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When climate becomes class war
Jul. 23, 2025 – Canadian Dimension – As climate collapse accelerates, its unequal impacts reveal the class divisions at its core.
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UN’s top court says failing to protect planet from climate change could violate international law
Jul. 21, 2025 – The Associated Press – THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court in a landmark advisory opinion Wednesday said countries could be in violation of international law if they fail to take measures to protect the planet from climate change, and nations harmed by its effects could be entitled to reparations.
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World on brink of climate breakthrough as fossil fuels ‘run out of road’, UN chief says
July 22, 2025 – The Guardian – António Guterres says ‘sun is rising on a clean energy age’ as 90% of renewable power projects cheaper than fossil fuels.
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Manitoba again declares provincewide state of emergency due to wildfires
Jul. 10, 2025 – CBC News – Garden Hill, Snow Lake most recent communities under mandatory evacuation.
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U of M research finds wildfire ash contributing to phosphate levels in Lake Winnipeg
Jul. 9, 2025 – CTV News – Early findings indicate particulates from the ash contribute to phosphate levels, which increase algal blooms.
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FACT FOCUS: No, weather modification did not cause the deadly flash floods in Texas
Jul. 8, 2025 – Associated Press – It is not possible that cloud seeding generated the floods, according to experts, as the process can only produce limited precipitation using clouds that already exist. Forecasts predicted rain for that weekend prior to July 2 in an area that was already prone to flooding.
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One in four Canadians report being affected by extreme weather in last year: poll
June 19, 2025 – The Canadian Press – Almost one in four Canadians were directly affected by extreme weather events over the past year, a new poll suggests.
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Scientists warn that greenhouse gas accumulation is accelerating and more extreme weather will come
Jun 18, 2025 – The Associated Press- Humans are on track to release so much greenhouse gas in less than three years that a key threshold for limiting global warming will be nearly unavoidable, according to a study to be released Thursday.
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City points to increase in landfill waste, water treatment for higher 2024 greenhouse-gas emissions
Winnipeg’s municipal government created more greenhouse gases last year, despite a key target to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. In 2024, City of Winnipeg operations created 319,811 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions, up 3.9 per cent — or 12,034 tonnes — from the previous year.
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