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Chevron Feels the Heat: Annual Shareholder Meeting Brings Huge Protests For Oil Giant's Abuses Around the World

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Alternet - May 31-'11 "We are the human face of Chevron's operations, armed with the memories of our dead relatives, our neighbors, our sick children," said one woman who traveled from Ecuador. Details here. Please also read: Chevron Wins Halt to $18 Billion Judgment in Ecuador Pollution Case 

Government of Manitoba Will Launch Action-Plan To Save Lake Winnipeg: Selinger

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News Release - Manitoba - May 31'11  The province will take the steps necessary to save Lake Winnipeg, Premier Greg Selinger announced today, following a five-year study of the lake. Details here.

Prospect of Limiting the Global Increase in Temperature to 2ĀŗC is Getting Bleaker

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May 2011 - International Energy Agency CO2 emissions reach a record high in 2010; 80% of projected 2020 emissions from the power sector are already locked in. Details here.

Outrage Grows Over New Brazilian Rain Forest Law

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Planetsave - May 30 '11 - A controversial piece of “forest reform” legislation was passed by the Brazilian senate this past Tuesday... Details here.   Soy field in the Brazilian Amazon

Factory Farms Produce 100 Times More Waste Than All People In the US Combined and It's Killing Our Drinking Water

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Alternet May 28'11  "Factory farms are dangerous to the environment; they are ticking time bombs of manure just waiting to be spilled into public waters." Details here. Sarah Kearny - Wpg Free Press.

Province, MB Hydro Sign Electric Vehicle Partnership With Nissan CA

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The Province of Manitoba is distributing this release on behalf of Manitoba Hydro, Nissan Canada and the Province of Manitoba. News Release - May 27'11 An electric (not necessarily a Nissan) car - IEA photo Zero-emission Vehicles Key To a Fossil Fuel-free Future:  Chomiak The Province of Manitoba and Manitoba Hydro are entering an agreement with Nissan Canada to work together on initiatives that will help advance the use of plug-in electric vehicles in the province, Innovation, Energy and Mines Minister Dave Chomiak announced today. "Manitoba has a roadmap for a fossil fuel-free future and this agreement is another strategic partnership that will help move us along that pathway," Chomiak said.  "Electric vehicles could present a significant opportunity to help reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in Manitoba and benefit our economy by allowing us to replace imported fossil fuel with our own clean, renewable hydroelectricity as an affordable energy source

Killer Tornadoes: How Devastating Extreme Weather Is Linked to Human-Caused Climate Change

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AlterNet - May 27-'11 - News audiences are seeing an increasing number of "severe weather" warnings on TV, but little connection has been made to the role humans have played in driving climate change. Details here.

Retiring AG Sheila Fraser says Climate Change, First Nations Must be Dealt With

By: Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press - May 25-11 OTTAWA - Auditor General Sheila Fraser delivered a farewell address Wednesday in typical blunt-spoken fashion. Details here.

Cars Swept Away by Colombian Floodwaters

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US Military Goes to War With Climate Sceptics

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Guardian.UK May 20'11 - Political action on climate change may be mired in Congress, but one arm of government at least is acting: the Pentagon. Details here.

Updated Building Codes in Manitoba Apply Only To New Hog Barns. Why?

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Barn Fire Kills 4000 Hogs (Free Press 23 May) - Letter to the Editor There are not many experiences as horrifying as trapped animals being burnt alive and the stench of death after the fire.          Kichiro Sato AP I consider this great loss and the multitude of previous hog barn fires can be attributed to the failure of our government(s) to protect the welfare of animals and those who take care of them.  Where was the stand of the Pork Council and the Association of Manitoba Municipalities.? Shouldn't they have been questioning the lack of appropriate safety codes and regulations.? Regulations and codes that would help  protect "the Industry" that they helped to spawn, nurture and expand over the past decade and more?.                                                                                   For years, Hog Watch organizations and rural people complained that those huge hog  factories being constructed as ordinary farm buildings, was wrong for t