Pesticides in Paradise: Hawaii's Spike in Birth Defects Puts Focus on GM Crops

theguardian

Local doctors are in the eye of a storm swirling for the past three years over whether corn that’s been genetically modified to resist pesticides is a source of prosperity, as companies claim, or of birth defects and illnesses. Story here.

The Leap Manifesto: A Call for Caring for the Earth and One Another

Common Dreams byNaomi Klein, David Suzuki, Leonard Cohen, Ellen Page, Donald Sutherland

Clear Lake, Manitoba. PinP photo.

'This our sacred duty to those this country harmed in the past, to those suffering needlessly in the present and to all who have a right to a bright and safe future.' Story here.

More Than 100,000 Flee Floods in Japan After "Once-in-50-Years" Rain

SCIENTIFIC

AMERICAN

Unprecedented rain in Japan unleashed heavy floods on Friday that tore houses from their foundations, uprooted trees and forced more than 100,000 people from their homes. Story here.

Why Climate Activists Stand with Refugees

Common Dreams

“A culture that places so little value on human beings, that it allows them to be thrown to the waves, is also going to allow poor people’s countries to disappear beneath the waves because that is a threat to today’s profits.”

— Naomi Klein  Story here.

Amnesy International 

CANADA:
WELCOME
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REFUGEES

Canada’s commitment to resettling refugees has been modest and processing rates painfully slow. Remind the Prime Minister and all party leaders that Canadians welcome refugees. Story here.

UK Experiences Three Earthquakes a Year Due to Human Activity, Study Says.

theguardian

At least three earthquakes strike the UK every year as the result of human activity, according to a new study. Story here.

RELATED: "Is the "Dubious Duo" of Fracking & Earthquakes More Common in Canada Than we Know? PinP Wonders..." 

Brazil and Indonesia Struggling to Reduce Deforestation

World

Resources

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New satellite-based data highlight the challenges of reducing forest loss in two of the world’s largest forest-rich countries. Story here.

Slashing in Canada - a practise where trees standing in the way of agricultural production are bulldozed, then burned. PinP photo.

The Real Enemy Is Within

Chris Hedges - OpEdNews

If you are not dedicated to the destruction of empire and the dismantling of American militarism, then you cannot count yourself as a member of the left. It is not a side issue. It is the issue. It is why…

Learning From Indigenous Peoples on Climate Change

National Geographic

Many of the people likely to be on the front lines of a changing climate are indigenous. Already assaulted by centuries of colonialism and exploitation, many indigenous people must also now adapt to rising seas, warming temperatures, and other disruptions to natural systems. Story here.

Infectious Diseases Like It Hot: How Climate Change Helps Cholera and Salmonella Outbreaks

CLIMATEPROGRESS

Every year, about one million Americans and tens of millions of people worldwide suffer the debilitating effects of salmonella poisoning, episodes sometimes serious enough for hospitalization. Story here.

RELATED: Safeway Canada recalls cucumbers and in-store products. Items could be contaminated with salmonella.

Egyptian Study Shows - Rats fed Monsantos #gmo Corn Developed Liver, Kidney, Intestinal Toxicity & Male Infertility

Journal of American Science

This indicates potential adverse health/toxic effects of GM corn and further investigations still needed. Details here.