PLANET IN PERIL

Climate Action Network Canada has announced it will cut carbon pollution by 30% below 2005 levels by 2030 as part of this year’s international climate negotiations in Paris. While any action is an improvement, the proposed target is…. Story here.

The Pembina Insitute The Koch Brothers fertilizer plant in Brandon, MB:  At one time,  Manitoba's largest single source of greenhouse gas pollution. ( PinP photo.) Given Canada’s history of setting climate targets while failing to implement regulations to meet them, today’s announcement doesn’t mean much without a credible plan of action to back it up. Story here.

Mother Jones It's already looking bad, and it's going to get worse. Story here.

Winnipeg Free Press GREENVILLE, N.C. - Duke Energy has pleaded guilty in federal court to environmental crimes and agreed to pay $102 million in fines and restitution for illegally discharging pollution from coal-ash dumps at five North Carolina power plants. Story here.

Winnipeg Free Press TORONTO - More than 60 organizations are calling on the National Energy Board to suspend TransCanada's application for the Energy East Pipeline. Story here.

Common Dreams Shell says 'drop dead' after Port Commission calls for delay of rig arrival. Story here.

World Resources Institute Canada, home to two of the Whooping Crane Summer Ranges, topped the list of countries with the most forest loss. The loss is likely due to sweeping boreal forest fires in the Wood Buffalo National Park. Story here. Related: " Only 'Heroic Efforts' Will Spare Earth’s Mighty Boreal Forest From the Worst Ravages of Climate Change - Experts."

the guardian Lack of local infrastructure to undertake oil exploration will prove devastating, environmentalists say – there is one road, no rail system and limited air facilities. Story here.

Agro News Palmer amaranth is a broadleaf annual weed that has created significant problems for growers in the Mid-South US over the past 10 years due to its  prolific seed production and  resistance to glyphosate. Story here. Superweed rendering  by Paul Hoppe

Agro News California is the fourth largest cotton producing state in US, and production there depends heavily on irrigation. 

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."