Cosmetic Pesticides Face Ban in Manitoba

Winnipeg Free Press
 Feb 1'12

Manitoba will soon join most other Canadian provinces and ban cosmetic pesticides -- sprays such as WeedEx and Roundup that keep lawns perfect by killing weeds and bugs. Details here.

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CPAWS Update on Developments in Jasper National Park

Parks Canada announced it will delay its decision on Brewster Travel Canada's proposed development of the  Glacier Discovery Walk in Jasper National Park.
Public opinion matters!

Parks Canada is now reviewing over 2,000 letters it has received on this issue. They are also reconsidering its environmental impact. 

CPAWS opposes this proposed development because we fear it would set a dangerous precedent for renewed commercial development in our mountain national parks.  If this goes ahead, what will be next?
As well, the long term impact of it on wildlife, including mountain goats and big horn sheep, can’t be predicted with confidence. There just isn’t enough data.
Please help show that public concern is still growing. Take a minute now to send a letter to Parks Canada on this issue.
It’s easy. When you click here, you’ll  find suggestions for points you may wish to make in your letter, and an easy form that you can send directly to Parks Canada and the Minister of the Environment.

Thank you for helping to protect our precious national parks.
The CPAWS conservation team

Let's Protect the Spirit Bear - Stop the Pipeline! (Video)

2011 - A Year of Weather Extremes, With More to Come

Analysis by Janet Larsen and Sara Rasmussen*

WASHINGTON, Feb 1, 2012 (IPS)  

According to NASA scientists, this was the ninth warmest year in 132 years of recordkeeping. Details here. 

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Monsanto petition tells Obama: ‘Cease FDA ties to Monsanto’

By Elizabeth Flock Washington Post Jan 30 2012

A two-year-old Food and Drug Administration appointment is stirring up online protests once more. Details here.

Peat Mines OK'd Despite Manitoba Ban

By Mychaylo Prystupa, CBC News: Feb 2, 2012

Three peat mining companies were authorized to level thousands of hectares of Manitoba's boreal forest, just days after….Details here.

Fired Environmentalist Sees Conspiracy

Frances Russell Wpg Free Press 02/1/2012
A B.C. environmentalist claims in a sworn affidavit the Harper government labelled him and his organization, ForestEthics, an "enemy of the government of Canada" and…Details here.

Harper Names Top Advisor

Paths Less Traveled would like to congratulate Wiarton Willy on his appointement as Stephen Harper's Chief Advisor on Climate Change!

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We’ll Frack Alberta’s Next Election, Vow Landowners

30th January 2012 - Andrew Nikiforuk - thetyee.ca

Drilling accident fuels rebellion demanding halt to hydraulic fracturing. Details here.

Occupy Movement Stands With Farmers, Says Enough! to Monsanto

January 31, 2012 by Common Dreams 

Movement is calling for protests to support 60 family farmers, small seed businesses, organizations challenging Monsanto's patents on genetically modified seed. Details here.

Damning Evidence Points to Pesticide as Cause of Massive Bee Dieoffs

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January 30, 2012 by Common DreamsHoney bee hive. PLT photo

Bayer-produced imidacloprid harmful to bees even at very low levels. Details here.
PLT: Here we go again. The overwhelming preponderance of scientific evidence matters not in this world. It is the economic power wielded by Multinationals such as Bayer. That's all.  Sad, isn't it?
Please also read a couple of my own, earlier stories on this issue: 

• "Are Pesticide Regulators on the Take?" 
• "Lament for the Honey Bee