<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="yiv0163200293"><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_3853"><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_15700"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_22389">Local</b></font></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><font size="3"><b><br></b></font></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_15699">Barrie's Lake property owner wants your help protecting wetland from developers.</font></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/5235100-barrie-s-lake-property-owner-wants-your-help-protecting-wetland-from-developers/" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_11884" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/5235100-barrie-s-lake-property-owner-wants-your-help-protecting-wetland-from-developers/</a></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_11393"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_26169"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 23.625px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_24288">University of Waterloo report</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 23.625px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_24289"> describes the leakage of energy sector wells as “a threat to the environment and public safety.”</span><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_11393"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_25291"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_27143"><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_25290"><span style="line-height: 23.625px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_25289"><a href="http://o.canada.com/news/national/leaky-plumbing-on-energy-wells-seen-as-threat-to-climate-water-and-resources" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_25288">http://o.canada.com/news/national/leaky-plumbing-on-energy-wells-seen-as-threat-to-climate-water-and-resources</a></span></font><br></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_11393"><span class=""><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class="" style=""><br></font></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_11393" dir="ltr"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_29308"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_29307"><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_29306">Have a say on the City of Waterloo's Strategic Plan in this 10 minute online survey</font></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_11393" dir="ltr"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_29312"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_29311"><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_29310"><a href="http://www.waterloo.ca/en/news/index.aspx?newsId=330fb51c-230b-49fa-b74a-8d9645b9377d" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_29309">http://www.waterloo.ca/en/news/index.aspx?newsId=330fb51c-230b-49fa-b74a-8d9645b9377d</a><br></font></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_11393" dir="ltr" class="" style=""><span class="" style=""><font size="3" class="" style=""><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></font></font></span></div></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><font size="3"><b><br></b></font></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_17303"><b>Provincial</b></font></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_15697"><span style="line-height: 23px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_11889">The Canada-Ontario Agreement on Great Lakes Water Quality and Ecosystem Health is now signed. </span><br></font></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><a href="http://blackburnnews.com/sarnia/sarnia-news/2014/12/27/agreement-signed-for-restoration-and-protection-of-great-lakes/" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_11890" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_15696" color="#000000" class="" style=""></font></a><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_15696" color="#000000" class="" style=""><a href="http://blackburnnews.com/sarnia/sarnia-news/2014/12/27/agreement-signed-for-restoration-and-protection-of-great-lakes/" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_22410">http://blackburnnews.com/sarnia/sarnia-news/2014/12/27/agreement-signed-for-restoration-and-protection-of-great-lakes/</a></font><br></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_15695">Tougher laws laws regarding water diversions from one Great Lakes watershed to another come into effect Jan 1st. </font></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_15694"><a href="http://www.willmsshier.com/docs/default-source/articles/2014-12-22_ontario-regulatory-amendments-strengthen-protection-of-great-lakes-st-lawrence-river-basin_article_julie-abouchar_giselle-davidian-(environmental-law_ontario-water-resources-act_water-taking-regulation).pdf?sfvrsn=2" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_12944">http://www.willmsshier.com/docs/default-source/articles/2014-12-22_ontario-regulatory-amendments-strengthen-protection-of-great-lakes-st-lawrence-river-basin_article_julie-abouchar_giselle-davidian-(environmental-law_ontario-water-resources-act_water-taking-regulation).pdf?sfvrsn=2</a><br></font></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_17317"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_22598">Federal</b></font></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr" class=""><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr" class="" style=""><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_15693"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_4950" style="line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap;">BP spill dispersants when used, are 52 times more toxic than oil and </span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_5753" style="line-height: 18.9000549316406px;">Shell has already put out bids to use Corexit if there is a spill at a well planned for the Shelburne Gully off Nova Scotia. </span><br class="" style=""></font></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr" class="" style=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_5211" style=""><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_15692"><font class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_5478" style=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_5477" style="line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/bp-oil-spill-dispersants-concern-nova-scotia-environmentalist-1.2885233" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_5476" class="" style="">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/bp-oil-spill-dispersants-concern-nova-scotia-environmentalist-1.2885233</a></span></font><br class="" style=""></font></span></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr" class="" style=""><span class="" style=""><font class="" style="" size="3"><br class="" style=""></font></span></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr" class="" style=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_6056" style="line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_15691"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_6055" style="letter-spacing: 0.259999990463257px; line-height: 32px;">Omnibus Bill C-38 changed Canadian environmental laws. Mikisew Cree sued for lack of consultations and won.</span><br class="" style=""></font></span></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr" class="" style=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_6680" style=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_6679" style=""><font class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_6678" style="" size="3"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_6677" style="letter-spacing: 0.259999990463257px; line-height: 32px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/12/24/mikisew-cree-bill-c-38_n_6378210.html?utm_hp_ref=canada-alberta" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_6676" class="" style="">http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/12/24/mikisew-cree-bill-c-38_n_6378210.html?utm_hp_ref=canada-alberta</a></span></font></span></span></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr" class="" style=""><span class="" style=""><span class="" style=""><font class="" style="" size="3"><br></font></span></span></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr" class="" style=""><span class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_8854"><span class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_8853"><font class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_8852" size="3"><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_8415" style="line-height: 23.625px;">Radioactivity from Japan’s crippled nuclear reactors has turned up off the British Columbia coast and the level will likely peak in waters off North America in the next year or two, </span><br class="" style=""></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_8419" style=""><font class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_8418" style=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_8417" style="line-height: 23.625px;"><a href="http://o.canada.com/news/fallout-from-radioactive-fukushima-rising-in-west-coast-waters" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_8416" class="" style="">http://o.canada.com/news/fallout-from-radioactive-fukushima-rising-in-west-coast-waters</a></span></font></span></div></font></span></span></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr" class="" style=""><span class="" style=""><span class="" style=""><font class="" style="" size="3"><br class="" style=""></font></span></span></div></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_17322"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_22599">International</b></font></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_15705"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.280000001192093px; line-height: 34px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_8031">Pres. Obama Increases Allowable Levels of Radiation in Drinking Water “Dramatically”.