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Blogger Dubs Disastrous Alberta Flooding "Harper Deluge."

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In Honduras, Defending Nature Is a Deadly Business

Yale Environment 360 Berta Cáceres fought to protect native lands in Honduras — and paid for it with her life. She is one of hundreds of victims of a disturbing global trend — the killings of environmental activists who try to block development projects. First in a series.

Scientists Say Canadian Bacteria Fossils May Be Earth’s Oldest

The New York Times They are microscopic artwork: tiny tubes and long filaments, strange squiggles etched into some of the most ancient rocks known. Details here.

Monsanto cancer lawsuits take dramatic turn over EPA official’s ‘highly suspicious’ role

Nation of Change Former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official Jess Rowland may have to testify over claims that he covered up evidence that glyphosate , the main ingredient in Monsanto ‘s top-selling herbicide Roundup , could cause cancer. Details here.

The ad they don't want you to see.

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Larry, Unreal! The ad we booked to run in Helijet magazine has just been  denied! This is the ad  both Helijet and their in-flight magazine publisher   approved  last week. So why are they backing out now?

The European Union’s renewable energy policy is making global warming worse

New Scientist Countries in the EU, including the UK, are throwing away money by subsidising the burning of wood for energy, according to an independent report. While burning some forms of wood waste can indeed reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in practice the growing use of wood energy in the EU is increasing rather than reducing emissions, the new report concludes. Story here.

United Nations Declares War on Ocean Plastic

Interprets Agency Service News Agency The available data is enough for the United Nations to literally declare war on oceans plastic: more than 8 million tonnes of it leaks into their waters each year – equal to dumping a garbage truck of plastic every minute, wreaking havoc on marine wildlife, fisheries and tourism, and costing at least 8 billion dollars in damage to marine ecosystems. Story here.

Alarm raised in North Dakota over high risk of Red River flooding

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Winnipeg Free Press The U.S. National Weather Service says there is more than an 80 per cent chance of major flooding along the Red River near the Manitoba border in the coming months.  Story here. Grand Forks, ND in 1997 Ken Gardner,  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

"Jeff's Earth." Our Home Planet as Photographed From Space by NASA Astronaut Jeff Williams.

Canadians are making a supersized gamble on climate and the economy

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NATIONAL OBSERVER Did you know that: We Canadians are now one of the world's largest extractors of climate pollution, per capita? We're planning one of world's biggest increases through 2030? Our relentlessly increasing extraction has become a supersized gamble that threatens both climate hope and our economic stability? DETAILS HERE.                          Part if the infrastructure awaiting approval of the  Keystone  XL pipeline. Photo by  shannonpatrick17

Conservation groups urge increased protection for boreal caribou habitat

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The Globe & Mail Federal and provincial governments are being urged to increase protection for the boreal forest and its imperilled woodland caribou herds from resource-company activity, as environment ministers prepare to meet in Ottawa this week to devise plans for greater conservation efforts. Story here.