Bayer: Withdraw Your Neonicotinoid Pesticides From the Market. PLEASE SIGN PETITION!

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The bee-harming pesticides we've been fighting for years are worse than we imagined. Research suggests that neonicotinoids aren't just decimating bee colonies -- they're hurting birds too. Please sign!

The Purple Martin - an insectivorous species 

considered particularly vulnerable. PinP photo. 

RELATED: "New Studies Show Farm Chemicals Are Affecting More Than Bees. Bird Populations are Declining, Too. Is modern agriculture's toxic hold on nature becoming a death grip?"

The Forests of the World Are in Serious Trouble, Scientists Report

The Washington Post

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The planet’s forests are vital to us all. For one thing, without them, global warming would be a lot worse. Details here.

RELATED: Only “Heroic Efforts” Will Spare Earth’s Mighty Boreal Forest From the Worst Ravages of Climate Change"

A World on Fire: July Was Hottest Month Ever Recorded

Common Dreams

Record set for hottest month of the year puts 2015 on track to be hottest year ever recorded... and the consequences are mounting. Story here.

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Why the Government of Canada Must Lead in Health Care - But Does Not.

Canadian Medical Asn. Journal

For much of the last decade, Canadian federal health policy has been conspicuous by its absence. Story here.

State of Emergency Declared as Wildfires Create 'Unprecedented Cataclysm' in Washington State

Common Dreams

Four other states also fighting massive blazes, including drought-stricken California. Story here.

RELATED: "The Great Wildfire Debate Lights Up Editorial Pages in Manitoba."

Hey, US Congress, Quit Blaming The EPA!

NRDC

The Gold King mine accident (the one that turned this Colorado river orange) is on you, too. Story here.

Mostly Smaller Crops Expected in Canada

Manitoba Co-Operator

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CNS Canada –– Statistics Canada will release its first survey-based Canadian crop production estimates for 2015-16 on Friday, and figures for most major crops are expected to be down compared to last year. Story here.

The Great Wildfire Debate Lights Up Editorial Pages in Manitoba.

Photo credit - APTN. (A version of this letter was published yesterday in the Neepawa Press.)

Dear Editor, 

I'm afraid there's been a misunderstanding.

My recent letter in the Neepawa Press, "It's time to wake up and smell the smoke," has brought quite a negative response from friends and others.

The misunderstanding is over the "link" that I drew between wildfires and manmade climate change. My critics apparently think such a link was my own creation! Nothing could be further from the truth! I was merely the messenger!

Notorious Insecticides Found in Half of Sampled Streams in US

Common Dreams

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'Neonics' have been linked to decline in bee populations. Story here.

RELATED: New Studies Show Farm Chemicals Are Affecting More Than Bees. Bird Populations are Declining, Too.

Is modern agriculture’s toxic hold on nature becoming a death grip?

Bees on sunflower. 

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Scientists Seek Review of Glyphosate, Allege ‘Flawed’ Regulations

Manitoba Co-Operator

Reuters — U.S. regulators have relied on flawed and outdated research to allow expanded use of an herbicide linked to cancer, according to a column published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday. Story here.

'Flash' Drought Scorches Southern U.S.

USA TODAY

While most attention has focused on the lingering drought in California, a "flash" drought has spun up in the past few weeks across much of the South, from Texas to the Carolinas. STORY HERE.