<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div style=""><div id="ydpc6960012yiv8498819813" style=""><div id="ydpc6960012yiv8498819813ydp90484d63yiv1090735557" style=""><div id="ydpc6960012yiv8498819813ydp90484d63yiv1090735557ydp957b8107yiv2791548434" style=""><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Hi folks!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Here is the latest scoop.<br></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><font color="#cd232c">LOCAL NEWS</font></b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Greenbelt Deadline March 7th! </b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">If you haven't already commented on Greenbelt Expansion you can send a quick message here: <a href="mailto:protectingwater@ontario.ca" class="ydp23e0a8a3yiv0483231916" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">protectingwater@ontario.ca</a></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">There are also a couple of quick sign petitions for it here: </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ontairo Nature <a href="https://ontarionature.good.do/bluebelt/sign/" class="ydpc6960012yiv8498819813ydp90484d63yiv1090735557ydp957b8107yiv2791548434" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ontarionature.good.do/bluebelt/sign/</a></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Environmental Defence <a href="https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/17451/action/1" class="ydpc6960012yiv8498819813ydp90484d63yiv1090735557ydp957b8107yiv2791548434" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/17451/action/1</a></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>March 7th at the Registry Theatre: The <b style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;">Chemical Valley Project </b></b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The story of Aamjiwnaang and the pollution issues from Tar Sands refining is coming to the Registry Theatre this Wednesday Night. Tickets are being sold at the Centre in the Square and at the door. Online info of the event is below. If your going, I'll see you there! </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://www.registrytheatre.com/the-chemical-valley-project/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.registrytheatre.com/the-chemical-valley-project/</a></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><h1 id="ydpfe86bf2bseo_h1_tag" class="ydpfe86bf2b_5gmx" data-testid="event-permalink-event-name" style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); margin: 0px 12px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="3" style="">March 8th - Laurier + Planet In Focus Film Festival Tour</font></h1></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="3">The Laurier Sustainability Office is proud to be hosting a free on-campus public screening and panel discussion with filmakers and industry experts. The films includes <span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Death by Design, <span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">a powerful and provocative look at the hidden human and ecological costs of our favourite gadgets. The film <span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Kokota: the Islet of Hope features an island near collapse from both <span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">climate change and deforestation but innovative technology and community support are key to this sustainable island’s survival. <span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">This free event is open to the public and snacks will be provided.</span><br style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Registration is required - please present your ticket or ID at the door.</span></span></span></span></span></font></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="3">This event takes place <font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(75, 79, 86);"><span itemprop="startDate" style="font-family: inherit;">Thursday, March 8</span></span><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> at </span><span title="4 PM in your time" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(75, 79, 86);">7 PM</span><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> - </span><span title="6:30 PM in your time" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(75, 79, 86);">9:30 PM A</span></font><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">rts E Wing Building Room 1E1 at Wilfrid Laurier University. </span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="3"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">For more info visit here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/191290371473386/" class="">https://www.facebook.com/events/191290371473386/</a></span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="3"><b><br></b></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="3"><b>Record Breaking February Weather for Waterloo</b></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="3"><span style="color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The first half of the month was a bit colder than average, however the heat really kicked into gear in the second half resulting in an overall temperature that was a little over 2 degrees higher than average. </span><span style="color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Within that second half was the high of 15.6°C on the 20th that was the highest February temperature we have seen in the over 100 years of weather data in the region. Of course that might sound familiar as the previous highest February temperature was just last year when it got up to 15.1°C. </span></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="3"><span style="color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;">Monthly chart here; <a href="http://weather.uwaterloo.ca/download/historical/2018/201802.png">http://weather.uwaterloo.ca/download/historical/2018/201802.png</a></span><br></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="3">Weather Summery here: <a href="http://weather.uwaterloo.ca/download/historical/2018/201802t.pdf" style="">http://weather.uwaterloo.ca/download/historical/2018/201802t.pdf</a></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font color="#9d1811"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><font color="#9d1811">PROVINCIAL NEWS</font></b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Water is the New Fire says Insurance Bureau of Canada. </b><br></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Fantastic article in the Toronto Star shows the rise of costs associated with flooding in GTA. Speaks of the risks of paving over recharge areas. Like Waterlooians and GREN said for years: SAVE don't