Polar Bears Losing Weight As Arctic Sea Ice Melts, Canadian Study Finds

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Between 1984 and 2009 the weight of female bears in Ontario fell by over 10% while climate change meant they had 30 fewer days a year to hunt seal on ice. More here.

BC Hydro's Bizarre, Multi-Million Dollar Boondoggle to Save Fish from Site C Dam

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In a scenario that sounds like something out of a Dr. Seuss book, bull trout and other fish will travel in trucks past the Site C dam for 100 years as part of BC Hydro’s strategy to save the threatened fish species from disappearing from the Peace River. Story here.

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Fracking Study Finds Toxins In Wyoming Town's Groundwater and Raises Broader Concerns

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Study also finds companies fracked into underground sources of water and at much shallower depths than previously known, close to drinking water wells. More here.

Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Warns Canada Against TPP

CBC - The House

The warning from Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz leaves no doubt about his assessment of the Trans Pacific Partnership. More here.

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No Seismic Blasting In Canadian Arctic This Year!

Greenpeace Canada

Seismic cannons will not blast through the waters of Baffin Bay and Davis Strait this year, giving Nunavut communities and marine life another summer of relief from the threats of dangerous oil exploration.  More here.

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