Los Angeles Times
More than 500 homes have been destroyed in a wildfire that is burning in Calaveras and Amador counties. Story here.
Wood Buffalo National Park lies downstream of where the Teck Frontier oil sands mine is proposed. Declines in the ecological health of the Park have been linked to cumulative impacts from the oil sands region. Cdn. Parks & Wilderness Society. Photo: ©Garth Lenz