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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

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

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’

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…+

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…+

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…+

‘A win-win situation for singles’: Co-housing idea taking off in Winnipeg

Sept 25, 2018- CBC News- Information session about the concept to be held Tuesday night, five families already interested

A deep dive into the plastic woes facing Canada’s coasts and the world

Sept 24, 2018- CBC News- As 8 million tonnes of plastic end up in the world’s oceans each year, 2…+

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