PLANET IN PERIL

Australia is about to pass a law that would slash carbon emissions and get polluters to pay. This is the front line in the fight for our planet's future -- if we win, it could spur bold global action. But Rupert Murdoch and big polluters are fighting hard to kill the bill, spreading messages of fear across the country. We can help drown out Murdoch's mantra with messages of hope from across the world and help pass the law -- join in now:  

Bartley Kives - Winnipeg Free Press - 08/31/2011 People and vegetation disappearing, too. Details here. Courtesy of  Greenpeace

Grant Schulte-Associated Press-08/31/2011 WASHINGTON - The governor of a midwestern state that would be affected by a pipeline proposed to go from Canada to Texas urged President Obama to deny a federal permit for construction of the pipeline. Details here. PLT: Isn't it sad that the world is so short of enlightened politicians such as this!

The Amazon forest is at risk . The Brazilian Congress has watered down strict forest protection laws and brave Brazilian activists are being murdered for speaking out . It’s time for us to take this critical battle global -- if we all call on President Dilma to veto the bill, we could save the Amazon .

Wpg. Free Press Aug 30 - '11 NEWFANE, Vt. - U.S. National Guard helicopters rushed food and water Tuesday to a dozen cut-off towns in the northeastern state of Vermont…. Details here. ===== PLT: When will this world wake up and smell the C02? This is getting just stupid!

350.org Aug 28'11 Almost the entire environmental community condemned the final State Department report on the environmental impact of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline released this morning… Details here.

Canadian Press - Aug 28 - 2011 Courtesy Yahoo! News HALIFAX - Up to 180,000 homes were without power in Quebec on Sunday as hurricane Irene steamed northward as a tropical storm... Details here.

Campaigners disappointed as White House says 1,700-mile pipeline will not cause significant environmental damage. Details here. ===== The Alberta tar sands - source of "product" for the pipeline courtesy, the Boreal Songbird Initiative  PLT: As pessimistic as I am about President Obama actually stopping this thing, I think the gist of this story is a tad misleading. It is the President, and only the President (not the "White House" or "State Department"), who must sign off on the actual permit that will allow it to proceed. And that has yet to take place.