PLANET IN PERIL

The Guardian Bishop of Liverpool says trees should be taken out of the political cycle to preserve 'green and pleasant land' Details here. Ash trees in Canada. PLT photo Please also read: "What Were You Thinking? An open letter to the former ministers who appear to have let a devastating tree disease into the UK ," by George Monbiot

Buffy Sainte-Marie talks about and sings "Universal Soldier." Video

David Neufeld - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Our family business includes growing bedding plants. In the spring of 2010 every tomato, pepper and marigold we started curled up grotesquely and died. Details here. ==== Please also read: "Organic Farmer Worries About Weedkiller Sprayed in Ditches in Rural Manitoba"  

Naomi Klein - the Nation Less than three days after Sandy made landfall on the East Coast of the United States, Iain Murray of the Competitive Enterprise Institute blamed New Yorkers’ resistance to big-box stores for the misery they were about to endure. Details here.

Manitoba Wildlands The 2012 US election was supposed to be all about the economy. But in state and federal races, candidates targeted by environmentalists for their positions on climate and energy lost in large numbers November 6, 2012.  Details here.