IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE BETWEEN JOBS OR THE ENVIRONMENT
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Last Month We Passed the Climate 'Red Line'
Greenpeace Canada For the first time in recorded history, perhaps the first time in the course of human history temperatures in the northern hemisphere passed 2 degrees C above ‘normal.' More here.
The People of Clyde River, Nunavut Need Your Help. PLEASE SIGN!
Greenpeace Canada People in the coastal town of Clyde River, Nunavut — one of the most remote communities in the world — are protesting dangerous oil exploration in their waters. They are taking legal action to protect Canada’s Arctic and the mammals that thrive there from seismic blasting and have just been granted leave to appeal at the Supreme Court of Canada. p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 38px;"> A five-year oil exploration project has been approved without Inuit consent off Clyde River’s coast, which allows seismic blasting — a process of firing loud sonic explosions through the ocean to find oil — as a first step towards dangerous Arctic oil drilling. But it’s not just the oil drilling that’s dangerous — these explosions can disrupt migration paths of marine animals like narwhals, belugas, and bowheads, sometimes causing permanent hearing loss, and in the worst case, even death. Join this brave community in their fight to protect their home and their trad
The Hidden Driver of Climate Change That We Too Often Ignore
The Washington Post. PinP photo. Humans are making global warming worse, all right — but in more ways than you think. More here.
Canadian Livestock Producers Benefit From a Solar Watering System
Manitoba Co-Operator Installing a solar watering system has increased carrying capacity, weight gain and improved herd health. More here.
Greens Launch Manitoba Election Campaign With Plan to Reduce Poverty by Half
Green Party of Manitoba Winnipeg, March 16, 2016: Today, leader James Beddome launched the Green election campaign with the announcement of a costed, Guaranteed Annual Income (GAI) plan. More here.