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A million tons of feces and an unbearable stench: life near industrial pig farms

the guardian North Carolina’s hog industry has been the subject of litigation, investigation, legislation and regulation. But are its health and environmental risks finally getting too much? Story here.

Is Trump softening his position on climate change? Maybe yes! Maybe no!

|NATIONAL OBSERVER The White House has issued a denial after a Montreal meeting heard some unexpected comments suggesting the U.S. administration was softening its stance on climate change. Story here.

Help the World Wildlife Fund help save our vanishing wildlife

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RELATED: PinP reviews the book - "The Sixth Extinction - an unnatural history."

European glyphosate safety report copy-pasted Monsanto study

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Nation of Change "Whether this is a question of negligence or intent, it is completely unacceptable for government bodies to pass off industry analysis as their own." Story here. A crop-duster sprays pesticides  on a crop in Manitoba.   PinP photo.

‘Software disease’ — The hazards of plastic, net wrap and twines

    Canadian  Cattlemen Animal Health: Ingestion of plastics has become a common killer. Story here.

U.S. Air Force Is Spraying 6 Million Acres With Chemicals in Response to Harvey

EcoWatch The Air Force has dispatched big spray planes to control pests which they claim pose a health risk to rescue workers around Houston. Sadly, those "pests" include the good ones, like bees. Story here.