PLANET IN PERIL

VO VANCOUVER          OBSERVER A lake in Saskatchewan, Canada.  PinP photo. The Navigable Waters Protection Act no longer protects water. The Fisheries Act no longer protects fish. The Environmental Assessment Act...   Story here.  

climate progress Millions of acres of land across the U.S. and Canada has been taken over by oil and gas development in the last 12 years, according to a new study. Story here.

        Sum            of         + us It's time to stand up for Canadian farmers. Let's save the Wheat Board. Please sign the petition!

Common Dreams Critics call for overhaul of the existing world system. Story here.

Common Dreams New report spotlights how healthy soil takes CO2 out of the atmosphere to where it helps build climate resiliency. Story here.

Manitoba Co-Operator The rules haven’t changed but… Story here.

                                                   Wal Mart uses this diesel-powered monster ship to bring goods from China to California. It can carry 15 thousand containers, is longer than a US aircraft carrier and is too big to fit through the Panama canal. Two more are in production.  It then travels back to China  empty.  

theguardian New analysis reveals funding of over $3bn for fossil fuel-related projects last year, despite repeated calls by bank’s president to scrap such ‘harmful’ global subsidies. Story here.

Winnipeg Free Press The Selinger government can — and should — slam the brakes on a proposed national pipeline that would pump diluted bitumen from the Alberta oil sands into eastern Canada, the Green Party says. Story here.

theguardian Study predicts dinner favourites plaice and lemon sole facing severe depletion and rapid warming of North Sea already forcing haddock out of British waters. Story here.