<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="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7270">Happy New Years everybody! </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7270"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7270">Here's the latest</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7269"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7659"><font size="3"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7658"></font></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7268"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7663"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9705" size="5"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_16912">Local</b></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7268"><b><font size="3"><br></font></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7268"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_11248"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_11247">Elmira Chemtura contamination update: </b></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7268" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_16968">Woolwich Remediation Advisory Committee (RAC) announced the retirement of current Technical
Advisory Group (TAG) Chairperson Dr. Dick Jackson
effective December 31st Tiffany Svensson
was introduced as the new chairperson effective January 1st. She is a Solution
Leader/Senior Hydrogeologist at BluMetric Environment Inc. RAC has also recommended to the MOECC that it revise its residential notice of May 2016 by
the end of February, 2017. RAC wants the notice to indicate that the sediment quality data in
the Canagagigue Creek for dioxins and furans in an October 31 MOECC document does not
support the MOECC statement that Toxicity Equivalent (TEQ) levels “have decreased
substantially since [MOECC] first began monitoring the creek in the 1990s.” <b><br></b></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7268" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_16967">Dec. 22nd media release here: <a href="http://www.woolwich.ca/en/township-services/resources/Media-Release-for-RAC-Dec-22-2016.pdf" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_10958">http://www.woolwich.ca/en/township-services/resources/Media-Release-for-RAC-Dec-22-2016.pdf</a></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7268" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7268" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_16966">Technical Advisory Group (TAG) Work Plan 2016 is online and shows mapping and further details of the contamination issues here: <a href="http://www.woolwich.ca/en/township-services/resources/Committees-of-Council---2016-TAG-Work-Plan.pdf" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_11127">http://www.woolwich.ca/en/township-services/resources/Committees-of-Council---2016-TAG-Work-Plan.pdf</a></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7268"><span style="color: rgb(41, 47, 51); letter-spacing: 0.26px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7268"><font color="#292f33" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.26px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Nestle/Elora updates: </b></span></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7268" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_16969"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_10421" style="color: rgb(41, 47, 51); letter-spacing: 0.26px; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. SaveOurWater.ca and Wellington Water Watchers accuse Nestlé, Centre Wellington of 'backroom deal' to privatize water - CBC News story here: <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/nestle-centre-wellington-accused-deny-backroom-deals-1.3920539" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_10492">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/nestle-centre-wellington-accused-deny-backroom-deals-1.3920539</a></span><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_11346"></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7268" dir="ltr"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7268" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_16964">2. Wellington Water Watchers has an upcoming public meeting on the issue happening on Jan. 11th 7pm at the Royal Canadian Legion at 110 Metcalfe St. Elora. Details here: </font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_10563" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_16970"><a href="http://wellingtonwaterwatchers.nationbuilder.com/urgent_meeting_in_elora_say_no_to_nestl_partnership?platform=hootsuite" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_11341" class="">http://wellingtonwaterwatchers.nationbuilder.com/urgent_meeting_in_elora_say_no_to_nestl_partnership?platform=hootsuite</a><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_10563" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_10563" dir="ltr"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_18023">Line 9 featured on the Dominion Podcast</b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_10563" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_18342"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_18159">There is an excellent radio podcast on Line 9 featuring interviews with Chippewas of the Thames Myeengun Henry, Engineering expert </span><span style="font-family: Lucida, "Lucida Grande", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_18166">Richard Kuprewicz</span><span style="font-family: Lucida, "Lucida Grande", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_18167"> and Vanessa Gray of Aamjiwnaang. Mr. Kuprewicz speaks with both candor and urgency to expose the fact that Enbridge and Canadian regulators basically lied about the risks of hydrostatic testing. You can listen online here: <a href="http://mediacoop.ca/audio/dominion-podcast-03-enbridges-line-9-pipeline/36395" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_18837">http://mediacoop.ca/audio/dominion-podcast-03-enbridges-line-9-pipeline/36395</a> (Seeing that this line crosses the Grand, I've tucked this topic under Local.)</span></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_10563" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_10563" dir="ltr"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_19259">Line 9 Supreme Court Article </b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_10563" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_19447">Great summery of the Supreme Court hearings regarding both Chippewas of the Thames vs. Line 9 and Clyde River cases showing the positions of the various parties and how they view the issue of relying on the NEB for duty to consult. </span><a href="http://mediacoop.ca/story/indigenous-legal-challenges-supreme-court-put-appr/36386" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_19730">http://mediacoop.ca/story/indigenous-legal-challenges-supreme-court-put-appr/36386</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_11356"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7258"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7664"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_10264" size="5">Provincial News</font></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7258"><b><font size="3"><br></font></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7258"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9973"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9972">Cap and Trade</font></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7258" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9640"><span style="color: rgb(41, 47, 