[All] Gren News Jan. 26

[Louisette Lanteigne]

GREN News
Local
Puslinch upset about being left out of the Waterloo Regional Water Supply Masterplan discussions. They are concerned Puslinch residents may lose their wells because of a draw down from a well in Cambridge.http://www.wellingtonadvertiser.com/comments/index.cfm?articleID=24609

Warmer than usual winter leads to unusual bird finds in Waterloo Region during annual bird count.http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/warmer-climate-yields-unusual-sightings-in-kitchener-bird-count-1.2930078


Provincial News 
Ontario Beekeepers final submission in regards to Ontario Neonicotinoid Ban. http://www.ontariobee.com/sites/ontariobee.com/files/Consultation-response-Jan22-final.pdf


Wildlands League, Ontario Nature & Ecojustice vs. Ontario Government re: Provincial weakening of Species At Risk Act.  Case has been heard. Just awaiting final judgement. Summery here: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/anna-baggio/ontario-endangered-species_b_6531998.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
Ontario waste blamed for Ohio algae issues http://www.torontosun.com/2015/01/25/ontario-waste-blamed-for-tainted-ohio-drinking-water
Ontario Energy Board admits TransCanada Energy East applicarion is "incomplete" http://www.nugget.ca/2015/01/21/provinces-efforts-fail-to-satisfy-crowd
Sierra Club Lawsuit Targets Enbridge Line 5 Oil Pipeline heading to Sarnia Ontario http://mynorth.com/2015/01/sierra-club-lawsuit-targets-massive-oil-pipeline/

National
Over 30 Canadian Universities now have divestment campaigns. Great info on page 2 of successes.  http://ht.ly/HVkry


International 
Bank of England, Goldman Sachs, Standard and Poor’s & Axa IM,warn of climate change & fossil fuel prices
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/21/bp-challenged-confront-climate-change-risk-by-shareholders?CMP=share_btn_tw

Goldman Sachs: falling oil will move 1.6 trillion in savings to other sectors  http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/falling-oil-prices-will-help-consumers-and-goldman-sachs-gary-cohn-says/?_r=0
Boston's leaky natural gas pipelines release 15 BILLION cubic tones of gas each year = 90 million annually yet leaks of natural gas from distribution have not been analysed in US climate policy strategy. 
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150123110758.htm

Ocean warming is occurring so rapidly that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) has had to remake its graphs.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/oceans-are-warming-so-fast-they-keep-zooming-off-science-charts/article/424328


Take Action:
Petition Ontario government to require mandatory labeling of products containing carcinogens (Environmental Defence)
http://action.environmentaldefence.ca/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=11966

Stop Energy East (Council of Canadians) https://secure.canadians.org/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1899&ea.campaign.id=31200
Support Climate Fee and Dividend for Ontario (Green Party) http://www.gpo.ca/issue-campaign-active/carbon-fee-and-dividend-petition

Upcoming Dates 2015
Feb. 13 & 14: 350.org's Global Divestment DayApril 14: Premiers meet in QuebecApril 22: Earth Day/World Water DayMay 10: Pope Francis Encyclical on Climate ChangeMay 31-June 6: Canadian Environment Week July 7-9: Summit of the Americas/Climate Change Meeting Oct. 19: Fed ElectionNov. 30-Dec 11: Paris COP 
Have a good one!
Lulu :0)
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