Monday, September 18, 2017

Is Trump softening his position on climate change? Maybe yes! Maybe no!

|NATIONAL OBSERVER

The White House has issued a denial after a Montreal meeting heard some unexpected comments suggesting the U.S. administration was softening its stance on climate change. Story here.

Help the World Wildlife Fund help save our vanishing wildlife


RELATED: PinP reviews the book - "The Sixth Extinction - an unnatural history."

Sunday, September 17, 2017

European glyphosate safety report copy-pasted Monsanto study

Nation of Change





"Whether this is a question of negligence or intent, it is completely unacceptable for
government bodies to pass off industry analysis as their own." Story here.

A crop-duster sprays pesticides 
on a crop in Manitoba.  PinP photo.

‘Software disease’ — The hazards of plastic, net wrap and twines


    Canadian Cattlemen
Animal Health: Ingestion of plastics has become a common killer. Story here.

U.S. Air Force Is Spraying 6 Million Acres With Chemicals in Response to Harvey

EcoWatch
The Air Force has dispatched big spray planes to control pests which they claim pose a health risk to rescue workers around Houston. Sadly, those "pests" include the good ones, like bees. Story here.

Saturday, September 16, 2017

Living Planet Report Canada - Our Vanishing Wildlife

World Wildlife Fund













                   Burrowing owl.                                  
















Great Blue Herron.












Bobolink. (PinP photos.)


The fate of wildlife in Canada is in our hands. WWF -Canada’s Living Planet Report Canada shows that wildlife is on a troubling decline. It’s time to come together and turn things around. Story here.


‘Afghanistan earthquake’ images used by major UK media outlets were likely made with AI.

FULL FACT Five major UK media organisations shared images that were very likely made with AI in their reports on the recent earthquake in Af...