Benefits of Community Pasture on the Canadian Prairies Misunderstood

Western Producer

Should we not look beyond mere “price” and protect ongoing “value?” Full story here.

Goats graze on a community pasture. 

Courtesy of Trevor Herriot's Grass Notes.

Bee-Killing Pesticides Could Also Harm Butterflies, Mice And Birds, Study Claims

Daily Express

PESTICIDES which have been linked with the decline in bees could also harm other wildlife such as butterflies, mice and partridges, it has emerged. Full story here.

Swallowtail butterfly. PLT photo

Oilsands Tailings Cleanup Far Behind Schedule

CBC

Alberta's energy industry has found that cleaning up oilsands tailings is much harder than it thought. Details here.

Al Gore Says Obama Must Veto 'Atrocity' of Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline

theguardian

Former vice-president says oil pipeline is 'really a losing proposition' and demands climate plan promised at inauguration. Details here.

Dirty Energy Ushers Us Into New, and Disturbing, Territory in Canada

350 or bust

How much more damage to our land, water, and climate are we willing to tolerate before we just say noto this economic system of death? Details here.

UN Climate Change Conference Sees Concrete Progress Toward New Agreement

UN Climate Change Secretariat

The UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, ended on Friday after making concrete progress towards a new universal climate change agreement and…Details here.

PLT photo

Agri-Giants Trying to Solve Bee Deaths. Many Believe They Caused Them

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

One of every three bites of food we consume depends on pollination by honeybees, but these overlooked contributors to our food system are continuing to die in stubbornly perplexing ways. Details here.

A honeybee hive, Manitoba, 

Canada.  PLT photo.

Great News for the Spirit Bear Coast!

		Dear Larry, GREAT NEWS FOR THE SPIRIT BEAR COAST!  In a big win for the spectacular Spirit Bear Coast and its wildlife, the British Columbia government has just announced its formal opposition to the proposed Northern Gateway tar sands pipeline. This is a key breakthrough in our fight against tar sands development -- and one that would not have been possible without your online activism.

Canada's 'Northern Amazon' on the Brink

The Tyee

Report details how industry, climate change could 'eat up' the Mackenzie River Basin and its vital ecological services. Full story here.

First Green Party Member in the History of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada, Sworn In

Globe & Mail

British Columbia’s first provincially elected Green Party member, Andrew Weaver (r.) wasted little time attacking Premier Christy Clark’s plans to export liquefied natural gas from northern B.C. to Asia after a swearing-in ceremony Thursday at the legislature. Details here.

Canadian Province of Manitoba Announces "Stewards Alliance" to Speed Cleanup of Lake Winnipeg Basin

Partnerships Will Help Leverage More Than $1 Billion Over Five Years: (Minister for the Environment) Mackintosh

A Lake Friendly Accord and Stewards Alliance, and partnerships and initiatives between the Manitoba government and other jurisdictions will leverage more than $1 billion to better co-ordinate efforts to improve all waterways in the Lake Winnipeg basin with the majority of                     PLT Photo                   funding dedicated to reducing nutrient pollution from waste water, Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh announced today.