Canadian pipeline giant TC Energy closely connected with incoming Trump administration

Investigative Journalism Foundation

Family members, former colleagues among connections unearthed by IJF investigation. Story here.

Canada approved neonic pesticides with outdated studies on human health

Canada's

National

Observer

A growing body of evidence, showing that Canada’s most common insecticides are more dangerous to human health than previously thought, has not been fully assessed by this country’s pesticide regulator, Canada’s National Observer has found. Story here.

Please also read; "Will new research in Europe nudge Canadian authorities toward a neonic ban?"

International Court of Justice Hearings on the Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change

International Institute for Sustainable Development

The International Court of Justice will issue an advisory opinion on the obligations of States under international law to protect the climate system.    

Story here.

Countdown to an ice-free Arctic: New research warns of accelerated timelines

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER

 

Credit: Céline Heuzé/University of Gothenburg

Arctic sea ice is melting at an unprecedented rate. 

The first summer on record that melts practically all of the Arctic’s sea ice, an ominous milestone for 

the planet, could occur as early as 2027. Story here.

Manitoba is getting a new ‘belt of greenspace’

THE NARWHAL

Federal funds will kickstart work on an ecological corridor along the Little Saskatchewan River, aimed at protecting wildlife habitat and keeping the watershed healthy. Story here.

'Twas the night before Christmas

'Twas the night before Christmas                                                    

and all through the land

corporate farming was here.

It was grand! It was grand!

Hogs were raised.

Waste was spread.

The future looked bright.

The salvation of farming

now seemed in sight.

More factories were built.

The money rolled in.

If you were an investor

you wore a big grin.

But clouds started gathering

on this happy scene.

Neighbors were calling

the big barns - obscene!

The air in the country 

which had been so pure,

was now permeated

with the stench of manure.

The rivers and streams

that had been pristine

were now choked with algae

just like a latrine.

But the good folk of the country 

fought back.

Instead of retreating

they launched an attack.

"Bigger is not better"

they cried!

And together they worked 

to turn back the tide.

So into the future

when Christmas rolls 'round,

will the powers that be

move to limit the harm?

Or will they stand idly by

and not give a darn

as the lifeblood is drained from 

the family farm?

Larry Powell - 

SHOAL LK MB

Meet the groups spending the most on social media ads attacking the carbon tax

The Investigative Journalism Foundation

Despite its claims of being grassroots, Energy United has links to the largest fossil fuel industry advocacy group in the country. It's spending big on social media ads denouncing federal carbon pricing. Story here.