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Anti-pipeline activists are fighting to stop Line 3 on the US-Canada border. Will they succeed?

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Bill McKibben  for The Guardian. Pipe loaded on a train in Manitoba, destined for God-knows-where. A PinP photo. The oil industry is building yet another pipeline - but Native American groups and progressive activists are fighting back. More here.

More help from the public trough for the corporate hog sector

by Larry Powell Manitoba’s hog industry is delighted with the latest infusion of money into swine research. Ottawa has just announced that another $18.5 million will be spent over 5 years to look into the nutrition, health and care of the nation’s swine herds, along with their "environmental sustainability" and the quality of the pork. Canadian taxpayers will pay almost $13 million of that amount, the rest from industry. This is in addition to more than $30 million already spent over the past decade (by both industry and taxpayers) for other so-called “agri-science” research. The group representing pig producers and processors,  Manitoba Pork ,  hails the announcement as “Great news!” It  says the research will be “industry-led,” and will “bring together experts in the public and private sectors to help increase the competitiveness of the Canadian pork sector.”  (Conveniently, the industry statement makes no mention of the apparent provision in the federal

These Underwater Mountains are Huge & Hugely Important. A video from Oceana Canada.

Newest Canadian UNESCO World Heritage Site announced

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CBC news Pimachiowin Aki Canada's 1st mixed cultural and natural heritage site. More here. For more background, watch this brief video PinP produced last year, before the site was approved.

Ex-Nasa scientist: 30 years on, world is failing 'miserably’ to address climate change

The Guardian James Hansen, who gave a climate warning in 1988 Senate testimony, says real hoax is by leaders claiming to take action. More here.

Britain's biggest butterfly threatened by rising seas

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The Guardian New charity warns Britain’s largest butterfly could be lost within four decades as rising seas turn its habitat into saltmarsh. More here. Another kind of  swallowtail in Manitoba, CA. A  PinP  photo.

Wood Buffalo: Canada’s largest national park and its people in peril

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The Narwhal American White Pelicans at the  Rapids of the Drowned, Wood Buffalo Park. Photo by Ansgar Walk. International officials are warning the Canadian government not enough is being done to protect the Peace-Athabasca delta — one of the world’s largest freshwater inland deltas — from the ravages of ongoing industrial development. More here.

Deepwater Horizon disaster altered building blocks of ocean life

The Guardian Oil spill disaster reduced biodiversity in sites closest to spill, report finds, as White House rolls back conservation measures. More here.

In a High-Stakes Environmental Whodunit, Many Clues Point to China

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The New York Times  The largest  Antarctic   ozone hole  ever recorded on September 24, 2006. NASA. Last month, scientists disclosed a global pollution mystery:  a surprise rise in emissions of an outlawed industrial gas  that destroys the atmosphere’s protective ozone layer. More here.

Palm oil ‘disastrous’ for wildlife but here to stay, experts warn

The Guardian The deforestation it causes is decimating species such as orangutans and tigers - but the alternatives could be worse, finds authoritative report. More here.

Pikas in Peril

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UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Photo by  RĆ©mi Bigonneau UBC scientists say mammal threatened by climate change. More here.