CLIMATE CHANGE CONNECTION NEWS

Climate Change Connection (CCC) is a hub for information about climate change in Manitoba, Canada.

We are a project of the Manitoba Eco-Network.

This website will help you to become informed about climate change and to get connected to others who are working on this issue in Manitoba.

 

AT COMMUNITY CONSULTATION

 

NEW FACEBOOK GROUP

 
 

Tue Feb 16

4 - 7 pm

Dakota Community Centre ~ 1188 Dakota St

Come out to give your opinion on design for Active Transportation (AT) routes on Dakota, Dunkirk, and Archibald.

 

Manitoba Campus for Action on Climate Change (MCACC)

Work on climate change with other university and college students from across Manitoba through Facebook.

Connect and learn about what is happening on the different campuses to fight climate change.

 
CLIMATE CHANGE CONNECTION NEWS
Updated: Mon, Feb 8    1:44 PM CST
 

Portland promotes urban cycling, but costs will be high

Feb 5, 2010 - Christian Science Monitor

PORTLAND, Ore - The 2030 Portland Bicycle Plan, envisioning a future when 25 percent of trips are made by bike, is expected to coast to approval when it goes before the City Council today. The eco-conscious city plans to build more than 680 miles of new bikeways in the coming two decades at a cost of $613 million.

 

Big climate-change survey to be released today

Feb 5, 2010 - Winnipeg Free Press

WINNIPEG - Scientists from all over the world are in Winnipeg to release the preliminary findings from the largest Arctic climate change study ever conducted in Canada.

 

Senators working on a compromise U.S. climate bill

Feb 4, 2010 - Reuters

WASHINGTON - Three U.S. senators are trying to broker a deal on a domestic energy and environment bill requiring reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, which are blamed for global warming.

Anatomy of IPCC’s mistake
on Himalayan glaciers and 2035

Feb 4, 2010 - Yale Climate Forum

ANALYSIS - The IPCC Fourth Assessment Report’s malformed paragraph on Himalayan glacier melt has prompted intense, and warranted, criticism of the IPCC review process. A careful look shows a complex set of conflations and misquotations begun by some science journalists more than a decade ago, transmitted and compounded by members of the IPCC Working Group II writing team, and hopelessly muddled by hasty, confused press coverage.