Worst Drought in Decades Plagues Western New York
The Buffalo News Tractors plow through clouds of dust. Crops fail to germinate. Dairy cows aren’t producing milk. They can’t even eat and sleep in the heat. Story here.
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Manitoba Growers Warned of Spreading Glyphosate Resistant Kochia
THE WESTERN PRODUCER Photo by WildBoar A map will show where glyphosate resistant kochia has been found in Manitoba. Story here.
California Wildfire Triples in Size
EcoWatch Wildfires are no stranger to California. And they're getting worse! This blaze raged around Santa Barbara in 2008. http://flickr.com/photos/edward-vielmetti/ A huge wildfire burning since Friday in the Santa Clarita Valley area north of Los Angeles has tripled in size over the weekend, destroying at least 18 homes and leaving one man dead. More than 1,500 homes have been evacuated as 1,673 firefighters battle the Sand fire. Story here.
White House Takes Aim at a Fast-Growing Source of Emissions: Airplanes
The Washington Post PinP photo. The Environmental Protection Agency has taken a key step toward limiting pollution caused by the nation’s fleet of commercial aircraft, part of a broader push in the Obama administration’s waning months to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Story here.
The ALUS Program May Come Back to Manitoba
The Manitoba Co-Operator The new government looks to follow through on its promise to implement the program province-wide. Story here.
Rare Lowland Old-Growth Forest at Risk – Logging Preparations East of Vancouver
Ancient Forest Alliance News Road-building is scheduled to begin this week and preliminary logging surveys of the old-growth redcedars are underway by Echo Lake, an extremely rare, lowland old-growth forest about 2 hours east of Vancouver between Mission and Agassiz. Story here.