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 Sat Jan 28
7 pm
University of Winnipeg
Bulman Centre (MPR)
Join us for a FREE screening of spOIL, Cetaceans of the Great Bear Rainforest and Oil in Eden. These films deal with
the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline, ocean supertankers, and the great bear rainforest in Canada's Pacific northwest.
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 Tue Feb 28
10 am - 3 pm
Bifrost CC
Arborg, MB
Interact with speakers and panellists addressing the topic of "Agriculture and water in a changing climate: Solutions for Manitoba's Interlake area". Patterns of flooding and drought could accelerate in the years ahead. What will be the challenges? What programs are in place to help farmers adapt? FREE registration. Phone: 204-943-0381 or e-mail Josh@mbeconetwork.org
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'Nothing ethical about oil'
Jan 26, 2012 - Winnipeg Free Press
OPINION -
Would the Free Press run a column from a spokesman for "Ethical Climate Change" or "Ethical Smog"? How about a piece arguing that if you want to get lung cancer or heart disease the ethical way, start smoking Canadian cigarettes, because our country is run by decent folk? That's essentially the sort of argument contained in Kathryn Marshall's Jan. 24 column, Obama breaks a promise, which represents the worst type of spin-doctored nonsense.
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Obama breaks a promise
Jan 24, 2012 - Motreal Gazette
OPINION -
When Barack Obama was running for president of the United States, he made a bold promise: "If I'm president, I'm immediately going to direct the full resources of the federal government and the full energy of the private sector to a single overarching goal," he said. "In 10 years' time, we are going to eliminate the need for oil from the entire Middle East and Venezuela."
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Feds list First Nations, green groups as oilsands 'adversaries'
Jan 26, 2012 - Postmedia News
OTTAWA — The federal government is distancing itself from its own lobbying and public relations campaign to polish the image of Alberta's oilsands, following revelations that an internal strategy document labelled First Nations and environmentalists as "adversaries," while describing the National Energy Board, an independent industry regulator, as an "ally."
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U.S. government issues new planting-zone map that reflects global warming
Jan 25, 2012 - Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Global warming is hitting not just home, but garden. The colour-coded map of planting zones often seen on the back of seed packets is being updated by the U.S. government, illustrating a hotter 21st century.
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Idle Free Zone signs
