PLANET IN PERIL

OnEarth 'Poultry litter' is exactly what it sounds like: the filthy stuff scraped off the floor of a chicken coop. Feeding it to cattle (yes, that happens) risks the spread of mad cow disease—yet the FDA has done nothing to stop it. Full story here.

BBC News Wal-Mart has recalled a donkey meat product in China after tests showed that it contained DNA of other animals. Full story here.

theStar.com Green Party leader Elizabeth May says the ballot-box question in 2015 should focus on what's happening to our democracy in Canada. Full story here. Related: " A Wakeup Call From Canada's Green Party Leader. Will Anyone Listen? "

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Five years after a global recession knocked the wind out of Canada’s labour market,  the compensation of Canada’s CEO elite continues to sail along.  Details here. Fall of 2011. Ordinary Canadians  rally at  the Manitoba legislature  to protest against  corporate  greed.  Has anything changed? (PLT Photo)

Summit County Citizens Voice Cattle on a prairie feed lot. PLT photo. Massive use of antibiotics for food (livestock) production is only marginally beneficial and poses a huge long-term risk to human health, researchers in Canada say. Details here.

Murray Dobbin - Rabble.ca Two of the big storms hitting Canada in the last year were not just terrifying and incredibly damaging -- they were a little spooky. Details here. Please also read: "Have Our Servants Become Our Masters? Why fossil fuels are no longer our friends."

Winnipeg Free Press Get serious. Whenever we discuss fossil fuels, climate change is the issue. Details here. Flooding in Manitoba - 2011 (PinP photo)