PLANET IN PERIL

NATIONAL OBSERVER A Canadian climate change denial group has popped up in a U.S. coal giant's  bankruptcy proceedings that have lifted the curtain on the funding of a sophisticated continent-wide marketing campaign designed to fool the public about how human activity is contributing to global warming. Story here.

THE WESTERN PRODUCER Cattle sector looks at strategies to reduce animal losses, including guardian animals. Story here.

Manitoba Co-Operator In addition to crop staging farmers should assess how much risk their crop faces before applying a fungicide. Story here.

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.

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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.