More Than 500 Homes Are Lost in Butte, California Wildfire

Los Angeles Times

More than 500 homes have been destroyed in a wildfire that is burning in Calaveras and Amador counties. Story here.

Endangered Fish Species Missing the Safety Net

CBC Radio Quirks & Quarks - A team of Canadian Scientists has looked at Canada's system for protecting endangered marine species and discovered that almost none is receiving protection despite policies and legal requirements. Listen here.

Global Warming ‘Pause’ Never Happened, Scientists Say

The Washington Post

The climate science sphere has been wrapped up in a major debate for the past several years: over the global warming “pause.” But now, a growing body of research has some scientists saying that the case may, in fact, be closed. They’re arguing that the pause never existed. Story here.

Death Toll in California Wildfires Rises to Five

Los Angeles Times

The number of victims from massive wildfires raking Northern California has grown to five, with two more bodies recovered in the Valley Fire. Story here.

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

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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.

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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.