51); letter-spacing: 0.26px; white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7346">Cap and trade only adds $5.68-$ 6.70 per month but lower gas costs are absorbing it. Fiscal change not really noticeable. </span><b><br></b></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7258" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9639"><font color="#292f33" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7380"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.26px; white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7381"><a href="http://www.kenoradailyminerandnews.com/2017/01/03/cap-and-trade-adding-between-568-and-670-on-average-per-month" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7382" class="">http://www.kenoradailyminerandnews.com/2017/01/03/cap-and-trade-adding-between-568-and-670-on-average-per-month</a></span></font><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7392"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7392"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9638"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9667">OPG"s Deep Geological Repository updates </b></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7392"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9684"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_16971">1. Article in KW Record: Moving planned nuclear-waste bunker would cost billions, raise risks, OPG says</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7790"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9636"><a href="http://www.therecord.com/news-story/7050097-moving-planned-nuclear-waste-bunker-would-cost-billions-raise-risks-opg-says/" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7789">http://www.therecord.com/news-story/7050097-moving-planned-nuclear-waste-bunker-would-cost-billions-raise-risks-opg-says/</a></font></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7790"><span style="color: rgb(41, 47, 51); letter-spacing: 0.26px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: medium;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20066">2. Federal agency to make recommendation on Lake Huron nuclear waste dump in fall 2017</span><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7449" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_16972"><font color="#292f33" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7755"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.26px; white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7754">Read more at Council of Canadians: </span></font><a href="http://canadians.org/blog/federal-agency-make-recommendation-lake-huron-nuclear-waste-dump-fall-2017" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7899" style="letter-spacing: 0.26px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://canadians.org/blog/federal-agency-make-recommendation-lake-huron-nuclear-waste-dump-fall-2017</a></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7909"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_10237"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_10245"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_10236"></b></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7966" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_10031"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_10243">2015 State of Climate Change Science in Great Lakes Basin</b></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7966" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_10195"><span style="color: rgb(41, 47, 51); letter-spacing: 0.26px; white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_10049">Great Lakes surface water temperatures has increased up to 3.5C due to climate Change. Full report here: </span><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7449" dir="ltr"><font color="#292f33" size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_10162"><a href="http://ijc.org/greatlakesconnection/en/2016/12/state-climate-change-science-great-lakes-basin/?utm_content=buffer4ba0c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_10161">http://ijc.org/greatlakesconnection/en/2016/12/state-climate-change-science-great-lakes-basin/?utm_content=buffer4ba0c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer</a></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7449" dir="ltr"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7449" dir="ltr"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7449" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_10361" size="5"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_11242">Federal News</b></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7449" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_22724"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_22732"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_22723"></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7449" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_22550"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_22815">Round Up pesticide & First Nations</font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7449" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_22682"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_22735">“If you go up the road here where they sprayed, everything is black, like a forest fire.”</font></span><span style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7449" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_22545">First Nations people are pressing Ottawa to halt glyphosate spraying that they say is endangering their traditional diet and way of life</span><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7449" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_22376"><font color="#111111" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_22372"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/in-northern-ontario-herbicides-have-indigenous-people-treading-carefully-and-takingaction/article33088274/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=Referrer:+Social+Network+/+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_22375">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/in-northern-ontario-herbicides-have-indigenous-people-treading-carefully-and-takingaction/article33088274/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=Referrer:+Social+Network+/+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links</a></font></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7449" dir="ltr"><font size="5"><b><br></b></font></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20431"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20432"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20433">Food Waste is very costly</b></font></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20434"><font style="font-size: medium;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20435"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20436"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20437">Consulting firm Value Chain Management International published a report this week that tabulates the total monetary cost of the millions of kilograms of food that goes to waste every year in Canadian homes, restaurants and grocery stores. </span></span></font><span style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20438">More than $31 billion worth of food is wasted every year in Canada and when energy, water and other resource costs are factored in the true cost could be up to three times that much, a new report suggests. CBC article here: </span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20439"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20440"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20441"><font