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    Environmental non-profits face plunge in provincial funding

    Nov 25, 2019 – Winnipeg Free Press –

    At a time when climate change awareness is increasing, three Winnipeg-based non-profits that provide environmental education say their funding from the provincial government is plummeting.

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    Federal government provides $1.6 Billion bailout for oil industry with little transparency

    Nov 18, 2019 – CBC News –

    Canada’s $1.6-billion bailout for Alberta’s battered oil industry is well underway, but with little transparency about who is getting the money and for what. Almost $1 billion of the package of loans, guarantees and government grants announced last December is in the hands of companies. The package is rolling out as pressure mounts on Canada to fulfill its promise to end all subsidies to fossil-fuel producers, and as European banks flee the sector altogether.

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    Climate crisis: 11,000 scientists warn of ‘untold suffering’

    Nov 5, 2019 – The Guardian –

    More than 11,000 scientists have declared that the world’s people face “untold suffering due to the climate crisis” unless there are major transformations to global society. “To secure a sustainable future, we must change how we live. [This] entails major transformations in the ways our global society functions and interacts with natural ecosystems.”

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