One in Eight Bird Species Threatened With Extinction

CBC News

Canada's birds in better shape than most, study says, but situation still dire. Details here.

Birds like these rose-breasted grosbeak have declined by 10% since1970 in part due to the loss of mature forests through logging & invasive species like the pine beetle.  (Source: Birdlife International)

Barn swallows nest under a bridge in Manitoba. PLT photos.

Related: Changing climate poses severe risks to birds, Utah waterfowl

India Now Has its Own "Monsanto Protection Act!"

Tonu - Tony Mitra
Bt. Cotton enters India through the backdoor. Details here.

Zama City Spill: Canadian Environmental Agency Waited 11 Days To Tell Public

Huffington Post

Alberta's environmental regulatory agency waited 11 days to tell the public about what many are calling the biggest wastewater spill in recent North American history. Details here.

Gagged by Big Ag

Horrific abuse. Rampant contamination. And the crime is…exposing it?

Details here.

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.