2014 Was The Hottest Year On Record Globally By Far

Climate Progress

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has announced that 2014 was the hottest year in more than 120 years of record-keeping — by far. NOAA (the US weather service) is expected to make a similar call in a couple of weeks and so is NASA. Story here.

The Fight to Save Canada's Legendary Peel Watershed Continues

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society

PHOTOGRAPH BY PETER MATHER, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

The Yukon Government has announced that it will appeal a decision in the lawsuit concerning the Peel Watershed launched by a Yukon First Nation, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society and the Yukon Conservation Society. Story here.

Leonardo DiCaprio (UN Messenger of Peace) at the Opening of Climate Summit 2014

Will Climate Change Kill Outdoor Hockey In Canada?

University of Washington Conservation

Youngsters skate on an outdoor rink in Manitoba. 

Larry Powell PinP photo.

Take anything from Canadians, anything at all—anything except hockey. Story here.

The Wreck of the Kulluk

The New York Times

In 2005, Royal Dutch Shell, then the fourth-largest company on Earth, bought a drill rig that was both tall, rising almost 250 feet above the waterline, and unusually round. Story here.

PinP: This is not an easy read, but well worth the time and effort. An epic and disturbing tale of folly at sea.

A Cinematic Insight Into the Kind of Country Canada Embraces as a "Free Trade Amigo"

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