PLANET IN PERIL

Winnipeg Free Press A veteran city councillor says emergency situations resulting from climate change will be more frequent in the future and the city needs to be better prepared to deal with them. Details here.

                                 Canadian Wheat Board Alliance PinP photo    www.cwbfacts.ca      (Pelly, Sk., March 3, 2014)   The Canadian Wheat Board Alliance is inviting farmers to a public meeting, Sunday, March 9 th , one PM, at the Elks Hall in Raymore, Saskatchewan. 

THE TYEE For Cowpower, green and local energy is only a field away.   Details here. PLT photo.

Larry, Recent reports disclose the horrific reality behind the Tetley tea empire -- workers on plantations in northern India, including children, are  paid less than $3 a day to pick our tea. Boycott Tetley !

WASHINGTON – Former prime minister Joe Clark says he can’t understand why the Harper government would bar the opposition from a delegation to Ukraine and suggests its combative approach to international issues sometimes hurts the country. Details here.

CBC News Five nations work on deal to block commercial fishing until more studies done. Details here.

climate progress There’s something happening north of the border that can give Americans a glimmer of hope.  It’s a carbon tax. And it seems to be working fine.  Details here. Related: "Manitoba's Climate Change Chickens."

Council of Canadians The Council of Canadians applauds the Tsilhqot’in Nation and celebrates the federal decision to reject the contentious Taseko Mines Limited New Prosperity Mine. Details here. Fish Lk. Environment CA

New York Times A United States-Canadian agency called on Wednesday for swift and sweeping limits on the use of fertilizer around Lake Erie to reduce the amount of phosphorus entering the water and creating a vast blanket of algae each summer, threatening fisheries, tourism and even drinking water. Details here.  A duck family labours through an algae-clogged river in Manitoba, CA. PLT photo.

The Tyee Polluted water from large man-made lakes of oilsands mining waste is fouling the Athabasca River, says a new federal study. Details here.

Los Angeles Times With monarch butterfly populations rapidly dwindling, a conservation organization on Monday asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement tougher rules for the weed killer glyphosate — Details here. Please also read:   " Field of Nightmares -  Ottawa continues to embrace the widespread use of Roundup on Canadian farms by letting corporate seduction trump scientific evidence." "Dangerous Ditches -   Manitoba’s “war on weeds” comes complete with powerful herbicides, questionable spraying practices and collateral damage."