PLANET IN PERIL

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Winnipeg Free Press A researcher says the agency that monitors Alberta's energy industry has underestimated the impact of tens of thousands of spills going back decades. Story here.

nature Researchers caution that stem rust may have returned to world’s largest wheat-producing region. Details here. A healthy wheat field in Manitoba.  PinP  photo.   Related: The Fusarium-Glyphosate Connection (Video)

François Veillerette, Director of Générations Futures says thank you to SumOfUs members Larry, You made something amazing happen.   The EU refused to give Monsanto’s cancer-causing ingredient - glyphosate - the green light.  It’s delayed the decision 18 months while glyphosate is re-evaluated. That’s a big win.

CBC news Manitobans are no strangers to floods. Here, campers make the most of soggy  conditions in Neepawa, 2014. PinP photo. The City of Brandon is already preparing for potential spring flooding. Story here.

EcoWatch Records tumble in infernos in Chile. Details here.

UN News Centre The international pledge to eradicate a devastating livestock disease affecting mostly sheep and goats has taken on new urgency in the wake of a mass die-off of a rare Mongolian antelope, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ). Story here. Mongolian antelope.  Image from Wikipedia.

The Western Producer Manitoba is removing “impractical and costly” regulations in an effort to revive its hog industry. Story here.

The Washington Post The Trump administration on Wednesday backed away from plans to take down some climate-change information from the Environmental Protection Agency’s website, which employees said had been planned for this week. But political appointees are exerting more oversight over the agency’s scientific communications. Details here.

The Washington Post A Mexican beach. PinP photo. A  new report , released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on the last day of Barack Obama’s presidency, presents a series of updated estimates for future sea-level rise, both in the United States and worldwide. It suggests that, under extreme future climate change, global sea levels could rise by more than eight feet by the end of the century — one of the highest estimates yet to be presented in a federal report.   Details here.

YaleEnvironment360 - Bill McKibbon PinP photo. Donald Trump’s ascension to the presidency is a stunning blow to hopes for avoiding the worst impacts of global warming. But a broad-based, grassroots movement committed to cutting emissions and promoting clean energy must continue and intensify – the stakes are simply too high to give up. Details here.