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    Hydrogen gas-fuelled airships could spur development in remote communities

    Jan 20, 2021 – The Conversation

    Canada’s ban on this use of hydrogen for airships is strange given that Canada has never had an airship industry. The origins of the false information that led to this ban on the use of hydrogen are even more surprising.

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    Where is winter? The impact of warm weather in Winnipeg

    Jan 14, 2021 – Global News –

    Climate Change Connection’s Curt Hull was interviewed by Global News this week. The very warm Winnipeg winter we are having is not what we have been used to in the past. However, we are likely to see more warmer winters in the future. That isn’t a good thing. There are many down sides – a couple are pointed to in this article: the impact on Northern winter road network and increase in pests.

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    2020 ties with 2016 for warmest year ever recorded, EU climate service says

    Jan 8, 2021 – Fortune –

    Last year was the hottest on record, tied with scorcher 2016. That means that 20 of the 21 hottest years in the instrument record all occurred since 2001. And despite lockdowns, the overall atmospheric carbon concentration still ticked upwards.

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    Control of Senate allows Democrats to act on Biden’s climate change agenda

    Jan 7, 2021 -CNBC

    The Democrat’s won both senate seats in Tuesday’s bi-election in Georgia. This should allow President-elect Joe Biden to implement his election pledge, which included a $2 trillion economic plan to accelerate a clean-energy transition, cut carbon emissions from the electricity sector by 2035, and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

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