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    NDP replaces nine-tenths of Efficiency Manitoba’s Tory-appointed board

    Mar. 24, 2024 – Province of Manitoba – The Manitoba government has appointed a new board of directors for Efficiency Manitoba and issued a new mandate letter to the Crown Corporation. New board members include: Curtis Hull, Climate Change Connection, Cindy Choy, Chair of Sustainable Building Manitoba, John (Jack) Winram, Manitoba Environmental Industries Association, Kimberley (Kim) Laycock – dean of University College of the North, Steven Sobering, the City of Dauphin, Chantel Henderson, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, Dudley Thompson, Dudley Thompson Consultancy, Duane Nicol, the City of Selkirk,  and Stewart Hill, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO).

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    Canada’s warmest winter on record

    March 19, 2024 – National Observer – The warmest winter on record could have far-reaching effects on everything from wildfire season to erosion, climatologists say, while offering a preview of what the season could resemble in the not-so-distant future unless steps are taken to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

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    UN weather agency issues ’red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023

    March 19, 2024 – Associated Press – GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency is sounding a “red alert” about global warming, citing record-smashing increases last year in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures and melting of glaciers and sea ice, and is warning that the world’s efforts to reverse the trend have been inadequate.

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