We Were Promised The Greenest Olympics Ever. We Got An Ecological Disaster.

climateprogress

On a cool December night in Paris, at an awards ceremony in the city’s 3rd arrondissement, Eduardo Paes, the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, took the stage to thunderous applause from an audience full of his fellow mayors from around the world. Paes’ voiced boomed as he stressed the importance of cities leading the fight against climate change — Story here.

The Front Lines of Climate Disruption: Alaskans Witness Collapsing Mountains, Shattered Lives

Moyers & company

Climate denial is having a real impact on the lives of those living in the Arctic. Story here.

Winnipeg Home to New ‘Bacon Centre of Excellence’

Manitoba Co-Operator

More of the bacon people bring home will soon come from an expanded Maple Leaf plant in Winnipeg. Story here.

North Saskatchewan River Flunks Five Water Quality Tests After Husky Oil Spill

NATIONAL

PBSERVER

The early results are in and they confirm a catastrophic oil spill from a Husky Energy pipeline has contaminated the North Saskatchewan River, says a new report on the incident released by the Calgary-based company on Wednesday. Story here.

TTIP: The Most Dangerous Weapon in the Hands of the Fossil Fuel Industry

bilaterals.org

The TTIP would put in place a parallel judicial system that allows companies to bypass national courts altogether. Story here.

Saskatchewan Government "Unlikely" to Clean All of Husky Oil Spill

NATIONAL 

OBSERVER

The reality of the disastrous Husky oil spill in Saskatchewan is finally starting to sink in — quite literally. Story here.