</span><br></font></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_8434"><font class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_8433" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.280000001192093px; line-height: 34px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_8432"><a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/obama-increases-allowable-levels-of-radiation-in-drinking-water-dramatically/5420787" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_8431">http://www.globalresearch.ca/obama-increases-allowable-levels-of-radiation-in-drinking-water-dramatically/5420787</a></span></font></span></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><span class=""><font class="" style="" size="3"><br></font></span></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_20629"><font class="" style="" size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_20628"><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr" class="" style="">The USDA has cleared the way for cultivation of genetically modified tall fescue without conducting an environmental review of the new crop.</div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr" class="" style=""><a href="http://www.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20141230/usda-clears-gmo-tall-fescue" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_20630">http://www.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20141230/usda-clears-gmo-tall-fescue</a></div></font></span></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><br></span></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_19794"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_18978">Sixteen Iowa farmers and companies have filed lawsuits against Syngenta, claiming the seed producer hurt U.S. corn farmers by exporting unapproved genetically modified seed to China. </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_18979">China banned all U.S. corn from being imported into the country in February after officials found shipments containing corn grown from Syngenta's Agrisure Viptera seed. The seed is genetically modified for insect resistance. Though China is a major market for U.S. corn exports, the Chinese government had not approved the GMO seed.</span></font></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_18973"><font class="" style="" size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_18972"><a href="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2014/12/30/lawsuits-filed-sygenta-iowa/21051903/" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_18971">http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2014/12/30/lawsuits-filed-sygenta-iowa/21051903/</a><br></font></span></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_16505"><span style="line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_4745">Almost 7,000 UK properties will be destroyed with erosion due to climate change and insurance won't cover it. </span><br></font></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_6684"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_16497"><font class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_6683"><span style="line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_6682"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/28/7000-uk-properties-sacrificed-rising-seas-coastal-erosion?CMP=share_btn_tw" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_6681">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/28/7000-uk-properties-sacrificed-rising-seas-coastal-erosion?CMP=share_btn_tw</a></span></font><br></font></span></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_16494"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.280000001192093px; line-height: 34px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_4604">Vermont shuts down nuclear power plant to make way for renewable energy.</span><span class="" style="text-decoration: none; letter-spacing: 0.280000001192093px; line-height: 0; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span></font></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_6688"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_16493"><font class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_6687"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.280000001192093px; line-height: 34px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_6686"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/29/vermont-shutters-nuclear-power-plant-yankee?CMP=twt_gu" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_6685">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/29/vermont-shutters-nuclear-power-plant-yankee?CMP=twt_gu</a></span></font></font></span></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr" class="yiv0163200293"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_17327"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.280000001192093px; line-height: 34px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="yiv0163200293" id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2768">Renewable energy vehicles can reduce smog fatalities by 70%.</span><br></font></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr" class="yiv0163200293"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://auto.ndtv.com/news/renewable-energy-powered-vehicles-can-save-lives-719563" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_4254" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font size="3" color="#000000" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_17326" class="" style=""></font></a><font size="3" color="#000000" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_17326" class="" style=""><a href="http://auto.ndtv.com/news/renewable-energy-powered-vehicles-can-save-lives-719563" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_18982">http://auto.ndtv.com/news/renewable-energy-powered-vehicles-can-save-lives-719563</a></font></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr" class="yiv0163200293"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr" class=""><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr" class=""><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_16496"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2679" style="line-height: 17.142858505249px;">Norway’s state owned electricity company Statkraft has revealed plans to invest US$8.1 billion in renewable energy projects. </span><br class="" style=""></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2993"><font class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2992" size="3"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2991" style="line-height: 17.142858505249px;"><a href="http://www.rtcc.org/2014/12/29/norways-statkraft-plans-8-billion-green-energy-drive/#sthash.FiGeh112.dpuf" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2990" class="">http://www.rtcc.org/2014/12/29/norways-statkraft-plans-8-billion-green-energy-drive/#sthash.FiGeh112.dpuf</a></span></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr" class=""><span class=""><font class="" size="3"><br></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr" class=""><span class=""><font class="" size="3">Have a safe and Happy New Years everyone! </font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr" class=""><span class=""><font class="" size="3"><br></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr" class=""><span class=""><font class="" size="3">Lulu :0)</font></span></div></div><div id="yiv0163200293yui_3_16_0_1_1419963922825_2645" dir="ltr" class="yiv0163200293" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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