Diesel Exhaust Stops Honeybees from Finding the Flowers They Want to Forage

Science News 

Exposure to common air pollutants found in diesel exhaust pollution can affect the ability of honeybees to recognize floral odours, new University of Southampton research shows. Details here.

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The Government of Canadaʼs Legacy of Contamination in Northern Saskatchewan Watersheds

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Beaverlodge Lake, a 57 square kilometer water body, and three other watersheds in northern Saskatchewan are seriously contaminated with uranium and selenium. Details here.

Related: Uranium City - a Legacy of Cancer.

Climate Breakdown

by George Monbiot - The Guardian

PLT photo

How governments bemoan the problem but keep stoking the fires. Details here.

Find Out How YOUR Watershed is Doing! Check Out This WWF Video!

Court Rules Alberta Improperly Excluded Pembina Institute From Oilsands Regulatory Process

Pembina Institute

EDMONTON — Alberta’s Court of Queen’s Bench has quashed a government decision not to allow the Pembina Institute and the Fort McMurray Environmental Association to participate in the regulatory review of a proposed oilsands project. Full story here.

Free Our Greenpeace Heroes From Russian Oppressors

E-mail the Russian Embassy to protest against the charging of these activists with piracy when they were only protecting the Arctic.
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A Mine, a Movement And a Town Divided

The Tyee

In Mexico, local resistance to Canadian mining companies is growing as the industry booms. Full story here.

Related: CONFLICT DOGS CANADIAN MINING ABROAD

Save the Bees! Let Home Hardware and Lowe's Know You Won't Take it Anymore!

Larry,

Home Depot and Lowe’s still haven’t committed to stop selling the pesticides that are killing the bees -- and now it’s time to up the pressure.

A new report by our allies at Friends of the Earth reveals that more than half of the “bee-friendly” home garden plants sold at stores like Home Depot and Lowe’s actually contain bee-killing pesticides called neonics -- with no warning to consumers!

Nearly 125,000 of us have asked Home Depot and Lowe’s to stop selling pre-poisoned plants and bee-killing pesticides. But so far, neither company has responded. Now, we need to up the buzz to protect the bees.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    PLT photo

Soil: Our Climate Ally Underfoot (Video)

Keystone XL's Ugly Toll on America's Endangered Species

Huffington Post

Much of the debate over the Keystone XL pipeline has rightly been focused on the staggering damage it'll do to our climate. Details here.

Western Prairie Fringed Orchid. 

Photo Credit - US Fish & Wildlife

Related story: 

Unsung Victims of the XL Pipeline: 

Beyond the Birds and the Bees

The Xerces Society

Effects of "neonic" insecticides on agriculturally important beneficial insects. Details here.

Unidentified pollinator. PLT photo.