[All] GREN NEWS: Nov. 19

[Louisette Lanteigne]

Hi Everyone
We will start off with something stupid that just surfaced in the news:
Conservative candidate tells CBC that renewable energy supporters are "extremists" http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post/conservative-candidate-tells-cbc-renewable-energy-supporters-are-extremists 

And Now for something more intelligent.
Local
Grand River Information Network (GRIN) is now online! Access mapping, GIS and Monitoring Data specific to our beautiful Grand River watershed with the click of a mouse. http://maps.grandriver.ca/
Provincial
The City of Ajax is fed up with local algae issues so they are resorting to social media to tell York and Durham Region to clean up their sewage.http://www.ajax.ca/en/doingbusinessinajax/duffincreekwpcp.asp

Another Fire at Imperial Oil in Sarnia last week.http://www.theobserver.ca/2014/11/13/another-fire-at-imperial-oil?utm_source=addThis&utm_medium=addthis_button_twitter&utm_campaign=Another+fire+at+Imperial+Oil+%7C+Sarnia+Observer#.VGUzseF0_QI.twitter

The loss of Provincially Significant Wetlands continues: A blog by Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller
http://www.eco.on.ca/blog/2014/11/05/draining-ontarios-wetlands/

National 
Union for federal scientists breaks neutrality, will campaign against Harper. 
http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/union-for-federal-scientists-breaks-neutrality-will-campaign-against-harper-1.2093214

Canadian Energy Research Institute says oil-sands projects need price of $85 a barrel to be profitable and new mines require $105 a barrel to make a reasonable return. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-prices-not-obamas-veto-may-block-keystone-2014-11-07

Doctors and Nurses urge ban on Neonicotinoid pesticides.http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/doctors-nurses-urge-ban-on-neonic-pesticides/article21605544/

TransCanada former material engineer speaks out as a whisleblower on illegal practices on the jobhttp://canadians.org/blog/i-told-them-no-uncertain-terms-go-fk-themselves-because-what-they-were-doing-was-blatantly
Here is his MUST SEE video. (I cannot recommend this one highly enough): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0fdQ7haAw4&feature=youtu.be
Polar Bear populations in the Beaufort Sea dropped 40%http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2025046076_polarbearxml.html#.VGrgO2MDv4g.twitter

Acid Rain Has Turned Canadian Lakes into a Kind of Jelly http://www.citylab.com/weather/2014/11/acid-rain-has-turned-canadian-lakes-into-a-kind-of-jelly/382922/

Numerious spills in Alberta over the last 4 months: 133 incidents of which 90 involved pipeline spillshttp://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/17/1345431/-There-s-Been-HOW-Many-Pipeline-Spills-in-Alberta-in-The-Last-Four-Months

International
Smithsonian Institution researchers found about two dozen different ways climate change contributes to dead zones in Rivers:  biologically, chemically and physically worsening oxygen depletion
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/global-warming-increasing-spread-of-dead-zones-in-oceans-rivers-1.2829987

New report projects the extinction of salt water fish by 2048. The study was by Boris Worm, PhD of Dalhousie U in Halifax with collegues in UK, US, Sweden and Panama. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/salt-water-fish-extinction-seen-by-2048/

Urban Water Blueprint Report by Nature Conservancy: Identifes Global Watershed Risks and Conservation Solutions  How nature can improve water quality for 700m+ people! 
http://water.nature.org/waterblueprint/#/intro=true


Have a good one everybody!
Lulu :0)


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