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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNoSpacing>And there’s more! (see below)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Susan K <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A Will for the Woods</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thursday April 19, 2018</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>7 pm</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Princess Twin Cinema</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=46+King+St+N,+Waterloo+ON&entry=gmail&source=g" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>46 King St N, Waterloo ON</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For information: <a href="mailto:info@goodgreendeathproject.ca" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>info@goodgreendeathproject.ca</span></a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tickets are $10 on <span style='color:#1F497D'>Eventbrite link <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-will-for-the-woods-tickets-42952090860" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-will-for-the-woods-tickets-42952090860</span></a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>What if our last act could be a gift to the planet? Determined that his final resting place will benefit the earth, musician, psychiatrist, and folk dancer Clark Wang prepares for his own green burial while battling lymphoma. The spirited Clark and his partner Jane, boldly facing his mortality, embrace the planning of a spiritually meaningful funeral and join with a compassionate local cemetarian to use green burial to save a North Carolina woods from being clear-cut. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>With poignancy and unexpected humor, </span><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>A Will for the Woods</span></em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'> portrays the last days of a multifaceted advocate – and one community's role in the genesis of a revolutionary movement. As the film follows Clark's dream of leaving a legacy in harmony with timeless cycles, environmentalism takes on a profound intimacy. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'>After the film join</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> panellists and<span style='color:#002060'> Good Green Death Project Instigators, Susan Koswan and Ellen Newman to learn more about their project, what green funeral and burial options are currently available in the region, and get answers to all those questions you've been *dying* to ask. ;-)</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank you to our sponsor, Hilton Landmarks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dandelion Festival+20<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Saturday May 26, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Noon – 4 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Waterloo Park (west side around picnic shelter)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Public Facebook Event page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/187607405342688/">https://www.facebook.com/events/187607405342688/</a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Celebrating 20 years since the first Dandelion Festival and 10 years since Ontario passed the Cosmetic pesticide ban legislation! Free dandelion-based food samples, crafts, music, earth-friendly-exhibitors, Book-mo-bike, Reading Tent and lots more! This anniversary year, we’re focussing on native pollinators and habitat. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> All [mailto:all-bounces@gren.ca] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Lanteigne<br><b>Sent:</b> 9 April 2018 14:13<br><b>To:</b> GREN ><br><b>Subject:</b> [All] Gren News April 9/ 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Hi folks!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Lots happening! Here you go!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>LOCAL</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Sustainable Waterloo 9th annual Evening of Recognition: Thursday April 12th</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#14171A;background:#F5F8FA'>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 style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.sustainablewaterlooregion.ca/events/?platform=hootsuite" target="_blank">http://www.sustainablewaterlooregion.ca/events/?platform=hootsuite</a><span style='color:#14171A;background:#F5F8FA'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#14171A'><br><br></span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#14171A'>Hold the Line festival 2018</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#14171A'>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><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.holdthelinewr.org/" target="_blank">https://www.holdthelinewr.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#14171A;background:#F5F8FA'>Environmental Racism & the Politics of Waste </span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#14171A;background:#F5F8FA'>Online or Live Lecture Tues Apr 24 @ 7PM E at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#14171A;background:#F5F8FA'>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><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://wgsi.org/generation-sdg/environmental-racism-politics-waste-ingrid-waldron-public-lecture" target="_blank"><span style='color:#196AD4'>http://wgsi.org/generation-sdg/environmental-racism-politics-waste-ingrid-waldron-public-lecture</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>PROVINCIAL NEWS</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Pipelines are officially deemed a "THREAT" in Ontario</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#14171A'>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 style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.ebr.gov.on.ca/ERS-WEB-External/displaynoticecontent.do?noticeId=MTMzOTUw&statusId=MjA1MzM4&language=en" target="_blank">https://www.ebr.gov.on.ca/ERS-WEB-External/displaynoticecontent.do?noticeId=MTMzOTUw&statusId=MjA1MzM4&language=en</a><span style='color:#14171A'><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Chalk River 10 year licence renewal meets Indigenous Opposition</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#222222'>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 style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#222222'>“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 style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><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/" 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><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>FEDERAL NEWS</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>May 31: Kinder Morgan Deadline</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>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:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/kinder-morgan-to-halt-its-spending-on-trans-mountain-pipeline-due-to-b-c-opposition" target="_blank">http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/kinder-morgan-to-halt-its-spending-on-trans-mountain-pipeline-due-to-b-c-opposition</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Meanwhile stocks in Kinder Morgan stock plunges.