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    Ban on throw-away plastics backed by EU

    Oct. 24, 2018- CBC News-

    Straws, some bags, cotton-buds to be forced out by 2021

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    Clean tech solutions need to scale up in the battle against climate change, experts say

    Oct. 24, 2018- CBC News-

    Energy storage, electric cars, sharing-economy apps and telecommuting could all help

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    UN climate fund gets ‘back on rails’ ahead of December talks

    Oct. 22, 2018- CBC News-

    Green Climate Fund approves $1 billion in new projects, including water and transit programs

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    Trans Mountain pipeline review must look at impact on global health emergency of climate change

    Oct. 21, 2018- CBC Opinions-

    Federal pipeline needs independent assessment, global health leaders say

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    ‘Hotter hot spells and colder cold spells’: climate change already making mark on Manitoba

    Oct. 14, 2018- CBC News-

    If you think Manitoba will be sheltered from the dire consequences of global warming, think again.

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    Global warming could make beer scarcer and costlier, study finds

    Oct. 15, 2018- CBC News-

    Findings come week after dire UN report describes consequences of dangerous levels of climate change

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    How a warming Arctic speeds up climate change — and spreads its damage

    Oct. 11, 2018- CBC News-

    It’s no mystery why the Arctic is warming 2 to 3 times faster than anywhere else on the planet

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    Nestlé, Tim Hortons named Canada’s top plastic polluters

    Oct. 10, 2018- CBC News-

    Recyclability doesn’t seem to help keep trash out of waterways, Greenpeace audit finds

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    Losses from climate disasters surge over last 20 years, UN says

    Oct. 10, 2018- CBC News-

    Tally is based on confirmed documentation, meaning actual losses could be much higher

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    Ottawa slams Manitoba’s ‘flip flop’ on carbon tax after Pallister pulls out of climate plan

    Oct. 4, 2018- CBC News-

    Liberal government committed to its plan to tackle the ‘real threat of climate change’

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    New study finds incredibly high carbon pollution costs – especially for the US and India

    Oct. 1, 2018- The Guardian-

    As a wealthy, warm country, the US would benefit from implementing a carbon tax to slow global warming

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    New trade deal same old, same old: environmentalists

    Oct. 1, 2018- The Canadian Press-

    U.S., Canada and Mexico continue to coddle a fossil fuel economy that needs to change in the face of climate change

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    IPCC: Climate scientists consider ‘life changing’ report

    Oct. 1, 2018- BBC News-

    It is likely to be the most critical and controversial report on climate change in recent years.

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