A million tons of feces and an unbearable stench: life near industrial pig farms

the guardian

North Carolina’s hog industry has been the subject of litigation, investigation, legislation and regulation. But are its health and environmental risks finally getting too much? Story here.

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."

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.

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.