<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">GREN News</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">International News</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">State of the Climate 2012 Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society says<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</span></span><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Arctic heating up two times faster than the rest of the world.</span><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/bams-state-of-the-climate/2012.php">http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/bams-state-of-the-climate/2012.php</a></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Sea Life relocating fast in response to climate change.</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a
href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/08/09/science-fish-plankton-relocating-climate-change.html" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/08/09/science-fish-plankton-relocating-climate-change.html</a><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Largest battery in Europe to store renewable power could save the UK 3 billion annually </div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/jul/29/biggest-battery-energy-technology-trial?view=mobile">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/jul/29/biggest-battery-energy-technology-trial?view=mobile</a><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Deutsche Bank states three-quarters of the world’s solar market will be “sustainable” for solar within 18 months, meaning they can operate with little or no subsidy.</span><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a
href="http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/deutsche-bank-solar-distributed-energy-at-major-inflection-point-10487">http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/deutsche-bank-solar-distributed-energy-at-major-inflection-point-10487</a></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">National News</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Yale report on Alberta tar sands impacts on Mackenzie River Water Basin & Water resources</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;
font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://e360.yale.edu/feature/with_tar_sands_development_growing_concern_on_water_use/2672/#.UgB63TZ1Gzw.twitter">http://e360.yale.edu/feature/with_tar_sands_development_growing_concern_on_water_use/2672/#.UgB63TZ1Gzw.twitter</a></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span>Unprecedented ocean acidification from greenhouse gases putting Canadian waters at risk says </span>Department of Fisheries Report. Acidification could destroy Lobster, clams and other shellfish stocks in
Canada.</span><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/environment/Unprecedented+ocean+acidification+from/8607447/story.html">http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/environment/Unprecedented+ocean+acidification+from/8607447/story.html</a><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Canadian Government won't explain how it spends 16 million on PR for oil, gas and pipeline firms.</span><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a
href="http://www.canada.com/Stephen+Harper+government+withholds+details+million+campaign+industry/8421005/story.html#ixzz2bJsMVvxA">http://www.canada.com/Stephen+Harper+government+withholds+details+million+campaign+industry/8421005/story.html#ixzz2bJsMVvxA</a><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Canadian Government reducing science and tech funding</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/07/31/science-technology-spending-federal-government.html">http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/07/31/science-technology-spending-federal-government.html</a><br></span></div><div
style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Canada’s pollution regs for Alberta tar sands </span><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">were due July 1. They've been delayed again.</span></span><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://metronews.ca/news/canada/759121/canadians-still-waiting-on-oilsands-emissions-targets/">http://metronews.ca/news/canada/759121/canadians-still-waiting-on-oilsands-emissions-targets/</a><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica,
sans-serif;"><br></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">A Primer on TransCanada's West-East Pipeline | The Council of Canadians</span><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://canadians.org/node/3509#.Ufp4_3l2nlo.twitter">http://canadians.org/node/3509#.Ufp4_3l2nlo.twitter</a></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Provincial News</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Video shows why record rainfalls are not stopping water level drop in Great Lakes.</span><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://m.jsonline.com/multimedia/video/134415213.html?bctid=2565908703001&type=mjs">http://m.jsonline.com/multimedia/video/134415213.html?bctid=2565908703001&type=mjs</a><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 18.890625px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">A plan to ship 16 radioactive steam generators through the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River for recycling in Sweden has been cancelled after delays caused by public opposition. </span><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/07/28/montreal-quebec-ontario-great-lakes-bruce-power-st-lawrence-seaway-nuclear.html" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/07/28/montreal-quebec-ontario-great-lakes-bruce-power-st-lawrence-seaway-nuclear.html</a></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,
helvetica, sans-serif;">Local News</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Capital Paving officially withdraws quarry application for West Montrose by the Kissing Bridge</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.570news.com/2013/08/09/no-gravel-pit-for-west-montrose/">http://www.570news.com/2013/08/09/no-gravel-pit-for-west-montrose/</a><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span
style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">City of Waterloo Council Member Karen Scian will attempt to </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">move a motion at Monday's city council meeting asking railways to share more information about the toxins transported on local trains with cities. She wants to make the data public.</span><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4026530-public-pressure-mounts-for-railway-to-reveal-transported-chemicals/">http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4026530-public-pressure-mounts-for-railway-to-reveal-transported-chemicals/</a></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style:
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