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Is New York City's Climate Plan Enough to Win the Race Against Rising Seas?

Inside Climate News The city's climate adaptation projects should be devised to handle conditions far worse than even the most severe sea level rise estimates, scientists say. Details here.

Manitoba's Climate Change Chickens.

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An Editorial - by Larry Powell I call them Manitoba's "climate chickens." Premier Selinger and Finance Minister Struthers had a golden opportunity to tackle this province's climate change woes bravely and effectively. And, they blew it.   Backyard chickens       Climate chickens During the last election campaign, they (and the other major parties) seemed to conspire to keep climate change off the table, altogether. Their lips were sealed, even tho the evidence was staring them in their faces. Now, apparently, they've been dragged kicking and screaming to the next level - recognizing that it is happening , after all.  At long last,  In his budget speech, for example, Struthers concedes,  "Our climate is changing, bringing an increased frequency of major flooding." ( Apparently, flood-fighting costs in this province have jumped, four-fold over the past 15 years compared to the previous 15.)  And so, they claim, they need more money to pay

Climate Change Clearly the Culprit in the Alberta Flooding - CBC Radio Podcast.

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PLT: The CBC Radio program, "The Current," interviewed a UN climate expert on the flooding in Alberta this morning. (Ironically, he is from Canmore, one of the hardest-hit communities in the province, himself.) He laid out the climate change connection to the disaster in no uncertain terms. But, like so many others, he did not mention humanity's role in the very creation of this horrible "new normal." Below is a copy of an email I subsequently sent to "The Current" after hearing the interview. Dear Erika, I listened with interest to your excellent interview this morning with the UN scientist, Bob Sanford, commenting on the serious flooding in Alberta. His assessment that climate change was behind the profound changes we are seeing    in hydrologic cycles , worldwide was, I thought, "bang-on." At least as far as it went. He emphasized the need to "adapt" to "the new normal" by building better infrastructure,

One in Eight Bird Species Threatened With Extinction

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CBC News Canada's birds in better shape than most, study says, but situation still dire.  Details here. Birds like these rose-breasted grosbeak have declined by 10%  since1970 in part due to the loss of mature forests through logging & invasive species like the pine beetle.  (Source: Birdlife International) Barn swallows nest under a  bridge in Manitoba. PLT photos. Related:  Changing climate poses severe risks to birds, Utah waterfowl

India Now Has its Own "Monsanto Protection Act!"

Tonu - Tony Mitra Bt. Cotton enters India through the backdoor.  Details here.

Zama City Spill: Canadian Environmental Agency Waited 11 Days To Tell Public

Huffington Post Alberta's environmental regulatory agency   waited 11 days to tell the public about what many are calling the biggest wastewater spill in recent North American history . Details here.

Gagged by Big Ag

Horrific abuse. Rampant contamination. And the crime is…exposing it? Details here.