CJ Radio PinP photo. The Rural Municipality of Pipestone, Manitoba has passed a resolution and created a petition to have the Provincial Government create designated hunting zones for Metis status hunters in the province. Story here.
CCPA TransCanada Pipeline’s Energy East pipeline (EE), if approved, will run from Hardisty Alberta to St. John, New Brunswick and will carry bitumen from Alberta’s Tar Sands to refineries in Quebec and New Brunswick. Story here.
Common Dreams Bayer, Monsanto, and Syngenta are effectively "shaping new pollinator 'protection' plans nationwide that do little to protect bees, but a lot to protect industry profits." Story here.
CBC News Future transmission lines could influence World Heritage designation for boreal forest. Story here. ===== Please watch video below to see the kind of project Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister seems prepared to scuttle. Heartless, ruthless politics I'd say! PinP =====
DESMOG Luck was in abundance on Friday in Mosier, Oregon where the latest Bakken oil train derailed and erupted into flames near a 50-home residential area and a school. STORY HERE.
EcoWatch It’s back! Today was #WorldMeatFreeDay , a great time to think about how the everyday choices we make about the food we eat can impact our health and the health of the planet. Story here.
THE GLOBE AND MAIL Finance Canada is quietly pushing the idea of a federal carbon tax as the Liberal government looks to set a minimum national price and complement provincial carbon pricing plans, sources say. Story here.