PLANET IN PERIL

CommonDreams       Bumblebees on chives.  PinP  photo. The negative effects that have been reported before, scale up to long-term, large-scale, multi-species impacts that are harmful.   Story here.

CommonDreams Louisiana's devastating rainfall was the state's second "1,000-year" flood this year. Story here.

Eco Watch Recent extreme heat events in the Middle East have climate scientists worried about future climate-related catastrophes. Temperatures have climbed above 115 F across the region this summer and Kuwait and Iraq recently recorded most likely the hottest temperatures ever in the Eastern Hemisphere. Story here. RELATED:    "Lake Powell: Going, Going, Gone?"

THE WESTERN PRODUCER Persistent rain is prompting concerns that prairie farmers will add to a glut of low quality milling wheat that is already weighing on world markets. Story here.

EARTHJUSTICE Earthjustice and a broad coalition of partners have been fighting for years to convince the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to ban an entire class of poisonous neurotoxic pesticides. Every year, these pesticides, called organophosphates, poison farmworkers and others who come into contact with them in communities near agricultural fields. STORY HERE.

The Washington Post Record-shattering temperatures this summer have scorched countries from Morocco to Saudi Arabia and beyond, as climate experts warn that the severe weather could be a harbinger of worse to come.  Story here.