PLANET IN PERIL

EcoWatch After surveying the damage, environmentalists are expressing concerns after they found flooding at factory farms and coal ash sites fearing toxins could spread through miles of waterways. Story here. Backyard chickens in Manitoba. PinP photo.

EcoWatch Instead of soil , pesticides , fossil fuels and groundwater, Sundrop Farms uses only solar power and desalinated seawater to grow tomatoes.  Story here.

Manitoba Co-Operator But soil scientist Mario Tenuta says there are things farmers can do to help themselves. More here.                                                      PinP  photo.

CBCnews HFCs considered the world's fastest-growing climate pollutant. Story here.

Manitoba Co-Operator Backyard chickens in Manitoba.  PinP  photo. Hog manure pits also reported swamped by floodwaters. Story here.

NATIONAL OBSERVER First responders are working quickly to contain a diesel spill in British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest after a 10,000-tonne tanker barge and tug unit ran aground on the central Pacific coast around 1 a.m. on Thursday morning. Story here.