The Guardian Tar sands expected to help drive 38% increase in emissions, Harper government admits in submission to the UN. Full story here. Courtesy of Care2
Council of Canadians At this very moment the Harper Conservatives are shutting down democratic debate on their so-called "Fair Elections Act" and trying to ram the 242-page bill through Parliament only three days after it was tabled. Details here. Related: The Conservative Party of Canada: a Criminal Organization?
Huffington Post The Canada Revenue Agency is currently conducting extensive audits on some of Canada's most prominent environmental groups to determine if they comply with guidelines that restrict political advocacy, CBC News has learned. Details here. PLT rendering
New York Times THREE crops — corn, soybeans and wheat — account for a vast majority of the value of America’s agricultural crop output. But wheat is different in one important respect. Full story here. Non-GMO wheat. May you live long and prosper! PLT photo.
The Guardian - Anders Levermann is a professor at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and an IPCC lead author Make no mistake – climate change will hit us hard. We need to clean up the mess before it is too late. Details here
National Post One of Canada’s most prominent oil lobbyists was hired to advise the Department of Fisheries and Oceans on the Experimental Lakes Area, a freshwater research facility that the federal government ordered shut in 2012. Details here.
Huffington Post Cities are running out of water. Communities are fighting over what little water there is. Local governments are imposing rationing coupled with steep fines. Fires are ravaging the state. Entire species and industries are threatened. Full story here.
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) Whitehorse – The Yukon Conservation Society (YCS) and CPAWS Yukon are condemning Yukon Government’s announcement today that they are throwing out the Peel Watershed Planning Commission’s Final Recommended Plan and instead implementing government’s own unilateral plan for the region. This new plan will see 71% of the region opened up for staking. Full story here.
Dr. David Suzuki Debating the best way to do something we shouldn't be doing in the first place is a sure way to end up in the wrong place. Details here. Related: "Have our Servants Become our Masters?" "More Oil Spilled From American Trains ini 2013 Than in the Four Previous Decades."