<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><h2 style="padding-right: 10px; text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span>Hi folks! Here's the lastest update of environmental news.</span></span></font></h2><h2 style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); padding-right: 10px; text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><u>International News:</u></span></font></h2><h2 style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); padding-right: 10px; text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; ">New climate change report: Environment:
Act now or face costly consequences, warns OECD - UNEP </span><a href="http://www.unep.org/newscentre/Default.aspx?DocumentID=2676&ArticleID=9078&l=en" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto; ">http://www.unep.org/newscentre/Default.aspx?DocumentID=2676&ArticleID=9078&l=en</a></font></h2><h2 style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); padding-right: 10px; text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span">Value Ecosystems - Not Just Crops - When Managing Water Use, says UN Report </font><a href="http://www.unep.org/newscentre/Default.aspx?DocumentID=2676&ArticleID=9075&l=en" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto; ">http://www.unep.org/newscentre/Default.aspx?DocumentID=2676&ArticleID=9075&l=en</a></font></h2><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; ">OECD report states: Air pollution 'will become bigger global killer than dirty water'</span><br></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/mar/15/air-pollution-biggest-killer-water?CMP=twt_gu">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/mar/15/air-pollution-biggest-killer-water?CMP=twt_gu</a><br></font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">UK Environmental Regulations to be slashed. (Sounds familiar?)</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/mar/16/environmental-regulations-slashed-red-tape?CMP=twt_gu">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/mar/16/environmental-regulations-slashed-red-tape?CMP=twt_gu</a><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Water Pollution from Agricultural chemicals costing billions (Bloomberg report)</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-13/water-pollution-tied-to-agriculture-increasing-costing-billions.html">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-13/water-pollution-tied-to-agriculture-increasing-costing-billions.html</a><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif">Tools to help cities and towns guide Green Development</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kbenfield/tools_to_help_cities_and_towns.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+switchboard_all+%28Switchboard%3A+Blogs+from+NRDC%27s+Environmental+Experts%29">http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kbenfield/tools_to_help_cities_and_towns.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+switchboard_all+%28Switchboard%3A+Blogs+from+NRDC%27s+Environmental+Experts%29</a><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sustainable Banks are outperforming traditional banks</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a
href="http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/report-shows-sustainable-banks-outperform-worlds-largest-banks-1629440.htm#.T1ouRiBA-wM.twitter">http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/report-shows-sustainable-banks-outperform-worlds-largest-banks-1629440.htm#.T1ouRiBA-wM.twitter</a><br></font></div><div><br></div><div>Don't forget folks: <b>EARTH HOUR takes place on MARCH 31 </b>from 8:30-9:30 Turn off your lights to show solidarity for conservation!</div><div><br></div><div><u><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">National News</font></u></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">In leaked documents, it was revealed that habitat protection for Fish will no longer be protected. The Tories also want to abolish Federal Environmental Assessments. Here's the word from Lake Ontario
Waterkeepers:</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.waterkeeper.ca/2012/03/16/canadas-war-on-the-environment/">http://www.waterkeeper.ca/2012/03/16/canadas-war-on-the-environment/</a><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Conflicts of interest with Keystone XL:<font class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span">Entrix was doing an environmental study intending to minimize the potential environmental impacts of Keystone XL</font></span></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/09/keystone-xl-contract-transcanada-entrix_n_1335066.html?ref=tw">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/09/keystone-xl-contract-transcanada-entrix_n_1335066.html?ref=tw</a><br></font></div><div><strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: -webkit-left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></strong></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: -webkit-left; ">Canada leads the assault to have the right to water removed from the World Water Forum ministerial declaration</span><br></font></div><div><strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: -webkit-left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a
href="http://canadians.org/blog/?p=14080#.T2I_uX2RNck.twitter">http://canadians.org/blog/?p=14080#.T2I_uX2RNck.twitter</a><br></font></strong></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><div class="js-tweet-text" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Tories vote no to a bill that would stop Bulk Water Exports from Canada. </font></div><div class="js-tweet-text" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial;
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& Local</font></u></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Council of Canadians believe the Highland Quarry is going after aggregates and WATER. </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://miningforthetruthinmelancthon.blogspot.ca/2012/03/council-of-canadians-concern.html">http://miningforthetruthinmelancthon.blogspot.ca/2012/03/council-of-canadians-concern.html</a><br></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; ">City of Guelph drops SLAPP lawsuit against
environmentalists regarding the Hanlon Business Park</span><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.guelphmercury.com/news/local/article/675810--city-of-guelph-drops-lawsuit-against-business-park-protesters">http://www.guelphmercury.com/news/local/article/675810--city-of-guelph-drops-lawsuit-against-business-park-protesters</a><br></font></div><div><br></div><div>City of Waterloo has Earth Day programs posted here; <a href="http://www.waterloo.ca/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=1181">http://www.waterloo.ca/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=1181</a></div><div><br></div><div>City of Kitchener has Earth Day programs posted here: <a href="http://www.kitchener.ca/en/livinginkitchener/EarthDay.asp">http://www.kitchener.ca/en/livinginkitchener/EarthDay.asp</a></div><div><br></div><div>City of Cambridge Earth Day events here; <a
href="http://www.cambridge.ca/article.php?ssid=41">http://www.cambridge.ca/article.php?ssid=41</a></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><u><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">TAKE ACTION with Quick Sign Petitions!</font></u></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sign the 350.org petition to stop oil subsidies in the US. (Canadians can sign too!) <a href="http://act.350.org/sign/join-the-fight/">http://act.350.org/sign/join-the-fight/</a><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sign the AVAAZ petition to demand
a federal review for the Highland Quarry in Melancthon </font></div><div><a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Make_Fresh_Food_Clean_Water_a_Priority_over_Rock/?wSvafab"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Make_Fresh_Food_Clean_Water_a_Priority_over_Rock/?wSvafab</font></a></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Support Green Energy and stop the Darlington Nuclear Plant upgrades <a href="http://stopdarlington.org/declaration/">http://stopdarlington.org/declaration/</a></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Save the CBC from budget Cuts <a
href="http://reimaginecbc.ca/connected">http://reimaginecbc.ca/connected</a></font></div><div><br></div><div>Call for Federal Inquiry for Robocall Fraud <a href="http://leadnow.ca/robocall-fraud">http://leadnow.ca/robocall-fraud</a></div><div><br></div><div>Have a good one everybody!</div><div>Lulu :0)</div></div></div></body></html>