PLANET IN PERIL

Manitoba Co-Operator PinP photo. "HarvXtra" will also include a trait meant to ease hay digestion. More here.

EcoJustice Manitoba’s proposed Environmental Rights Act puts pressure on Ontario to improve its Environmental Bill of Rights. More here.

Greenpeace Canada. Remember last year when a global movement of millions kicked Shell out of the Alaskan Arctic? Well, guess which company is back in the spotlight again for its devious deeds: yes, it’s Shell, but this time it’s the Canadian Arctic where the oil giant is up to no good. More here.

Washington Post A striking new study – but one that is bound to prove controversial – has provided a calculation of both the health benefits and the reductions in planetary greenhouse gases that might be achieved if the world shifted away from meat-based diets. More here.

the guardian After record high winter temperatures reduced parts of the course to a bone-jarring, sled-wrecking obstacle course, is the great mushing race on its way out? More here.

Year of the Animal from National Observer on Vimeo .

The Nation  By  Bill McKibben Fracking rig.  By Battenbrook  Wickimeda Commons. Our leaders thought fracking would save our climate. They were wrong. Very wrong. More here.

PressProgress Premier Clark First the good news: After spending months ignoring the recommendations put forward by British Columbia's Climate Leadership team, Premier Christy Clark has finally found someone to take charge of this very important file.   Bad news? His experience includes serving as a director at the Fraser Institute, a right-wing think tank whose experts  question the science of climate change . Story here.

by Larry Powell    (A  PinP  exclusive.) First Nations researchers in Manitoba sound a warning note. Deformed berries in the study area.  Standing Medicine People Project photo.                                                                                    They call it “The Standing Medicine People Project.”   Researchers from three reserves in south-central Manitoba, Long Plain, Swan Lake and Rolling River, have teamed up with the charity,  “Food Matters Manitoba,”  (FMM) to conduct the project.   They collected samples of six wild plants which grow there – pin cherry, saskatoon, nannyberry, raspberry, grape and the medicinal herb, wiike (or sweet flag). Indigenous gatherers throughout North America have harvested them traditionally as both food and medicine, for centuries. The team submitted the samples to “ALS Laboratory Group,” a certified lab in Winnipeg. There, they were analyzed for 103 different pesticides and heavy metals.  The lab detected  several in ei

Winnipeg, March 23, 2016 – Green Party of Manitoba Energy advocate for Conservation and Water Stewardship, David Nickarz, says that a Green government would reject all projects associated with construction of the proposed Energy East pipeline. The Green Party of Manitoba (GPM) thinks that Manitoba Hydro would help Manitobans more by investing in energy retrofitting and development of solar production, rather than quietly preparing to sell hydroelectric power to the Energy East pipeline,” Nickarz said.

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives This study investigates the TPP’s environment chapter and finds, despite official assurances to the contrary, the protections afforded by the deal are weak and generally unenforceable. Far from being a milestone for environmental protection, the TPP does little to safeguard or promote a healthy environment.  More here. RELATED: " Free Trade: Pathway to Prosperity - or Back Road to Corporatism?"