 With the results of the Canadian Wheat Board's plebiscite now in, farmers have given the single-desk for wheat a rousing endorsement... Details here.

Manitoba Co-Operator Sept 14'11 About 5,500 miles of fence and 2.6 million acres of pasture have been lost . Details here. PLT: So how are the prayer vigils going, Gov. Perry? Let's face it, Sir. You've got nothin'! Photo courtesy of PortableFarm

David Suzuki - Huffington Post Most reality TV has little to do with the real world. But here's an online show that will reflect what is happening in and to our world: Details here.

Bruce Johnstone, Regina Leader-Post 910/11 Regardless of the results of the Canadian Wheat Board's plebiscite, which are expected Monday, the federal government says it will ignore them and…. Details here.

by Larry Powell This morning,"The House" apologized over an interview done on that CBC Radio program on July 23rd. In the interview, Derek Burney, once Canada's ambassador to the US, sung the praises of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline and attacked critics in the environmental movement as "emotional" and even "violent." In the process of responding to that interview, I discovered Burney is a Director of TransCanadaPipelines, the company building the project. He did not disclose this in the course of the interview. After complaining twice to the CBC ombudsman, I received an apology from "The House," yesterday, saying it was unaware of Burney's vested interest at the time. It ran this clarification on its program this morning (Sept 10th) . "On July 23rd we aired a conversation with former ambassadors Derek Burney & Gordon Giffin about Canada-US relations. Part of the discussion was about the Keystone XL pipeline project. We

Zachary Shahan - Planetsave - Sept. - '11 If you haven’t heard, Texas has been fighting massive wildfires this week . Details here. A Texas National Guard helicopter flies  through smoke this week near Bastrop.  Photo by Staff Sgt. Malcolm McClendon http://wildfiretoday.com/