Pulling For Plovers: Group Heaves Weeds From Sandy Manitoba Habitat of Endangered Bird
CBC News Piping Plovers Wikimedia Volunteers remove invasive sweet clover by hand from Riverton Sandy Bar on Lake Winnipeg. Story here.
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Seeds of Corporate Power vs Farmers’ Rights
Foreign Policy in Focus We need to start tilting the playing field back in favour of farmers and the environment. Story here.
The TPP's Climate Blindspot
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy. Free trade deals, and in particular the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), have taken a beating this election season. Most of the noise on trade from Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton has focused on the loss of jobs linked to the offshoring. Much less attention has been paid to the serious impact the TPP and past trade agreements will have on our ability to respond to climate change. Story here.
Significant Diseases in Field Peas, Wheat and Barley in Manitoba. What to Do Next Season?
Manitoba Co-Operator Too much rain and uneven crop staging made it difficult for farmers to apply fungicides at the optimum time. Story here.
Air Pollution is Creating a “Public Health Emergency”
Nation of Change Over 90% of the world’s population resides in areas where air pollution levels are alarmingly high. Developing countries, especially the regions of Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific, are the most vulnerable and the most affected. Story here.
Monsanto is Dead. Now What?
Manitoba Co-Operator The lightning rod for resentment won’t be there to kick around anymore. Story here.
Longest Historic Temperature Record Stretches Back 2 Million Years
nature Suggests greenhouse gases may warm planet more than previously thought. Story here.
Arctic Ice Melt is Killing Birds And Will Leave Caribou Stranded
New Scientist An Ivory Gull. Will they be next? jomilo75 photo The ongoing loss of sea-ice cover is wreaking havoc on ecosystems across the Arctic, and may spell the end of more species than previously thought. Story here.
Shipments of Liquid Nuclear Waste to Begin Soon
Authorities in Canada and the United States are preparing to ship approximately 150 truckloads of liquid nuclear waste from Chalk River, Ontario to the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. The material is a mixture of bomb grade uranium together with a witches’ brew of highly radioactive fission products dissolved in nitric acid.
World's Biggest Sockeye Run Shut Down as Wild Pacific Salmon Fight for Survival
Eco Watch Adult sockeye salmon. Marvina Munch, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service For as long as people have lived in the area, salmon have been an important food source. But something is happening to Pacific coast salmon. Story here. RELATED: " Disastrous Fraser River salmon run eclipses 2009 collapse - Warmer waters, overfishing, fish farm impacts all likely contributed to this year's dismal returns: environmental group"