There’s Nothing Average About This Year’s Gulf of Mexico ‘Dead Zone’

EcoWatch

Jellyfish - said to be one of the few creatures able to survive & thrive in dead zones. Photo credit -  Dan90266

The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released its annual forecast for the size of the Gulf of Mexico “dead zone”—an area of coastal water where low oxygen is lethal to marine life. They say we should expect an “average year.” That doesn’t sound so bad, but as we wrote last year, the dead zone average is approximately 6,000 square miles or the size of the state of Connecticut. Average is not normal. Story here.

U.S. Coal Giant Owed Money to Canadian Climate Change Deniers

NATIONAL OBSERVER

A Canadian climate change denial group has popped up in a U.S. coal giant's bankruptcy proceedings that have lifted the curtain on the funding of a sophisticated continent-wide marketing campaign designed to fool the public about how human activity is contributing to global warming. Story here.

Large Herds in Remote Areas Raise Predation Risk

THEWESTERN

PRODUCER

Cattle sector looks at strategies to reduce animal losses, including guardian animals. Story here.

Winter Wheat Close to Fusarium Spray Window

Manitoba Co-Operator

In addition to crop staging farmers should assess how much risk their crop faces before applying a fungicide. Story here.

Liz Makes More Sense in the House of Commons (No One Applauds)

Petition to Create Metis Hunting Zones

CJ Radio

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The Rural Municipality of Pipestone, Manitoba has passed a resolution and created a petition to have the Provincial Government create designated hunting zones for Metis status hunters in the province. Story here.

Energy East - Taking Manitoba in the Wrong Direction

CCPA

TransCanada Pipeline’s Energy East pipeline (EE), if approved, will run from Hardisty Alberta to St. John, New Brunswick and will carry bitumen from Alberta’s Tar Sands to refineries in Quebec and New Brunswick. Story here.

Exposed: Pesticide Industry Deployed Aggressive Lobby Effort to Quash Bee Protections

CommonDreams

Bayer, Monsanto, and Syngenta are effectively "shaping new pollinator 'protection' plans nationwide that do little to protect bees, but a lot to protect industry profits." Story here.

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Bipole III Route Could Change, Manitoba Tells UNESCO World Heritage Group

CBC News

Future transmission lines could influence World Heritage designation for boreal forest. Story here.
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Please watch video below to see the kind of project Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister seems prepared to scuttle. Heartless, ruthless politics I'd say! PinP
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Luck Rides The Rails: Another Near Miss with an "Insane" Bakken Oil Bomb Train

DESMOG

Luck was in abundance on Friday in Mosier, Oregon where the latest Bakken oil train derailed and erupted into flames near a 50-home residential area and a school. STORY HERE.