PLANET IN PERIL

EcoWatch Wildfires are no stranger to California. And they're getting worse! This blaze raged around Santa Barbara in  2008.   http://flickr.com/photos/edward-vielmetti/ A huge wildfire burning since Friday in the Santa Clarita Valley area north of Los Angeles has tripled in size over the weekend, destroying at least 18 homes and leaving one man dead. More than 1,500 homes have been evacuated as 1,673 firefighters battle the Sand fire. Story here.

The Washington Post PinP photo. The Environmental Protection Agency has taken a key step toward limiting pollution caused by the nation’s fleet of commercial aircraft, part of a broader push in the Obama administration’s waning months to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.  Story here.

The Manitoba Co-Operator The new government looks to follow through on its promise to implement the program province-wide. Story here.

Ancient Forest Alliance News Road-building is scheduled to begin this week and preliminary logging surveys of the old-growth redcedars are underway by Echo Lake, an extremely rare, lowland old-growth forest about 2 hours east of Vancouver between Mission and Agassiz. Story here.

Manitoba Co-Operator The massive storms that have steamrolled through parts of Manitoba are causing significantly higher than average hail damage claims, according to the Canadian Crop Hail Association. Story here.

CommonDreams Abel Valdivia / Center for Biological Diversity Global Warming Far Outweighs Local Impacts Like Pollution, Overfishing in Harming These Important Ocean Ecosystems. Story here.

EcoWatch June has continued the unprecedented heat streak for the 14th month, with globally averaged temperatures being a full 0.9 C warmer than the average across the 20th century.  Story here.

THE WESTERN PRODUCER If crop insurance data is an indicator, flooding may now be the most common plague in Saskatchewan. Story here.

EcoWatch Malta has begun the process of banning glyphosate , the main ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup. Story here. Crop Duster in Manitoba.  PinP  photo.

CBCNews Pallister government says it will review restriction on cosmetic pesticides in Manitoba. Story here.