PLANET IN PERIL

Government of Manitoba Low-Risk Alternatives for Lawn Care to be Focus of Legislation:  Mackintosh. Manitoba is proposing to join most of Canada in reducing children's and pets' exposure to synthetic chemical lawn pesticides with legislation to be introduced in the next session that would replace the sale and use of those products with the rapidly growing array of federally approved, effective, low-risk bio-pesticides, Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh announced today.

Huffington Post WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared the debate over climate change and its causes obsolete Tuesday as he announced a wide-ranging plan to tackle pollution and prepare communities for global warming. Full story here.

By Andrew Nikiforuk. TheTyee.ca -  Opinion I only hope my city's nightmare is the climate change wake-up Alberta, and Canada, needs. Full story here.

UN News A United Nations senior official today   stressed that this year will be a “turning point” in how governments view and respond to extreme weather events, and floods in particular. Such events are currently affecting several countries across the world. Details here. Calgary flooding: Photo credit:  ca.news.yahoo.com  

Science News As temperatures go up, bison get smaller.  Details here. Manitoba bison. PLT photo

delaware online The ranks of those who believe they are the latter, are growing.  Full story here. A field of wheat, blowing in the breeze. A PLT video.