<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div style=""><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3">Hi folks!</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;">Lots happening! Here you go!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><b>LOCAL</b></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><b>Sustainable Waterloo 9th annual Evening of Recognition: Thursday April 12th</b></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><span><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(245, 248, 250);">Waterloo Region’s organizations and communities are creating a low carbon future. Come celebrate their 2017 achievements at Thursday's Evening of Recognition! Register for free at </span></span><a href="http://www.sustainablewaterlooregion.ca/events/?platform=hootsuite" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.sustainablewaterlooregion.ca/events/?platform=hootsuite</a><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(245, 248, 250);"> </span></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font color="#14171a" size="3"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font color="#14171a" size="3"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Hold the Line festival 2018</b></span></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><font color="#14171a"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">September 7th and 8th are the dates announced for the Second Annual Hold the Line Festival. Biking, Music, Food and Camping, Workshops and more! Info here: </span></font><div><a href="https://www.holdthelinewr.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://www.holdthelinewr.org/</a></div><div><span><div><br></div><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26); font-family: "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(245, 248, 250);"><b>Environmental Racism & the Politics of Waste </b></span></font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26); font-family: "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(245, 248, 250);">Online or Live Lecture </span><span style="background-color: rgb(245, 248, 250); color: rgb(20, 23, 26); font-family: "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tues Apr 24 @ 7PM E at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo </span></font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(245, 248, 250);"><font color="#14171a" face="Segoe UI, Arial, sans-serif" size="3"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Ingred Waldron is a Dalhousie University Professor is coming to the Perimeter Institute and will speak on Environmental Racism in Nova Scotia. Details of the event and free tickets are available here: </span></font></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://wgsi.org/generation-sdg/environmental-racism-politics-waste-ingrid-waldron-public-lecture" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://wgsi.org/generation-sdg/environmental-racism-politics-waste-ingrid-waldron-public-lecture</a></div></div></span><br></div><div><br></div></font><div><br></div></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><b>PROVINCIAL NEWS</b></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><b>Pipelines are officially deemed a "THREAT" in Ontario</b></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><span><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26); white-space: pre-wrap;">The Environmental Registry has just announced that Liquid hydrocarbon pipelines are now a prescribed threat in source protection plans under Ontario's Clean Water Act. Details here: </span></span><br></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://www.ebr.gov.on.ca/ERS-WEB-External/displaynoticecontent.do?noticeId=MTMzOTUw&statusId=MjA1MzM4&language=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ebr.gov.on.ca/ERS-WEB-External/displaynoticecontent.do?noticeId=MTMzOTUw&statusId=MjA1MzM4&language=en</a><font size="3"><span><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26); white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></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;"><b>Chalk River 10 year licence renewal meets Indigenous Opposition</b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee says that the Anishinabek Nation is standing with the Iroquois Caucus opposing the unprecedented 10-year license to run Chalk River Laboratories.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">“The new license sets the stage for the building and testing of a new generation of small nuclear reactors at Chalk River,” says Grand Council Chief Madahbee. “They are going to create a giant dump on the surface that could leach radioactive waste into the Ottawa River. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has completely disregarded our concerns and recommendations. We assert inherent ownership of the water and jurisdiction within our regions and traditional territories. As I have said before, we will stand with our Iroquois allies to protect the drinking water. Water is the lifeblood of Mother Earth.”</span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://www.manitoulin.ca/2018/04/05/anishinabek-stand-with-iroquois-caucus-condemning-decision-for-a-radioactive-dump-at-chalk-river-licensed-for-ten-years/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.manitoulin.ca/2018/04/05/anishinabek-stand-with-iroquois-caucus-condemning-decision-for-a-radioactive-dump-at-chalk-river-licensed-for-ten-years/</a><span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br></span></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 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>FEDERAL NEWS</b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><b>May 31: Kinder Morgan Deadline</b></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3">Kinder Morgan states if shareholders don't support the pipe by May 31st, the project will be cancelled. Currently, all funding has stopped except for essential services. Details here:</font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><a href="http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/kinder-morgan-to-halt-its-spending-on-trans-mountain-pipeline-due-to-b-c-opposition" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/kinder-morgan-to-halt-its-spending-on-trans-mountain-pipeline-due-to-b-c-opposition</a><br></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 size="3"><b>Meanwhile stocks in Kinder Morgan stock plunges.</b></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><a href="http://business.financialpost.com/commodities/energy/kinder-morgan-considering-investing-elsewhere-if-trans-mountain-pipeline-untenable" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://business.financialpost.com/commodities/energy/kinder-morgan-considering-investing-elsewhere-if-trans-mountain-pipeline-untenable</a>: </font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style=""><font style=""><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font color="#14171a" size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Methane 15 times higher than reported.