<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr">Hi Everyone</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr">We will start off with something stupid that just surfaced in the news:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(41, 47, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_12571">Conservative candidate tells CBC that renewable energy supporters are "extremists"</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post/conservative-candidate-tells-cbc-renewable-energy-supporters-are-extremists" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_12791"> http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post/conservative-candidate-tells-cbc-renewable-energy-supporters-are-extremists </a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(41, 47, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" class=""><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><font color="#292f33" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_12800"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_12799">And Now for something more intelligent.</span></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><b style="line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(41, 47, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_12014">Local</b><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(41, 47, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_9175"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_9174"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_12008">Grand River Information Network</b> (GRIN) is now online! Access mapping, GIS and Monitoring Data specific to our beautiful Grand River watershed with the click of a mouse. </span></span><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_9171"><font color="#292f33" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_9170"><span style="line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_9169"><a href="http://maps.grandriver.ca/" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_9168">http://maps.grandriver.ca/</a></span></font></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(41, 47, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_8757"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_8794">Provincial</b></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(41, 47, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><b><br></b></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(41, 47, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_12384"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_12383">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.</span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_12515"><font color="#292f33" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_12514"><span style="line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_12513"><a href="http://www.ajax.ca/en/doingbusinessinajax/duffincreekwpcp.asp" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_12512">http://www.ajax.ca/en/doingbusinessinajax/duffincreekwpcp.asp</a></span></font><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(41, 47, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><b><br></b></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><font color="#292f33" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_8806"><span style="line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_8805">Another Fire at Imperial Oil in Sarnia last week.</span></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><font color="#292f33" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_8804"><span style="line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_8803"><a href="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" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_8802">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</a></span><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(41, 47, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566"><span style="color: rgb(41, 47, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_8756">The loss of Provincially Significant Wetlands continues: A blog by Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller</span><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566"><a href="http://www.eco.on.ca/blog/2014/11/05/draining-ontarios-wetlands/" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_8735">http://www.eco.on.ca/blog/2014/11/05/draining-ontarios-wetlands/</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><b>National </b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><b><br></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(41, 47, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_12473">Union for federal scientists breaks neutrality, will campaign against Harper. </span><b><br></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><span class=""><font color="#292f33" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class="" style=""><span style="line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/union-for-federal-scientists-breaks-neutrality-will-campaign-against-harper-1.2093214">http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/union-for-federal-scientists-breaks-neutrality-will-campaign-against-harper-1.2093214</a></span></font><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><b><br></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(41, 47, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_8963">Canadian Energy Research Institute says oil-sands projects need price of $85 a barrel to be profitable and</span><span style="color: rgb(41, 47, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_8962"> new mines require $105 a barrel to make a reasonable return. </span><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-prices-not-obamas-veto-may-block-keystone-2014-11-07" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_9088">http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-prices-not-obamas-veto-may-block-keystone-2014-11-07</a><b><br></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr">Doctors and Nurses urge ban on Neonicotinoid pesticides.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/doctors-nurses-urge-ban-on-neonic-pesticides/article21605544/" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_6039">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/doctors-nurses-urge-ban-on-neonic-pesticides/article21605544/</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr">TransCanada former material engineer speaks out as a whisleblower on illegal practices on the job</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><a href="http://canadians.org/blog/i-told-them-no-uncertain-terms-go-fk-themselves-because-what-they-were-doing-was-blatantly" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_3367">http://canadians.org/blog/i-told-them-no-uncertain-terms-go-fk-themselves-because-what-they-were-doing-was-blatantly</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr">Here is his MUST SEE video. (I cannot recommend this one highly enough): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0fdQ7haAw4&feature=youtu.be" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_3396">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0fdQ7haAw4&feature=youtu.be</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr">Polar Bear populations in the Beaufort Sea dropped 40%</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2025046076_polarbearxml.html#.VGrgO2MDv4g.twitter" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_3234">http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2025046076_polarbearxml.html#.VGrgO2MDv4g.twitter</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566">Acid Rain Has Turned Canadian Lakes into a Kind of Jelly </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566"><a href="http://www.citylab.com/weather/2014/11/acid-rain-has-turned-canadian-lakes-into-a-kind-of-jelly/382922/" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2695">http://www.citylab.com/weather/2014/11/acid-rain-has-turned-canadian-lakes-into-a-kind-of-jelly/382922/</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" class="" style=""><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" class="" style="" dir="ltr">Numerious spills in Alberta over the last 4 months: <span style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px; line-height: 16.5454540252686px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2951">133 incidents of which </span><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 16.5454540252686px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2953">90 involved pipeline spills</strong></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" class="" style="" dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/17/1345431/-There-s-Been-HOW-Many-Pipeline-Spills-in-Alberta-in-The-Last-Four-Months" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2952">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/17/1345431/-There-s-Been-HOW-Many-Pipeline-Spills-in-Alberta-in-The-Last-Four-Months</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" class="" style="" dir="ltr"><b><br></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" class="" style="" dir="ltr"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_8867">International</b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" class="" style="" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" class="" style="" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.9000549316406px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_8907" class="">Smithsonian Institution researchers found about two dozen different ways climate change contributes to dead zones in Rivers: biologically, chemically and physically worsening oxygen depletion</span><br class="" style=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: underline;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_8910"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/global-warming-increasing-spread-of-dead-zones-in-oceans-rivers-1.2829987" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_8909">http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/global-warming-increasing-spread-of-dead-zones-in-oceans-rivers-1.2829987</a></span><b><br></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" class="" style="" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" class="" style="" dir="ltr">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. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" class="" style="" dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/salt-water-fish-extinction-seen-by-2048/" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_3079">http://www.cbsnews.com/news/salt-water-fish-extinction-seen-by-2048/</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" class="" style="" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" class="" dir="ltr" style=""><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_11923" class="" style="">Urban Water Blueprint Report by Nature Conservancy: Identifes Global Watershed Risks and Conservation Solutions </b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" class="" dir="ltr" style=""><b class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_12084"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_12083"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_12309">How nature can improve water quality for 700m+ people! </font></span><br></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" dir="ltr" class="" style=""><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" class="" dir="ltr" style=""><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_11917" class="" style=""><a href="http://water.nature.org/waterblueprint/#/intro=true" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_11916" class="" style="">http://water.nature.org/waterblueprint/#/intro=true</a><br class="" style=""></b></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_12034"><br class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_12034"><br></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_12034" dir="ltr">Have a good one everybody!</div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_12034" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_12034" dir="ltr">Lulu :0)</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" class="" style="" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" class="" style="" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416423678774_2566" class="" style="" dir="ltr"><br class="" style=""></div></div></body></html>