Saturday, August 29, 2015

Cover Up? TTIP Negotiators Outed for Secret Talks With Big Tobacco

Common Dreams
Forced by freedom of information request, officials release documents scrubbed of all content and names. Story here.



Latvia, Greece Win "Opt-Out" From Monsanto GM Crop

Manitoba Co-Operator

Monsanto's MON810 is only GM crop grown in EU. Story here.

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Monarch Butterfly Release Prompts City of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to Cancel Mosquito Fogging in Park

CBC News

Winnipeg zoo's tag and release program for monarch butterflies now in fifth year. Story here.

The Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement is a License to be Unfair to Canadians.

bilaterals.org

Since winning a majority in 2011, perhaps the most significant and irreversible decision by the Harper government was its lopsided investment deal with China. Story here.


Tuesday, August 25, 2015

New Centre For Climate Risk Reduction on the Prairies

MB Co-Operator

The centre will focus on building community resilience. Story here.

Sunday, August 23, 2015

Ahead of Australia Visit, Naomi Klein Brands PM Abbott a 'Climate Villain'

Common Dreams.

Countering the idea that she peddles 'dangerous ideas,' the author and activist replied: 'Are they? I think they are safe...I think Tony Abbott has the real dangerous ideas. Story here.

Human ‘Super Predators' Destroying Our Own Sustenance: Study

NATIONAL
OBSERVER

Human beings have evolved into unsustainable "super predators" that kill adult fish and animals at many times the rate of natural hunters, says an extensive study published Thursday. DETAILS HERE.

Lytton, BC under evacuation threat again, as hundreds of wildfires burn across Canada

Canada's National Observer This week marks the four-year anniversary of a deadly wildfire that destroyed the British Columbia village of...