Occupy Winnipeg! Tomorrow (Sat.) 10am at the Legislature. Be There!

What is Occupy Winnipeg all about? Listen to this CBC Radio interview and find out!

Worldwatch Report Focuses on China’s Green Future - & Finds Plenty of Downsides, Too!

By Haibing Ma and Danielle Nierenberg

China’s environmental problems remain a cause for global concern as climate change continues to reduce agricultural production and create instability in world food prices, according to The Worldwatch Institute’s...Details here.

Mass Extinctions Linked to Climate Change are Already Underway.

Environmental Health News - Summer - 2011

New evidence confirms what scientists have long suspected: that climate change is already having major effects on many of the world's species. Details here.

Endangered Afghan Markhor at 

the Winnipeg zoo. PLT photo

Oil Spill Disaster New Zealand's "Worst in Decades"

BBC - Oct 11'11

An oil spill from a stranded cargo ship off New Zealand is the country's worst environmental disaster in decades, the government says. Details here.
Courtesy of the BBC

Bombshell: State Department Outsourced Tar Sands Pipeline Environmental Impact Study to ‘Major’ TransCanada Contractor

By Joe Romm - Climate Progress - Oct 8, 2011

The Game was Rigged: Entire Environmental Impact Statement Should Be Invalidated. Details here.

U.S. Seen Unlikely to Hit Advanced Biofuel Goal

Manitoba Co-Operator - Oct 11 Land-use changes make emissions reductions uncertain:   report. Details here.

Wheat on ground; PLT photo

Please also read "Bursting the Ethanol Bubble."