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St. Boniface residents say metal shredder is polluting air, harming health

CBC news Province says neighbourhood is safe, but residents and environmental researcher disagree. Story here.

Welcome Them Home.

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Sierra Club Canada Foundation. Larry I'm devastated to report that the licence for oil and gas drilling has been approved in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and there’s not one thing whales can do to stop it. We're not giving up and neither are they. At this very moment – mile by mile, heading north – they’re coming back. Over the next few weeks, blue whales will be making their way back to Canadian waters. It’s a brave and often perilous journey.  But they do it because their ancient DNA tells them to come north, as they have for millennia. While some of these whales have been south this winter,  you and I have been working to keep their northern waters safe.

"The Monarch Butterfly Must Be – and Can Be – Saved" - An elaborate bit of greenwashing ala Monsanto Corp.

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Robb Fraley   Chief Technology Officer at Monsanto Recently, I had the opportunity to check a long-desired item off my bucket list; a visit to the winter home of millions of monarch butterflies in west central  Mexico.  Story here. A Monarch visits a flower-garden in Manitoba. PinP photo.

Around 22 million children could soon starve without urgent aid, UNICEF warns (+ video)

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UN News Centre Millions of children are on the brink of starvation in the worst humanitarian crisis in decades, the United Nations Children's Fund ( UNICEF ) has warned.  Story here.

4 tactics used by Monsanto to undermine potential link between glyphosate and cancer

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Nation of Change The revelations from the unsealed Monsanto emails underscore the vital need for independent science and transparency. Story here. Ground sprayer in Manitoba. PinP photo.

Trumping Canada’s Environment

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A/J Alternatives Journal by Bob Paehlke The election of Donald Trump is unlike any change in American history. It will transform America’s role in world politics. It is my view that Canadians should not pretend otherwise (however polite our government might choose to be in the diplomatic realm). Story here. Air pollutants from Texas used to be found in the Canadian Arctic. Will history now repeat itself?