</b></span></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3"><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26); letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(245, 248, 250);">Oil & gas methane emissions are 15 times higher (or more) than what Big Oil claim (and that's when they are obligated to report, which is not the case in many countries) - as evidenced (again) in Canada </span><br></span></font><a href="http://www.jwnenergy.com/article/2018/3/industry-vastly-underreporting-methane-emissions-study/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.jwnenergy.com/article/2018/3/industry-vastly-underreporting-methane-emissions-study/</a></div><br></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><b>US NEWS</b></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 size="3"><b>Line 3 inspires weaker water protections</b></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><span><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(245, 248, 250);">Bills to nullify Minnesota’s water quality standard for wild rice, meant to keep nitrates out of drinking water are advancing through the Minnesota Legislature to help approve Enbridge Line 3.</span></span><br></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/business/national-business/article208179519.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/business/national-business/article208179519.html</a><span><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(245, 248, 250);"><br></span></span></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><b>Catholic Line 3 Protest</b></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><span><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26); letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the mean time, @350 announced on Twitter that 26 Catholic workers from across the US are currently taking peaceful action at a #Line 3 </span><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26); letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;">pipeline storage yard near Barnum, MN, calling on Enbridge to discontinue work on the project. </span></span></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><span><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26); letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br></b></span></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;"><b>INTERNATIONAL NEWS</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>"Catastrophic" warning from Mark Carney</b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: rgb(18, 18, 18); font-size: medium;">Mark Carney, former Canadian Finance Minister and current governor of the Bank of England</span><span style="color: rgb(18, 18, 18); font-size: medium;"> has warned of the “catastrophic impact” climate change could have for the financial system unless firms do more to disclose their vulnerabilities.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/apr/06/mark-carney-warns-climate-change-threat-financial-system?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/apr/06/mark-carney-warns-climate-change-threat-financial-system?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco</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;"><b>RAN report shows banks more than doubled Tar Sands Investments.</b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In 2017 banks invested $115 BILLION into Tar Sands investments. Visit here to see which banks were involved. Excellent website. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://www.ran.org/bankingonclimatechange2018" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ran.org/bankingonclimatechange2018</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;"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Melting Ice Sheets changing PH levels in Antarctic Waters</b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(245, 248, 250);"><font size="3"><font color="#14171a" face="Segoe UI, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Oceanographers have detected a trend of decreasing salinity in Antarctic waters fed by ice sheet melt. That affects the density of the deep, very cold waters that drive key ocean currents. (It also signals the importance of ice sheets and glacier systems to maintain healthy PH balance in the oceans!)</span></font></font></span><br></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02042018/antarctica-ice-sheet-shelf-glaciers-grounding-line-receding-worst-case-sea-level-rise-risk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02042018/antarctica-ice-sheet-shelf-glaciers-grounding-line-receding-worst-case-sea-level-rise-risk</a><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26); font-family: "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(245, 248, 250);"><font size="3"><br></font></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;"><b>Colorado Glaciers at 66% of their normal levels. </b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">With emerging drought risks there are more calls for reservoirs. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2018/04/05/colorado-mountain-snowpack-drought/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=americanrivers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.denverpost.com/2018/04/05/colorado-mountain-snowpack-drought/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=americanrivers</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;"><b>Anchor mishap results in massive oil spill in Indonesia</b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26); font-family: "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(245, 248, 250);">In Indonesia, a foreign coal vessel dropped anchor in the bay and dragged Pertamina's oil pipeline 120 meters from its initial location, causing it to crack resulting in massive spill that spanned 50 square miles and that killed 5 people. </span></span><a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/oil-pipeline-spill-indonesia-2556434833.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ecowatch.com/oil-pipeline-spill-indonesia-2556434833.html</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;"><br></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Columbian kids win climate change case in court</b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><font size="3">25 kids, aged 7 to 26, sued the government of Colombia for failing to protect the environment. T<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">he country’s Supreme Court ruled in favor of the children and now the government must come up with an action plan for stopping deforestation in the Amazon and escalate its fight against climate change. </span></font></span></span><br></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/kids-won-climate-change-case-in-colombia/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/kids-won-climate-change-case-in-colombia/</a><font size="3"><span><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26); letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></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;"><br></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Have a good one 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;">Lulu :0)</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><span><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26); letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span><br></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><span><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26); letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></span></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><span><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26); letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></span></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div></div></div></body></html>