color="#292f33" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20442"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(245, 248, 250);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20443"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/business/food-waste-costs-canada-31b-a-year-report-says-1.2869708" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20444">http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/business/food-waste-costs-canada-31b-a-year-report-says-1.2869708</a></span></font><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20445"></b></font></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20446"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20453" style="font-size: medium;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20454"><font color="#292f33" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20455">To view actual report visit here<b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20456"> </b></font></span></font><font color="#292f33" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20457" style="font-size: medium;"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20458"><a href="http://vcm-international.com/food-waste/food-waste-publications/" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20459"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20460"></font></a><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20461"><a href="http://vcm-international.com/food-waste/food-waste-publications/" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20462">http://vcm-international.com/food-waste/food-waste-publications/</a></font></b></font><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_16533"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7449" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_16963"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_11656"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_11657"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_11741">Manitoba Chiefs take Enbridge Line 3 pipeline issue to court. </font></b></font><span style="color: rgb(63, 63, 63);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_12120">The original 390,000-barrel per day Line 3 pipeline was built in 1968 and would be decommissioned and left underground. The new larger pipeline would carry 760,000 barrels of diluted bitumen per day and would have the capacity to do so for the next 50-60 years. Enbridge admits the pipeline would mean 19 to 26 megatonnes of upstream greenhouse gas emissions each year. Enbridge wants to replace the entire pipeline by December 2017. </span><span style="color: rgb(63, 63, 63);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_12121">Grand Chief Derek Nepinak</span><span style="color: rgb(63, 63, 63);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_12122"> </span><span style="color: rgb(63, 63, 63);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_12123">states; "</span><span style="color: rgb(63, 63, 63);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_12124">As it stands now, the only communities who are able to participate in the NEB consultation are the ones who can front the costs of participation in the hearings on a limited cost recovery budget. This means that if you don't have the money to pay for consultation, you don't get any consultation."</span></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7449" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_11804" size="3"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_11803"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_11802"><a href="http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/brent-patterson/2017/01/assembly-manitoba-chiefs-to-challenge-enbridge-line-3-pipelin#.WGxt2EId1-0.twitter" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_11660">http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/brent-patterson/2017/01/assembly-manitoba-chiefs-to-challenge-enbridge-line-3-pipelin#.WGxt2EId1-0.twitter</a></font></b></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7258"><b><font size="3"><br></font></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7258"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7634"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9666">Enbridge Spectra Deal has risks </font></b></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7601"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9634"><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7602">Food and Water Watch is calling on the Federal Trade Commission to review the Enbridge Spectra merger stating that it is anti-competitive and will likely result in higher costs for consumers. The proposed merger would enable Enbridge-Spectra</span><br style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7603"><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7604">to artificially raise prices on natural gas. </span></font></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7605"><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7607"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9633">Enbridge-Spectra would be a dominant player in the Gulf Coast-Louisiana, U.S.-Canada border and Michigan</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7608"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7610"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9632"><i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9882"><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7611">Enbridge has stated that rapid expansion has led to pipeline safety problems and the</span><span style="display: inline; color: rgb(29, 33, 41);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7612"> proposed deal would add thousands of miles of pipeline to Enbridge’s network.</span></i></font></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7613"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_17048"><span style="display: inline; color: rgb(29, 33, 41);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7614"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9631">Food & Water Watch believes that there are more than sufficient anti-competitive concerns for the FTC to block the early termination of the merger review and extend the investigation into the proposed Enbridge-Spectra merger. </font></span><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_10032">Full report here: </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/sites/default/files/fww_enbridge-spectra_white_paper_jan_2017.pdf" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7619" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(25, 106, 212);">http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/sites/default/files/fww_enbridge-spectra_white_paper_jan_2017.pdf</a></font></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7613"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7613"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_17052"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_21507">Atlantic Marine Park: Public Input needed<span style="color: rgb(41, 47, 51); letter-spacing: 0.26px; white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_14116">. </span></b></font></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7613"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_17053"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_14152"><span style="color: rgb(41, 47, 51); letter-spacing: 0.26px; white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_14153">Canadians have until Jan 31 to submit their comments on the new proposed </span></font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_14154">St. Anns Bank Marine Protected Area</span><span style="color: rgb(41, 47, 51); letter-spacing: 0.26px; white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_14156"> Atlantic</span><span style="color: rgb(41, 47, 51); letter-spacing: 0.26px; white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_14157"> marine protected area east of Cape Breton. </span></font></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7613"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_17054"><font color="#292f33" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_13874"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.26px; white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_13875"><a href="http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/oceans/aoi-si/stanns-sainteanne-eng.html" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_13904"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_14033"><a href="http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/oceans/aoi-si/stanns-sainteanne-eng.html" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20723">http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/oceans/aoi-si/stanns-sainteanne-eng.html</a></font></a></span></font><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7613"><font size="3"><font color="#292f33"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.26px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/oceans/aoi-si/stanns-sainteanne-eng.html" class=""><br></a></span></font></font></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7613"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_21020">Alberta Bill to protect watersheds</b></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7613"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20971"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20885">A private member’s motion is asking the Alberta government to take action to conserve headwaters. The article notes that w</span></font><span style="font-family: BentonSans-Regular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_21467">ater from mountains and hills of the Rocky Mountains account for 80 per cent of Alberta’s water. Downstream, Saskatchewan and Manitoba count on it, too. </span><span style="font-family: BentonSans-Regular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_21468">Yukon Conservation Initiative program director Stephen Legault states</span><span style="font-family: BentonSans-Regular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_21469"> </span><span style="font-family: BentonSans-Regular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_21470">“There’s a string of bad decisions made over the last 20 or 30 years that have led us to a crisis level.” </span><span style="font-family: BentonSans-Regular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_21544">He pointed to policies around forestry and off-highway vehicle use, which have decimated watersheds. </span><span style="font-family: BentonSans-Regular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_21629">Where once the water would soak in during heavy rain, it now runs off heavily compacted earth as though hitting a sheet.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7613"><a href="http://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/alberta-to-focus-on-water-security" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_21080">http://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/alberta-to-focus-on-water-security</a> <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7613"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7613"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_22157">Number of abandoned oil and gas wells doubled in 2016. </b></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7613"><a href="http://calgaryherald.com/business/energy/inventory-of-abandoned-oil-and-gas-wells-doubles-in-2016" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_22020" class="">http://calgaryherald.com/business/energy/inventory-of-abandoned-oil-and-gas-wells-doubles-in-2016</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_22030"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_21157"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7258"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7645"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9706" size="5"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_11552">International </b></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7258"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7258"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_23018">New EPA Report Will Lead to Virtual US Ban on Atrazine Herbicide</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7258" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_23081"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_23139">The amount of the herbicide atrazine that’s released into the environment in the United States is likely harming most species of plants and animals, including mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, according to a risk assessment released Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).</font></span><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7258" dir="ltr">For article visit here; <a href="http://sustainablepulse.com/2016/06/03/new-epa-risk-assessment-will-lead-to-virtual-us-ban-on-atrazine-herbicide/#.WG6-OVMrJhG" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_23202">http://sustainablepulse.com/2016/06/03/new-epa-risk-assessment-will-lead-to-virtual-us-ban-on-atrazine-herbicide/#.WG6-OVMrJhG</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7258" dir="ltr">To view report visit here: <a href="https://www.epa.gov/ingredients-used-pesticide-products/draft-ecological-risk-assessments-triazines" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_23354" class="">https://www.epa.gov/ingredients-used-pesticide-products/draft-ecological-risk-assessments-triazines</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7258"><font size="3"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_14847"></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7258"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_14397"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_14726">US policy flip flopped quickly! </b></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7258" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_16926">This is an alarming wake up call on just how fast US policy can move. </font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7258" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_21622"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_15095">On Jan. 2nd the US Republican dominated House of Representatives voted to remove the independence of the US Ethics commissioner in a closed meeting without any prior notice.