PLANET IN PERIL

Winnipeg Free Press. The government has issued an Environment Act for Manitoba Hydro’s Bipole III transmission line. Full story here. Government of Manitoba. " Unprecedented Licence Conditions Exceed Clean Environment Commission Report,  Address Aboriginal Concerns: Mackintosh"   Details here.

By George Monbiot, the Guardian It’s the new DDT:    a class of poisons licensed for widespread use before they had been properly tested, which are now ripping the natural world apart. And it’s another demonstration of the old truth that those who do not learn from history are destined to repeat it. Manitoba honeybees. PLT photo

The Pacific Northwest Inlander America’s honey bees are dying in droves, and colony collapse disorder is the least of our worries. Details here.

Alternatives Journal PLT photo Which path will we take to protect pollinators from our current agricultural practices? Full story here.

PEOPLE IN ACTION  Reah Janise Kauffman and Julianne Simpson www.earth-policy.org/action_center/C27 Earth Policy Release August 13, 2013 We love hearing about how our publications inspire others to take action and share their stories  on our website. From the classroom to the political arena, people are spreading the word about  Plan B and EPI’s work to create a roadmap to sustainability.  In 2007, Dr. Bonnie Winslow-Garvin, a school psychologist and  long-time fan of Lester’s work, gave her husband Michael Garvin a  copy of  Plan B 2.0 . Garvin was so inspired by Lester’s call to action  that he left his national security consulting work to focus on moving  the world to a carbon-free energy economy. In 2009 they founded  RENAIS, a renewable energy technology and financing consultancy  specializing in wind power, in their home state of Iowa. Garvin also wanted to act internationally. He decided to begin with  the Caribbean, a region heavily dependent upon f