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Biologist Stumbles Upon 2 Winged 'Beasts' New to Manitoba

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CBC News Cherry-faced Meadowhawk..... Sympetrum internum.... female Copyright © 2016 PinP (Not one of the "new winged beasts." Just an attractive dragonfly found in Manitoba. 😊) A Winnipeg biologist has had not one, but two chance encounters with winged insect critters this summer that aren't supposed to be in Manitoba. Story here.

The World Has Lost a Tenth of All Its Wilderness in The Past Two Decades

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The Washington Post Mule deer - Grasslands Nat'l. Park, Saskatchewan, Canada.   Copyright © 2016 PinP Wilderness areas on Earth have experienced alarming losses in the past two decades, a new study suggests. Story here .

There Is an Arrest Warrant Out for Jill Stein (Leader of the Green Party in the U.S.)

THE Nation Why? Because she protested with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Story here.

This Momentous Event - a Huge Indigenous Protest Over an OIl Pipeline, Predictably Got Precious Little Coverage in Major US Media. (Video)

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(And what coverage there was, was distorted. - Video by Democracy Now.)

Planet In Peril.- a Snapshot of Our Climate Crisis. (Video) PLEASE WATCH!

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For 2016, La Niña Proves to be an Unreliable Sibling to El Niño

Mashable With stabilizing sea surface temperatures in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, climate forecasters announced Thursday that they have canceled the La Niña watch that had been in effect since April.  Story here.