PLANET IN PERIL

Common Dreams Oil cars on a Manitoba siding. PinP photo. 'Time and again we’ve seen these oil trails catch fire, spill oil, take lives and leave behind huge messes.' Story here.

Centre for Food Safety. After decades of promises from the biotech industry that genetically engineered (GE) food would feed the world, cure the sick, reduce agricultural dependence on toxic chemicals, and save countless crops from imminent collapse, USDA has just approved… Story here.

The Canadian Press Unexpected visitors have been dropping in on anti-oil activists in the United States — knocking on doors, calling, texting, contacting family members. The visitors are federal agents. Story here.

Inside Climate News Human-caused global warming will create conditions more severe than any in past 1,000 years, new research shows. Story here.

CBC News Right-of-centre news network had trouble attracting viewers

Columbia Journalism Review The media is overlooking the details of an investigation that could have implications for all news organizations. Story here.