NASA Warns Lawmakers to Act Now, After Record-Smashing Year of Global Warming

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Weird cloud formations in Manitoba. PinP photo.

Announcing that 2015 was the hottest year on record, NASA issued a warning to policy makers that they need to act on climate change. More here

Outcry Over the Austerity Crisis in Flint, Michigan Grows

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Details of how Flint’s water was contaminated, and of how pleas for help were neglected, are leading to calls for inquiries, arrest, resignation. More here.

Shock Figures to Reveal Deadly Toll of Global Air Pollution

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Burning trees in Manitoba, Canada. PinP photo.

World Health Organisation describes new data as ‘health emergency’, with rising concern likely to influence decision over Heathrow expansion. Story here.

RELATED: "It's Time to Wake Up and Smell the Smoke."

Number of England's Marine Conservation Zones Nearly Doubles

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But leading marine conservationist warns that MCZs are ‘paper parks’ and will offer wildlife no real protection from destructive dredging and trawling. More here.

Pelicans in Manitoba, 

Canada. PinP photo.

American Billionaire Set to Open Cape Breton (Canada) Coal Mine

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While other Canadian provinces phase out coal, Nova Scotia is defiantly preparing to open its first coal mine since the last one closed in 2001 - this one under the ownership of a secretive American billionaire with ties to the Carlyle Group and Jeb Bush. More here.

The Great Contaminated Outdoors (Greenpeace Video)

Scorched Earth Conservation in the UK

By George Monbiot - the Guardian.
National park authorities inflict mass destruction on wildlife and habitats, then call it conservation. MORE HERE.

Human fascination with burning is alive and well on Canadian farms, too. PinP photo.

Hazardous Chemicals in Pristine Nature

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It's ironic to think that companies who depend on nature for their business, willingly release dangerous chemicals into the environment. More here.    

Warming Could Mean Major Thaw For Alaska Permafrost

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If you’d asked permafrost researcher Vladimir Romanovsky five years ago if he thought the permafrost of the North Slope of Alaska was in danger of substantial thaw this century because of global warming, he would have said no. Not any more. More Here.

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

The World-Class Experimental Lakes Area - Grieviously Wounded by the Harper Regime - Struggles Back to its Feet.

International Institute for Sustainable Development.

2014-2015 was a great year for IISD Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA). This was the world-class freshwater research institute's first year under new management, and the team was happy to get back to research as well as focus on expanding the outreach and educational opportunities at the site. 

Tests conducted on the Experimental Lakes result in solutions 
which save others, like the one above. PinP photo.

The annual report includes highlights from some members of staff and the board, as well as some stats from our first year and stunning images of our 58 beautiful lakes and their watersheds. Download the report here.

Bernie Sanders is First to Sign 'Fix Democracy' Pledge Rejecting Fossil Fuel Cash

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"It's time for Hillary Clinton and anyone with serious White House aspirations to match Sander's leadership," says Greenpeace. More here.