CFIA fast-tracked tests on genetically modified salmon eggs for exports, documents suggest

CBCnews

Documents show inspectors with the Canada Food Inspection Agency scrambled to meet deadline for time-sensitive salmon egg test. Story here.



A wild Atlantic salmon. Photo credit - Wikipedia.

We can learn so much from nature

rabble.ca

A forest in Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, rendered "ghost-like"   by hoarfrost. PinP photo.

If you fly over a forest and look down, you'll see every green tree and plant reaching to the heavens to absorb the ultimate energy source: sunlight. What a contrast when you look down on… 

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Scientists say the global ocean circulation may be more vulnerable to shutdown than we thought

The Washington Post

A Mexican coastline. PinP photo. Intense future climate change could have a far different impact on the world than current models predict, suggests a thought-provoking new study just out in the journal Science Advances.  Story here.

Just about everything you buy came at the expense of an endangered animal

The Washington Post

Your morning cup of joe, the must-have chair purchased at that trendy furniture store and the palm oil that’s key to a favourite family recipe, all have elements ripped from the habitat of a threatened or endangered animal somewhere in the world. Story here.

Burrowing owl. PinP photo.

NOAA challenged the global warming ‘pause.’ Now new research says the agency was right.

The Washington Post

It may have been the most controversial climate change study in years.

In the summer of 2015, a team of federal scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published a blockbuster paper in Science that appeared to wipe away one of global warming doubters’ favorite arguments. The skeptics had for years suggested that….Story here.

Half-a-billiion children living in crisis-hit countries – UNICEF

• UN News Centre  
  
• Refugee children in Afghanistan. UN photo.
• Despite significant progress, too many children are still being left behind, with nearly 535 million of them living in harsh conditions, lacking access to decent health, education and protection services. Story here.
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Without action on climate change, say goodbye to polar bears

The Washington Post

As the Arctic warms faster than any other place on the planet and sea ice declines, there is only one sure way to save polar bears from extinction, the government announced Monday: decisive action on climate change. Story here.

Wikipedia photo.

Obama Denies All Pending Permits for Seismic Airgun Blasting in Atlantic Ocean

EcoWatch

The Obama administration formally denied today all pending permits to conduct seismic airgun blasting in the Atlantic Ocean. Seismic airgun blasting, an extremely loud and dangerous process used to search for oil and gas deposits deep below the ocean's surface, was originally proposed in an area twice the size of California, stretching from Delaware to Florida. Story here.

Old is new in hog barn approvals

Manitoba Co-Operator

Public opposition has not gone away after a decade of no development. Story here.

Huge iceberg ready to break off Antarctica: scientists.

CBCnews

Has just 20 kilometres of ice left before it breaks off. Story here.

CEO pay sets new record: study

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Canada’s 100 highest paid CEOs have set a new record: their total compensation in 2015 hit a new high at $9.5 million, on average, according to a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).  Details here.