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We’ve had 12 months of record-breaking global heat. How close are we to passing the 1.5 C limit?
July 8, 2024 – CBC News – While the last 12-month period globally reached 1.64 C above pre-industrial levels, according to the latest data from the Copernicus climate research program, that isn’t quite the same as breaching the 1.5 C limit set in the 2015 Paris Agreement.
But it’s a major alarm that we’re close, and that global warming has continued to speed up in the past few years.
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Climate Action Network created in Pembina Valley
July 6, 2024 – Winniipeg Free Press – The Discovery Nature Sanctuary on the eastern edge of Winkler will be a hive of activity this summer as a roster of volunteers take turns tending to its new pollinator garden. The promotion of that garden and its need for volunteers is just one of several eco-friendly initiatives recently undertaken by the Pembina Climate Action Network in Southeast Manitoba.
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Manitoba shifts EV purchase rebate into drive
July 2, 2024 – Winnipeg Free Press – $25M, four-year program ‘crucial step’ in reaching greenhouse gas targets: climate minister. The NDP government’s rebate program for electric vehicles, disclosed in its April budget, came into effect July 1, with the hope it will give the sale of zero-emission vehicles a charge in Manitoba. A $4,000 purchase rebate can apply to any new electric vehicle (EV) or plug-in hybrid that costs $70,000 or less. There is a $2,500 rebate on pre-owned EVs. Manitoba EV purchasers can also access a $5,000 federal rebate on top of the new Manitoba one.
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Climate change is pushing up food prices — and worrying central banks
July 2, 2024 – Financial Times – Shifting weather patterns are reducing crop yields and squeezing supplies, creating what could become a permanent source of inflation.
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Parliament grilled Canada’s Big Five banks on their fossil fuel financing – here’s why it matters
July 3, 2024 – Corporate Knights – Last month there was a rare meeting, where the chief executives of Canada’s five largest banks testified before Parliament about their climate commitments. Their testimonies proved why new rules to shift finance away from polluting investments are urgently needed.
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Forget Planes, Your Kitchen Waste Is The Bigger Climate Culprit. Here’s One Way To Change It
July 1, 2024 – Forbes.com – New stats from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) reveal that food loss and waste generate up to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. To put that in perspective, it’s nearly five times what the entire aviation industry produces. And the real kicker? More than half of this food waste comes straight from our kitchens.
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Millions of litres spilled and not a single fine: 16 years in a little-known Canadian oilpatch
Jun. 27, 2024 – The Narwhal – Manitoba’s environment minister says the ‘decimation’ of her department under the previous government led to oversight gaps in the province’s oil industry. Experts say that spells big risks.
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Shell gives go-ahead to 2 carbon capture and storage projects in Alberta
Jun. 26, 2024 – CBC News – Shell Canada has announced it will forge ahead with a pair of carbon capture projects in Alberta, after recent setbacks for other proposed projects in the sector have cast doubt on the technology.
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Ontario company FuelPositive casts eye on Manitoba for ‘green ammonia’ production system toehold
Monday, Jun. 17, 2024 – Winnipeg Free Press – Over the past few years, Curtis Hiebert has watched the price of his farm’s fertilizer skyrocket. Now he’s trying to produce the plant food on his own land.Hiebert is piloting a system Ontario-based company FuelPositive hopes will revolutionize Manitoba farm operations.
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Feds release carbon pricing impact data as cost debate rages
June 14, 2024 – Canadian Press – Canada’s greenhouse-gas emissions will be 12 per cent lower in 2030 with carbon pricing in place than they would be if it was scrapped, new federal data published Thursday suggest.
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We Really Can Live Without Fossil Fuels! Curt Hull, Director, Climate Change Connection presentation at Speaking Up October 19th, 2023 at X’Cues in Winnipeg.