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Sun Jun 3 -
Sat Jun 9
Across Canada
Walk, run, cycle, skate, paddle, bus, carpool, or telecommute during Commuter Challenge week.
Register even if you already use alternative methods to get to work. There are prizes for individuals and for workplaces.
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Mon May 14 -
Thu May 24
Various locations
Learn how to make rich compost quickly and for free while avoiding unpleasant odors and pests.
Green Action Centre is once again offering free vermicomposting and backyard composting workshops at various libraries and other locations in the city.
Everybody is welcome to attend.
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Coffee crisis looms as climate impacts intensify
May 14, 2012 - Greenbusiness News
LONDON -
Your morning cup of coffee is likely to become significantly more expensive at the same time as quality levels "return to the 1950s". That is the stark warning contained in a new report from fairtrade coffee supplier Cafédirect, which predicts that up to three-quarters of the world's coffee is at growing risk from climate change impacts that are already disrupting supplies and pushing up prices.
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Scientists from 15 countries to bring climate demands to G8
May 11, 2012 - Cambridge News
CAMBRIDGE -
Scientists from 15 countries have issued a series of demands to world leaders on how to tackle Earth’s most pressing problems ahead of a meeting at the G8 summit this week in the US. But one Cambridge scientist, who says progress on tackling climate change is “stagnant”, believes their efforts are unlikely to have much impact.
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Federal funding cuts threaten Arctic research: scientists
May 11, 2012 - Edmonton Journal
EDMONTON -
The federal government invested $85 million on northern and arctic research stations. The investment was supposed to help make Canada a global leader in responding to and adapting to climate change, resource development and geopolitical issues that are rapidly transforming the Arctic. But now many scientists are wondering whether they can afford to use these stations any more.
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Canada may seek to silence some foes of new pipeline
May 11, 2012 - Reuters
CALGARY - Some opponents of the proposed C$5.5 billion ($5.5 billion) Northern Gateway oil pipeline to Canada's Pacific Coast may not get a chance to be heard as scheduled by the regulatory panel looking at the plan because of federal government moves to streamline the country's environmental review process.
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