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="http://business.financialpost.com/commodities/energy/kinder-morgan-considering-investing-elsewhere-if-trans-mountain-pipeline-untenable" target="_blank">http://business.financialpost.com/commodities/energy/kinder-morgan-considering-investing-elsewhere-if-trans-mountain-pipeline-untenable</a>: <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#14171A;letter-spacing:.2pt'>Methane 15 times higher than reported.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#14171A;letter-spacing:.2pt;background:#F5F8FA'>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><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#14171A;letter-spacing:.2pt'><br></span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.jwnenergy.com/article/2018/3/industry-vastly-underreporting-methane-emissions-study/" target="_blank">http://www.jwnenergy.com/article/2018/3/industry-vastly-underreporting-methane-emissions-study/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>US NEWS</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Line 3 inspires weaker water protections</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#14171A;background:#F5F8FA'>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 style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/business/national-business/article208179519.html" target="_blank">http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/business/national-business/article208179519.html</a><span style='color:#14171A;background:#F5F8FA'><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Catholic Line 3 Protest</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#14171A;letter-spacing:.2pt'>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 pipeline storage yard near Barnum, MN, calling on Enbridge to discontinue work on the project. </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#14171A;letter-spacing:.2pt'><br><br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>INTERNATIONAL NEWS</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>"Catastrophic" warning from Mark Carney</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#121212'>Mark Carney, former Canadian Finance Minister and current governor of the Bank of England has warned of the “catastrophic impact” climate change could have for the financial system unless firms do more to disclose their vulnerabilities.</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/apr/06/mark-carney-warns-climate-change-threat-financial-system?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco" 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><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>RAN report shows banks more than doubled Tar Sands Investments.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>In 2017 banks invested $115 BILLION into Tar Sands investments. Visit here to see which banks were involved. Excellent website. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.ran.org/bankingonclimatechange2018" target="_blank">https://www.ran.org/bankingonclimatechange2018</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Melting Ice Sheets changing PH levels in Antarctic Waters</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#14171A;background:#F5F8FA'>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><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02042018/antarctica-ice-sheet-shelf-glaciers-grounding-line-receding-worst-case-sea-level-rise-risk" target="_blank">https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02042018/antarctica-ice-sheet-shelf-glaciers-grounding-line-receding-worst-case-sea-level-rise-risk</a></span><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#14171A;background:#F5F8FA'><br><br></span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Colorado Glaciers at 66% of their normal levels. </span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>With emerging drought risks there are more calls for reservoirs. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2018/04/05/colorado-mountain-snowpack-drought/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=americanrivers" target="_blank">https://www.denverpost.com/2018/04/05/colorado-mountain-snowpack-drought/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=americanrivers</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Anchor mishap results in massive oil spill in Indonesia</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#14171A;background:#F5F8FA'>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 style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/oil-pipeline-spill-indonesia-2556434833.html" target="_blank">https://www.ecowatch.com/oil-pipeline-spill-indonesia-2556434833.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Columbian kids win climate change case in court</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>25 kids, aged 7 to 26, sued the government of Colombia for failing to protect the environment. The 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><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/kids-won-climate-change-case-in-colombia/" target="_blank">https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/kids-won-climate-change-case-in-colombia/</a><span style='color:#14171A;letter-spacing:.2pt'><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Have a good one folks!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Lulu :0)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#14171A;letter-spacing:.2pt'><br><br></span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#14171A;letter-spacing:.2pt'><br><br></span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>