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"Just like eating yogurt" - scientists hope to end epidemic in bats

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NATIONAL OBSERVER Canadian scientists are racing to test a remedy that they hope will save bats from a deadly fungus that has already killed millions of the winged mammals across the continent. Story here. Hibernating healthy Virginia big-eared bats in W.V.  U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

Monsanto Attacks Scientists After Studies Show Trouble For Weedkiller Dicamba

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npr In a normal year, Kevin Bradley, a professor of weed science at the University of Missouri, would have spent his summer testing new ways to control a troublesome little plant called water hemp.  This has not been a normal year. Details here. Photo by Martina Nolte  

Human Exposure to Glyphosate Has Skyrocketed 500% Since Introduction of GMO Crops

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EcoWatch Glyphosate —the  most widely applied  herbicide worldwide and the  controversial  main ingredient in  Monsanto 's star product  Roundup —is not just found on corn and soy fields. This pervasive chemical can be detected in everyday foods such as cookies, crackers,  ice cream  and even  our own urine . Story here. Image by Brian Robert Marshall

European Parliament Votes to Ban Glyphosate in 28 Countries

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EcoWatch The European Parliament, representing 28 countries and more than 500 million people, has voted to phase out the popular weedkiller, glyphosate over 5 years. It was also banned immediately in households. Story here. A container of "Roundup," the most famous formulation containing glyphosate, in a collection depot in Manitoba.  PinP photo.

'Immoral' salmon milking in Toronto rivers decried by anglers, park users

CBCnews Some fishermen are killing migratory female salmon to harvest their eggs for bait. Story here.

Carleton University report Finds Alberta methane gas emissions are far higher than earlier thought.

Carlton Newsroom A major new study by several co-authors in North America suggests methane emissions in the Canadian oil and gas sector are significantly higher than currently estimated and reveals critical gaps in current reporting requirements. Story here.

Snow Leopards Still Threatened by Consumer Demand for Skins and Body Parts

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EcoWatch Despite having their “threat level" lowered a bit recently, snow leopards are still faced with the same consumer demand which is driving the  poaching  and trafficking of  tigers  and leopards across  Asia .   Story here. Snow Leopard taken at Marwell Wildlife Park, Hampshire, UK Greg Townsend

'Makes it more extreme:' Prof says climate change added to historic fire season

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CBC news For every degree the temperature rises, there's a 12 per cent increase in lightning. Story here. Ashcroft Reserve wildfire as seen across Loon Lake, BC.  Shawn Cahill

Company Behind Gas Rig Explosion in Louisiana Was Sued for Degrading Coast

DESMOG Clovelly Oil is not quite a household name, as far as oil and natural gas companies go, though it recently gained attention when its oil and natural gas storage rig exploded on October 15 in Louisiana. Story here.

Wind, warm water revved up melting Antarctic glaciers - NASA study.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Labortory An influx of warm water into the bay where they're located are likely behind a speedup in the movement of  Antarctic glaciers . Details here.

Air Pollution Kills 9 Million, Costs $5 Trillion Per Year

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EcoWatch Wildfires like this can send harmful air particles continent-wide. Wikimedia Commons. "For decades,  pollution  and its harmful effects on people's health, the environment, and the planet have been neglected both by Governments and the international development agenda. Yet, pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and death in the world today, responsible for an estimated 9 million premature deaths."  Story here. RELATED: Please watch my TV newscast, below, which aired some months ago. A segment contained within it references the severe cost of pollution on the world's population.