<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yiv6043620975"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_4350"><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_4349"><div id="yiv6043620975"><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449180192021_3594"><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449180192021_3593" dir="ltr"><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Hi folks<br><br>Lots have happened today. </div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_50032">Climate Action in Manitoba! </b></div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" class=""><span id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449180192021_5998" style="color: rgb(41, 47, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font size="3" id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449180192021_7185" class="">Manitoba just announced it will cut emissions by 1/3 by 2030 from 2005 level and put cap on emissions and implement cap & trade<b> </b></font></span><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_9023" class=""><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCAKBN0TM2M620151203" id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2522" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(245, 248, 250);" class="">http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCAKBN0TM2M620151203</a><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_9026" class=""><font color="#292f33" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_9028" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_9030" class=""></font><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_7919" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 18.9001px;" class="">Manitoba will also partner with the City of Winnipeg to introduce curbside composting, electrify public transportation and expand active transportation. </span><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_9033" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 18.9001px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_9035" class="">Other initiatives include:</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_9037" class=""></div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" dir="ltr" class=""><span class="" id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2602" style="background-color: rgb(245, 248, 250);"><font color="#292f33" face="Arial, sans-serif" class="" id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2604" size="3"></font></span></div><span style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.9001px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_9042" class="">expanding on nationally recognized green building standards;</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_9044" class=""><span style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.9001px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_9046" class="">making government operations carbon neutral;</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_9048" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_7920" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.9001px;" class="">investing in crucial infrastructure, from flood mitigation to adaptable transportation, in remote communities; and</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_9051" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_7921" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.9001px;" class="">working with indigenous partners to honour traditional ecological knowledge.</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_9054" class=""><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-climate-change-plan-1.3348572" id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2459" class="" style="font-size: medium; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(245, 248, 250);">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-climate-change-plan-1.3348572</a></div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr" class=""><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_32367">Enbridge updates</b></div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr" class=""><b><br></b></div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr" class=""><b>Re: Line 9: </b></div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr" class="">Oil is flowing in Line 9 to Montreal as confirmed by Enbridge today. </div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr" class=""><a href="http://business.financialpost.com/news/energy/oil-begins-to-flow-through-line-9-today-as-enbridge-inc-hikes-dividend-releases-outlook?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_50033">http://business.financialpost.com/news/energy/oil-begins-to-flow-through-line-9-today-as-enbridge-inc-hikes-dividend-releases-outlook?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter</a></div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr" class=""><br></div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr" class="">Enbridge's official site states the flow is not at the full rate. Won't be until 2016. In the mean time, <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_29052" class="">Enbridge is trying to weasle out of doing ground inspections of Line 9</span> citing risks such as: Hunters, farm pesticides and mosquitoes. (See attachments for their actual written concerns.) </div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" dir="ltr" class=""><br></div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" dir="ltr" class="">The Chippewas of the Thames court case is still a potential game changer along with the ever falling price of oil. </div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" dir="ltr" class=""><br></div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" dir="ltr" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_6700" class="" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(41, 47, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.26px; line-height: 32px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_43354" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class="">Re: Line 5</b></span></div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" dir="ltr" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(41, 47, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.26px; line-height: 32px; white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_45548">Wayne County Michigan Commission passed a resolution to close Enbridge Line 5 under the Straights of Mackinac. </span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_17990" class="" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(41, 47, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.26px; line-height: 32px; white-space: pre-wrap;">(resolution wording is in the attachments.)</span></div></div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_34583">Re: Northern Gateway</b></div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449180192021_9445" class="">Enbridge states their "Financial Decision" on Northern Gateway will be made in the latter half of 2016.</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_19078" class=""><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.biv.com/article/2015/12/northern-gateway-final-investment-decision-could-c/" id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449180192021_8297" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">https://www.biv.com/article/2015/12/northern-gateway-final-investment-decision-could-c/</a></div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><br><span style="font-family: ProximaNova, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_7915">Ecojustice vs. Climate Deniers</span></div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><font face="ProximaNova, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Nimbus Sans L, sans-serif" size="3"><b><br></b></font><span style="font-family: ProximaNova, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 23.9999px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_7916">Ecojustice filed the complaint with the Competitions Bureau on behalf of Stephen Lewis, the former Canadian Ambassador to the UN and chair of the 1988 World Conference on the Changing Atmosphere; Tzeporah Berman, author and adjunct professor at York University; and Thomas Duck, an atmospheric scientist at Dalhousie University in Halifax.</span><br><span style="font-family: ProximaNova, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 23.9999px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_7917">Other complainants are David Schindler, the Killam Memorial professor of ecology at the University of Alberta; and Danny Harvey, an University of Toronto professor and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change lead author.</span><br><span style="font-family: ProximaNova, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 23.9999px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1449180944774_7918">The complaint cites The Friends of Science, The International Climate Science Coalition, and the Heartland Institute for misleading billboard advertisements, website representations and a poster made available as a free download on a website. Full story here: </span><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nationalobserver.com/2015/12/03/news/breaking-ecojustice-files-complaint-competition-bureau-against-climate-denial-groups" id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449180192021_9446" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://www.nationalobserver.com/2015/12/03/news/breaking-ecojustice-files-complaint-competition-bureau-against-climate-denial-groups</a><br></div><br><br>Have a good one everybody! <br><br></div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449180192021_3593"><br></div><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449180192021_3593" dir="ltr"><br><div id="yiv6043620975yui_3_16_0_1_1449179708929_2295" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>