PLANET IN PERIL

CommonDreams Oklahoma has experienced thousands of earthquakes in recent years, which scientists have linked back to fracking and wastewater disposal. Story here.

NATIONAL OBSERVER The much lauded Paris agreement— known as COP 21 —came into force on Nov 4th, as the world closes in on another record-breaking year for global temperatures. Story here.

Eco-Watch Hurricane Matthew 's rampage through North Carolina's coastal plain flooded more than 140 feces-strewn swine and poultry barns, more than a dozen open pits brimming with hog waste and thousands of acres of manure-saturated fields, an analysis by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and Waterkeeper Alliance reveals. Story here.

THE WESTERN PRODUCER Northern Alta. producers are in particularly bad shape, but fields unharvested across Prairies. Story here.

CommonDreams What's more, the biggest food company in the world gets to pump that water at no cost. Story here.

EcoWatch The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has re-approved and proposed a dramatic expansion of the use of the toxic pesticide Enlist Duo after only a cursory review of troubling data showing the two chemicals in the pesticide combine to have "synergistic" effects that are potentially harmful to endangered species and the environment. Story here.