PLANET IN PERIL

by Larry Powell Every loving parent, I'm sure, would like to be able to guide their kids in a way that best equips them to deal with the environmental challenges which lie ahead - foremost among them being climate change and the greenhouse gases so prodigiously produced by the transportation sector (cars). This "criminally-negligent" car commercial (& others like it), shows how soulless multinationals like "Chevy" can seduce young minds while conveniently ignoring the fact that their products are a main culprit in endangering the futures of these same children with their pollution! You'd never know it by watching this kind of crap. So where does that leave our kids in terms of being instilled with the best "eco-wisdom" possible? DUMB AS POSTS. THAT'S WHERE .  Here's a thought. Why not force the Chevy's of the world to include a warning with every car ad whether on TV, Radio or print. It would inform viewers/readers that th

the guardian TransCanada launches two challenges as it argues president violated Nafta, saying it is seeking to recover $15bn spent in push for pipeline’s approval. More here.

Common Dreams U.S. Department of Justice files civil suit on behalf of Environmental Protection Agency.   More here.

New Internationalist ‘If the dam had collapsed at night, everyone would have died.’ These chilling words came from…. More here.

CommonDreams 'We’ve often wondered if Exxon actually hates our children because they so consistently stand in the way of safeguarding their future,' campaigner said, 'it turns out they apparently hate good journalism as well.' Story here.

National Observer “'I’m not going to lose my job over a fart joke,'” Dan Murphy recalls Wayne Moriarty, editor-in-chief of  The Province newspaper, saying.  Story here.

CBC News Global audit by the food giant finds abuse of workers who catch seafood from Thailand. Story here.

CommonDreams Mud and wastewater from the burst dams are complicating search and rescue efforts while raising health and environmental concerns. Story here.

bilaterals.org The vacuous “tobacco control” provision in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) virtually capitulates to the demands of multinational tobacco corporations, jeopardizing nations’ health and economic welfare. Story here.

The Globe and Mail Let’s be clear about the just-released, negotiated-in-secret Trans-Pacific Partnership deal. Despite how it’s being referred to, it is definitely not a “free-trade” agreement. It’s much more than that. Story here.

bilateral.org PinP  photo During the secret negotiations of the free trade agreement between the European Union and Canada known as CETA, the European Commission always maintained that water would be excluded from the treaty, and that the choice on how to manage services related to the production and distribution of drinking water by the public authorities would not be questioned. But a careful reading of the consolidated text of CETA shows that the reality is different. Details here.

VICE NEWS One of the lucky ones. A turtle rescued  from the Gulf and nursed back to health. Photo credit-New England Aquarium.  Tens of thousands of dead birds. More than 170,000 turtles. A billion newly hatched fish — and maybe as many as 8 billion oysters.That's the federal government's estimated toll on wildlife from the undersea blowout..... Story here.

CBC TV News. Watch video here.

bilateral.org Another polluting Canadian mining company throws its weight around in a developing country. Story here.

Common Dreams 'They cannot continue to handle affairs that are so delicate, that affect the environment and people this way.' Details here.

George Monbiot - theguardian Pollution, as scandals on both sides of the Atlantic show, is a physical manifestation of corruption. Story here.

Chris Hedges - OpEd News The ideological and physical hold of American imperial power, buttressed by the utopian ideology of neoliberalism and global capitalism, is unraveling. Story here.

Common Dreams A Canadian corporation is seeking damages after being blocked from creating an open-pit mine over environmental concerns. Story here. Related: " Free Trade: Path to Prosperity - or Back Road to Corporatism?"

Common Dreams Rupture near Fort McMurray may be one of province's largest. Story here.

Sum of  + Us And the government is helping make it happen! Please help spread the word about this outrage!