Health Leaders Must Focus on the Threats From Factory Farms (Opinion)

The New York Times.

This week, the World Health Organization — which works globally to improve human health — will meet in Geneva to select a new director general. We have a mission for that leader: take on factory farms, a major threat to health and the environment. Story here.

Stand up for Greenpeace, our great forests and free speech

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Greenpeace and Stand.Earth (formerly Forest Ethics) are getting sued for $300 million by Canada’s largest logging company to make them shut up. Details here.

Coral bleaching on Great Barrier Reef worse than expected, surveys show

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Surveys taken throughout 2016 show escalating impact from north to south, with 70% of shallow water corals dead north of Port Douglas. Story here.

Blue Starfish in the Great Barrier Reef 2004. Photo by Richard Ling

As world faces unprecedented famine threat, G7 should pay up and push for peace

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Deadly famine is already affecting 100,000 people in parts of South Sudan and threatens to extend to Yemen, Somalia and northeast Nigeria. Widespread famine across all four countries is not yet inevitable, but G7 leaders need to act now with a massive injection of aid, backed with a forceful diplomatic push to bring an end to the long-standing conflicts that are driving this hunger crisis. Details here.

Africa is no stranger to famine. Except now, the crisis is even worse and more widespread than it was in 2011. 

That's when this image, depicting famine refugees in the Horn of Africa, was taken. Andy Hall/Oxfam

Alaska's Sea Ice Is Melting Unusually Early, 'Another Sign Arctic Is Unraveling'

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The meltdown, following an extra warm Arctic winter, will have an impact on coastal communities and permafrost. Details here.

Exxon Loses Appeal to Keep Auditor Records Secret in Climate Fraud Investigation

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The documents, held by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, could provide a glimpse into the oil giant's calculations of the business risks posed by climate change. Story here.

Data suggesting hog population explosion misleading, pork industry says

The Winnipeg Free Press Manitoba's hog population rose by 18.7 per cent between 2011 and 2016, the highest increase in the country, according to Statistics Canada's agricultural census. Details here.