Pave! Here's the link: </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/03/05/water-is-the-new-fire-says-the-insurance-bureau-of-canada-as-researchers-point-to-development-as-major-cause-of-basement-flooding.html" class="ydpc6960012yiv8498819813ydp90484d63yiv1090735557ydp957b8107yiv2791548434" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/03/05/water-is-the-new-fire-says-the-insurance-bureau-of-canada-as-researchers-point-to-development-as-major-cause-of-basement-flooding.html</a></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family:Lora, georgia, serif;"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><font size="3">Update on Status of Lake Ontario Fish (based in US but shared waters)</font></b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size:medium;">A recent statewide angler survey estimated more than 2.6 million angler days were spent on Lake Ontario and major tributaries. The estimated value of these fisheries exceeded $112 million annually to local economies.Updates on the state of the fisheries will happen later this month. Details here: </span><br></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://buffalonews.com/2018/03/03/biologists-to-share-update-on-status-of-lake-ontarios-fisheries/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=puma&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1520114118" class="ydpc6960012yiv8498819813" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://buffalonews.com/2018/03/03/biologists-to-share-update-on-status-of-lake-ontarios-fisheries/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=puma&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1520114118</a><br></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;">Information about DEC’s Lake Ontario fisheries assessment programs can be found at </span><a href="http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/27068.html" style="color:rgb(50, 104, 145);font-size:16px;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font color="#326891"></font></a><font color="#326891"><a href="http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/27068.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/27068.html</a></font></div><div><br></div><div><b>Ontario's Final Action Plan found lacking</b></div><div style=""><span style="color: rgb(38, 50, 56); letter-spacing: 1px;"><font size="3" style="">Environmental Defense warn that current action plans to reduce Great Lakes algae issues doesn’t go far enough to address runoff pollution from agricultural sources – the main cause of the blooms. Details here: </font></span></div><div style=""><span style="color: rgb(38, 50, 56); letter-spacing: 1px;"><font size="3" style=""><a href="https://environmentaldefence.ca/2018/03/05/finalized-lake-erie-action-plan/">https://environmentaldefence.ca/2018/03/05/finalized-lake-erie-action-plan/</a><br></font></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/27068.html" style="color:rgb(50, 104, 145);font-size:16px;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><br></a></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><a href="http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/27068.html" style="color:rgb(50, 104, 145);font-size:16px;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2</a>018 Aquahack at Ryerson U (Or online)</b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">4 water issues will be revealed at the launch March 21st event. These cases are designed and submitted by NGOs, Municipalities, Farmers and Academia who will provide expert insight to understand the issues. Folks will brainstorm for functional marketable and demand driven solutions with real impact in solving the water issues. Prizes are awarded for the best concepts. Learn more here: <a href="https://aquahacking.com/en/editions/2018/challenge/?utm_campaign=Newsrooms365-AquaHacking-2018&utm_medium=AquaHacking&utm_source=Twitter&utm_content=Attendance-fwxGv" class="">https://aquahacking.com/en/editions/2018/challenge/?utm_campaign=Newsrooms365-AquaHacking-2018&utm_medium=AquaHacking&utm_source=Twitter&utm_content=Attendance-fwxGv</a></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Ontario Carbon Tax Success!</b></div><div style=""><span style="color: rgb(38, 50, 56); letter-spacing: 1px;"><font size="3" style="">The Clean Economy Alliance, a multi-sector coalition of over 100 Ontario businesses and organizations, celebrates the announcement of very strong results from the first cap-and-trade auction following Ontario’s linkage in the joint market with California and Quebec. The 100 per cent sellout of current allowances, along with the sale of future allowances, yielded over $476 million for climate action in Ontario, adding to the nearly $2 billion raised last year.</font></span><br></div><div style=""><span style="color: rgb(38, 50, 56); letter-spacing: 1px;"><font size="3" style=""><b><br></b></font></span></div><div style=""><span style="color: rgb(38, 50, 56); letter-spacing: 1px;"><font size="3" style=""><b>Ontario Green Fund</b></font></span></div><div style=""><font size="3"><span style="color: rgb(38, 50, 56); letter-spacing: 1px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Raleway, sans-serif;">Ontario Carbon Taxes are now funding programs and rebates to reduce energy costs and fight climate change. Visit here to see </span></span><a href="https://www.greenon.ca/" class="" style="letter-spacing: 1px;">https://www.greenon.ca/</a></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font color="#9d1811"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><font color="#9d1811">NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS</font></b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>BC Anti Slapp Law update from West Coast Environmental Law</b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="3" style="">45 leading groups and public interest advocates deliver letter welcoming BC's commitment to enact Anti-Slapp law. </font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="3" style=""><a href="https://www.wcel.org/media-release/leading-public-interest-advocates-welcome-bcs-commitment-anti-slapp-law" class="">https://www.wcel.org/media-release/leading-public-interest-advocates-welcome-bcs-commitment-anti-slapp-law</a></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Site C Fiscal Boondoggle</b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:jaf-facitweb-1, jaf-facitweb-2, sans-serif;"><font size="3">Between 2005 and 2017, BC Hydro increased its internal hydro generating capacity by 16% but got less power from each megawatt of installed capacity. </font></span>This report shows how BC Hydro over produced so much electricity they had to dump excess energy without selling it in order to prevent