</span></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7258" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_21661"><span> </span><a href="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/01/02/House-Republicans-vote-to-weaken-Congressional-ethics-watchdog/7171483405670/?spt=su&or=btn_tw" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_14607" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/01/02/House-Republicans-vote-to-weaken-Congressional-ethics-watchdog/7171483405670/?spt=su&or=btn_tw</a></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7258"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_13694">On Jan. 3rd in an emergency meeting they swiftly removed this policy. </font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7258" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_13612"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/02/politics/office-of-congressional-ethics-oversight-of-ethics-committee-amendment/index.html" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_13611">http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/02/politics/office-of-congressional-ethics-oversight-of-ethics-committee-amendment/index.html</a><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7258" dir="ltr"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7258" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9879"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9878">Underestimated dangere of Global Gulf Stream breakdown </b></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7258" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9881"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9880">Data shows declining freshwater melt and weaker currents are altering the distribution of salt in the oceans causing adverse impacts. </span></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_7258" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(41, 47, 51); letter-spacing: 0.26px; white-space: pre-wrap;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9292"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9661">News article: <a href="http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2017/01/the-underestimated-danger-of-a-breakdown-of-the-gulf-stream-system/" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9325" class="">http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2017/01/the-underestimated-danger-of-a-breakdown-of-the-gulf-stream-system/</a></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9406"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_16925"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9200" style="color: rgb(41, 47, 51); letter-spacing: 0.26px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Abstract </span><a href="http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/1/e1601666" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9191" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(242, 244, 237);">by Wei Liu and colleagues</a><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9192" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(242, 244, 237);"> at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego and the University of Wisconsin-Madison <a href="http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/1/e1601666" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9248">http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/1/e1601666</a></span><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9406"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9406"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_13291"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_17061">Here comes the sun! </font></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9406"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_17062">Solar power is now cheaper than wind power, and half the price of coal. </font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9406" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_16924"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-15/world-energy-hits-a-turning-point-solar-that-s-cheaper-than-wind" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_13158">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-15/world-energy-hits-a-turning-point-solar-that-s-cheaper-than-wind</a><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_13224"><font size="3"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_13293"></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9406" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_14998"><span style="color: rgb(40, 30, 30);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_12896"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_15030">Renewable energy could drive the oil price as low as $10 a barrel.</b></span></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9406" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_15056"><span style="color: rgb(40, 30, 30);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_15055"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_15054">Lots of oil bankrupcy seen as renewable energy grows swiftly </span></span><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9406" dir="ltr"><font color="#281e1e" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_12952" size="3"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_12953"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/oil-gas-firms-industry-bust-renewable-energy-revolution-biofuel-solar-panel-wind-power-opec-saudi-a7507016.html" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_12956">http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/oil-gas-firms-industry-bust-renewable-energy-revolution-biofuel-solar-panel-wind-power-opec-saudi-a7507016.html</a></span></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9406"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9406" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_17063"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_12899">Shell's Debt is now 78 Billion Dollars.</b> </font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9406" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_16923"><a href="http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Oil-Major-Shell-Plans-To-Shrink-As-Oil-Rebounds.html" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_12707">http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Oil-Major-Shell-Plans-To-Shrink-As-Oil-Rebounds.html</a></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9406" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9406" dir="ltr"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_20504">Wind Power Record</b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9406" dir="ltr">In Sweden, a windstorm named "Urd" generated 3 days of wind power equivalent of 6 nuclear plants generating half a million kHw. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9406" dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/sweden-wind-power-record-energy-storm-urd-weather-renewable-farm-a7498511.html" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_17371">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/sweden-wind-power-record-energy-storm-urd-weather-renewable-farm-a7498511.html</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_17449"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9406"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_9406"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_12573" size="3"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_12702">Quick Sign Petitions</b> </font></div><h1 style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.2;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_12244"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_16927"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_12370">Ensure Ottawa, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick Act to find out what cause massive fish kill in Nova Scotia </font><a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/851/797/604/" class="edited-link-editor" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_12213" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/851/797/604/</a></font></h1><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_12322"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483644054507_12322">Have a good one everybody! 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