[All] Gren News

[Louisette Lanteigne]

LOCAL

OMB allows Subdivisions in Breslau : (Regarding OMB case PL130026)
"Now, the township and region can amend the existing ROPP to lift the cap that limits growth in Breslau" “The board has no intention of halting every legitimate planning application until, as Breslau Properties has argued, the ROP hearing is finalized, which all parties agreed will take several years,” he wrote in his decision. (Woolwich Observer)
http://www.observerxtra.com/omb-decision-clears-way-for-development-in-breslau/#observerxtra=299:1:W2y,299:23:EPR;302:21:Q33,302:43:4yx;300:1:Wyj,300:66:6u3;303:1:Wqq,303:26:Ur3;307:1:RvU,309:81:lyp

Region looks to sell the benefits of the LRT (Waterloo Chronicle)  http://www.waterloochronicle.ca/news/region-looks-to-sell-benefits-of-lrt/\

A report released last August suggests cancelling the project could result in a loss of  $140 million. After January  2014, the report suggests that number could be as high  as $600 million. The region is only about a month away from knowing the full cost of the LRT project. (Cambridge Times)
http://www.cambridgetimes.ca/news-story/4357525-request-to-delay-light-rail-transit-contract-going-nowhere-/




PROVINCIAL

Ontario Clean Air Alliance fact sheet shows how hydro Imports from Quebec could save Ontario 1 billion each year. 
http://www.cleanairalliance.org/files/hydroimports-oct2.pdf


In Ontario: no public policy/regulation re: production/transportation of Shale gas soEnbridge approved for new pipeline into GTA to bring fracked gas from the US. 
http://www.thestar.com/business/economy/2014/01/30/enbridge_gets_goahead_for_685million_gta_pipeline.html


Vapour Release At Imperial Oil next to Aamjiwnaang First Nations by Sarnia  
http://blackburnnews.com/sarnia/sarnia-news/2014/02/07/reported-vapour-release-at-imperial-oil/


Great photo of the dramatic ice coverage on the Great Lakes. Even SUPERIOR is covered 92% ice. 
http://http://www.mlive.com/weather/index.ssf/2014/02/great_lakes_added_11_percent_i.html


Great Lakes water in "mysterious decline". 
http://www.weather.com/news/science/environment/great-lakes-water-decline-20140204

The Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction will be hosting a workshop Feb. 21 on earthquake risk in the Ottawa and Gatineau, Que. region with live webcast. Maps and more available on-line here: http://m.canadianunderwriter.ca/news/iclr-workshop-to-address-earthquake-risk-in-ottawa-gatineau-region/1002883016/




NATIONAL

TransCanada gas line explosion in buried report blamed "bacteria" as the cause. (Lulu note: Just like the Kalamazoo rupture...critters eat PE plastic. )

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/pipeline-rupture-report-raises-questions-about-transcanada-inspections-1.2521959\

Pembina: Energy East pipeline would equal emission of 7 million cars. 

http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/#!/content/1.2525084/

Survey says: Harper Gov't Cuts to science overwhelmingly detrimental and out of sync with Public Priorities. 
http://www.pipsc.ca/portal/page/portal/website/issues/science/vanishingscience


Council of Canadians releases Fractivist's Toolkit: Everything you need to know to stop fracking:
http://canadians.org/publications/fractivists-toolkit

Alberta fracking up 647% prompting NDP drinking water concerns
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-fracking-licences-up-prompting-ndp-water-concerns-1.2523398


Transport Canada keeps exemptions on rail safety secret:  avoiding things like brake inspections. 
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/transport-canada-keeps-exemptions-on-rail-safety-secret-1.2526631


Union states: Federal government cutting $3 billion from rail safety, health and environmental science

http://www.canada.com/business/Federal+government+cutting+billion+from+rail+safety+health+environmental+science+union/9478378/story.html


Oil sands air pollutants underestimated, researchers find. PaH's much higher. Doesn't match evidence on the ground. 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/oilsands-air-pollutants-underestimated-researchers-find-1.2521134

Steam based oil sands extraction creates 10 TIMES more ground deformations than traditional oil extraction often in the range of 10-30 centimetres over various sampled 24-day periods. Visible on Satellite.
http://10x%27s higher ground deformation with bitumen/steam extraction


BC First Nations raise concerns re: Fukushima impact on food sources. Concerned for elevated human cancer rates. 
http://www.coastreporter.net/article/20140207/SECHELT0101/302079970/-1/SECHELT/first-nations-call-for-radiation-tests


1000 homes in PEI at risk of falling into the sea 
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/1-000-p-e-i-homes-in-danger-from-coastal-erosion-1.2530160


No ice has Polar Bears eating eggs and lots of them. A Biologist witnessed as one single bear ate the eggs of 300 duck nests in 48 hours. Biodiversity at risk. 
http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/#!/content/1.2527740



WORLD NEWS

Crops dependent on honey bee pollination estimated to be $14.6 billion per year in the U.S. in 2013.

http://www.sciencecodex.com/research_led_by_wayne_state_discovers_single_gene_in_bees_separating_queens_from_workers-127138 


Shell will not be drilling in the Arctic this summer. (maybe never!) Shell’s rig avoided 30-mile-long iceberg. Emergency response equipment was “crushed like a beer can” in tests. 
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/fbeinecke/victory_for_the_arctic_ocean_n.html


US intelligence is warning of the dangers of shrinking water resources and experts say the world is 'standing on a precipice'. 

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/09/global-water-shortages-threat-terror-war?CMP=twt_gu


Vermont Spill update: Company apologises. The State Regulator tested 2 MILES DOWNSTREAM after the spill. Chemicals released include Arsenic, Selenium and other nasty things: http://http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/duke-energy-issues-apology-nc-coal-ash-spill-22426667


Cornell expert; Natural Gas may be WORST fossil fuel due to methane.  
http://www.stargazette.com/article/20140208/NEWS01/302080015

Wettest January in England since 1766. Thames flooding threatens upstream of London

http://http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/thames-flooding-threatens-towns-upstream-of-london-1.2530229


View the Live Flood Warning Map of the UK 
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/142151.aspx


In spite of floods: UK Environmental Agency to cut staff by 1/4 including fire, police and those responsible for flood warnings. (Blame Tories) http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/10/floods-environment-agency-staff-cuts?commentpage=3



TAKE ACTION

Say no to Fracked Gas pipeline in Ontario with Council of Canadians. 
http://www.canadians.org/action/ontarians-say-no-frack-pipe


Petitions to stop Keystone XL 
1: http://action.priceofoil.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=15013
2: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/193/518/158/#

To protect the Great Lakes sign here with Environmental Defence: 
http://environmentaldefence.ca/tell-ontario-not-give-great-lakes

Tell Ontario not to kill proposed Anti-Slapp policy
https://secure.nrdconline.org/site/Advocacy?page=UserAction&id=3053&s_src=wbogenshanonthkstwi


Protect Marine Mammals from Sonar: 
https://secure.nrdconline.org/site/Advocacy?page=UserAction&id=3053&s_src=wbogenshanonthkstwi

Sign here to protect the Peel Watershed in Yukon from oil, mining and gas. 
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Government_of_Yukon_Protect_the_Peel/?wSvafab
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