further fiscal loss. If we add Site C to this mess, it gets far worse. Check it out here: <a href="https://in-sights.ca/2018/03/04/what-hydro-government-and-corporate-media-hates-reporting/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://in-sights.ca/2018/03/04/what-hydro-government-and-corporate-media-hates-reporting/</a></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>EU banning Neonicotinoid Pesticides, Sign Canadian Petition</b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><font size="3">Neonicotinoid insecticides ("neonics") are on their way out of Europe. A new report from the European Union's scientific risk assessment authority concludes neonics pose a serious danger to honeybees and wild bees. EU member nations are expected to approve a proposal to ban neonics in a vote later this month. France already passed a law to phase out all neonics, starting in September 2018. Visit here to sign David Suzuki's Petition to ban this stuff in Canada too! </font></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><font size="3">Sign here: <a href="https://action2.davidsuzuki.org/neonics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://action2.davidsuzuki.org/neonics</a></font></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(245, 248, 250);"><b>Diesels Dependency on Reserves</b></span></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Roughly 86% of Canadian off-grid communities depend on diesel for electricity. </span><span id="ydpc6960012yiv8498819813ydp90484d63yiv1090735557ydp610bc550docs-internal-guid-2742ed0b-fcd3-d760-1e41-0924e5a57443">The federal government recently allocated</span><a href="http://www.pembina.org/media-release/federal-funding-should-help-reduce-fossil-fuel-dependency-rural-and-remote" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a>$220 million over 6 years<span> to help such communities transition to renewables, a marked increase from the $9 million doled out over the past decade. But calculations indicate that it’s not nearly enough to deal with the 450 megawatts of installed diesel in Canada.</span></font><br></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span><a href="https://www.desmog.ca/2018/03/06/canada-s-commitment-220-million-transition-remote-communities-diesel-mere-drop-bucket" class="ydpc6960012yiv8498819813ydp90484d63yiv1090735557" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.desmog.ca/2018/03/06/canada-s-commitment-220-million-transition-remote-communities-diesel-mere-drop-bucket</a></span><div><br></div></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b>Health Savings Outweigh the Risks of Limiting Global Warming</b></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">It would cost US$22.1 trillion to US$41.6 trillion between 2020 and 2050 for the world to hold average global warming under two degrees Celsius says a study in the Lancet Planetary Journal.</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></font>"Depending on the strategy used to mitigate climate change, estimates suggest that the health savings from reduced air pollution could be between 1.4-2.5 times greater than the costs of climate change mitigation, globally." </font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3">Source is CTV NEWS: <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/health-savings-outweigh-costs-of-limiting-global-warming-study-1.3827358#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=twitter&_gsc=kqsNntN" class="ydpc6960012yiv8498819813ydp90484d63yiv1090735557" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/health-savings-outweigh-costs-of-limiting-global-warming-study-1.3827358#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=twitter&_gsc=kqsNntN</a></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>March 22: UN World Water Day</b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The UN has an excellent website all focused on water issues featuring reports on the values of wetlands, the benefits of urban agriculture, science and communications of water issues etc. So much to see and say on all these topics. It's lovely! Here is the link: </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://worldwaterday.org/?utm_content=bufferb5563&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://worldwaterday.org/?utm_content=bufferb5563&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.c. om&utm_campaign=buffer</a></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style=""><b style=""><font size="3" style="">Gates of Hell explained by Science</font></b></div><div style=""><font size="3" style=""><span style="color: rgb(60, 60, 60);">Two millennia ago, a small Greco-Roman temple in present-day Turkey was the</span> site of mysteriously dying bulls and yet humans remained unharmed. A <span style="color: rgb(60, 60, 60);">volcano biologist named Hardy Pfanz led a team of scientists to discover that vapors emitted from the mouth of the cave—belched from a fissure running deep beneath the area—reached levels of 4 percent to 53 percent volcanic carbon dioxide, depending on the distance from the ground. The lower to the cave floor, the higher the amount of suffocating gas, which formed a lethal lake of carbon dioxide. Because the bulls noses were closer to the ground, they died and humans were unharmed. </span></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-22/scientists-discover-the-secret-to-ancient-roman-gate-to-hell" class="">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-22/scientists-discover-the-secret-to-ancient-roman-gate-to-hell</a></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color:rgb(20, 23, 26);letter-spacing:0.27px;white-space:pre-wrap;"><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style=""><font color="#9d1811">QUICK SIGN PETITIONS:</font><font color="#14171a"> </font></b></span></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color:rgb(20, 23, 26);letter-spacing:0.27px;white-space:pre-wrap;"><font size="3">Save Caribou: <a href="https://www.support.ecojustice.ca/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1943&ea.campaign.id=83939&ea.tracking.id=twitter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.support.ecojustice.ca/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1943&ea.campaign.id=83939&ea.tracking.id=twitter</a></font></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font color="#14171a" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing:0.27px;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></font><span style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(20, 23, 26);letter-spacing:0.27px;white-space:pre-wrap;"><font size="3"></font><div>Have a good one! </div><div><br></div><div>Lulu :0)</div></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>