PLANET IN PERIL

Common Dreams Nueva Trinidad has become the third municipality in El Salvador to  officially declare itself a "territory free of mining" through a historic popular community consultation. Story here. Related: " Council of Canadians backs protest defending El Salvador's water from World Bank tribunal."

Mother Jones Early last month, veteran polar explorers and scientists Marc Cornelissen and Philip de Roo set out on skis from Resolute Bay, a remote outpost in the patchwork of islands between Canada and Greenland. Their destination… Story here.

metro British Columbia is on track to increase greenhouse gas emissions – not reduce them – according to a letter from Canada’s environment minister. Story here.

THE Tyee The 92-year-old anti-austerity campaigner, a UK sensation, sets his sights on Canada. Story here.

the guardian Agriculture ministers say countries should ensure excess food is given to the hungry instead of dumped like the estimated 1.3bn tonnes of annual food waste. Story here.