Carney government passes law allowing authorization of banned pesticides

CBC NEWS  

A "disease detective" investigates a suspected pesticide poisoning in Bangladesh.
Photo credit: Samsad Rabbani Khan

Bill C-30 gives cabinet power to greenlight use for economic or food security reasons. Story here.  

Mangrove forests are healing after decades of human destruction

The BBC

A mangrove swamp in Indonesia.
Photo by Adnankasogi.

The world's coastal mangrove forests, which protect millions of people from storms - and soak up vast amounts of planet-warming gases - are staging an unexpected comeback, scientists find. Story here.

Canadian crypto platform has rebranded after record fine, analysts say

The Investigative Journalism Foundation

"Cryptomus" was accused of facilitating transactions related to child sex abuse material and sanctions evasion.  

                                             Story here.

Feds race to destroy key organic research fields

Canada's National Observer

A field of certified organic potatoes in Manitoba. A PinP photo.

Field crews at the federal agricultural research station in Swift Current, Sask. have destroyed Canada's only public organic research plots and are planning to plant the fields with non-organic wheat seed. Story here.

Extreme heat, dry conditions fan fears of another explosive wildfire season

The Free Press. Story here

WORDS WORTH HEEDING - THE IDIOCY OF CLIMATE DENIAL

The Tyee

"The atmosphere does not negotiate. It operates on known laws and properties of physics and chemistry. Either we reduce emissions or we do not. Either we meet our emissions targets or we do not. Either our elected representatives respond to the issue of our time — or they do not. If not now, when? Our house is on fire. 'Pragmatic' is putting the fire out. Fossil-fuel expansion and new pipelines are not 'pragmatic' politics — just plain lunacy. What could be more pragmatic than basing climate policy on the best available science? What could be less pragmatic than letting fossil-fuelled denialism determine climate policy?"

Canada's Deregulation Agenda is Putting Its Own Citizens at Risk

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives 

Dismantling regulatory capacity and privatizing state infrastructure leads to disaster. Story here.