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Public works committee pushes transit master plan forward

Apr 21, 2021 – Winnipeg Free Press –

Council’s public works committee voted Tuesday unanimously in favour of the overall Winnipeg Transit Master Plan, which aims to redraw most bus routes, add some zero-emission vehicles, and expand rapid transit.
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Federal budget sets big, green goals

Apr 20, 2021 – Winnipeg Free Press –

This new budget is an indication of the federal government’s intention to support climate policy. However, “the Manitoba government has been slow to capitalize on federal climate funding in the past”.
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Winnipeg’s standing takes hit in annual climate report

Feb 25, 2021 – Winnipeg Free Press –

Winnipeg ranks middle or lower in most of the categories in the new National Climate League report. “The standings give us like a clear indication of our city’s priorities — that climate and sustainability isn’t one of our city’s priorities”
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New spin on old polar vortex behaviour

Feb 10, 2021 – Winnipeg Free Press –

The polar vortex is not new but it is changing due to the way the planet is heating up. Because the arctic is warming faster than the equator, the jetstream is meandering more. This brings arctic air further south in some places while pushing warmer air further north in others.
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Pair of projects could see Winnipeg slowly move closer to emission reduction targets

Feb 8, 2021 – CBC News –

“What I’m seeing in the Transit proposal is a proposal for another study, which is following a study that was done from 2014 to 2018 where they tested electric vehicles in what was a successful study. And now they’re talking about a new study.”
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Hydrogen gas-fuelled airships could spur development in remote communities

Jan 20, 2021 – The Conversation

Canada’s ban on this use of hydrogen for airships is strange given that Canada has never had an airship industry. The origins of the false information that led to this ban on the use of hydrogen are even more surprising.
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Where is winter? The impact of warm weather in Winnipeg

Jan 14, 2021 – Global News –

Climate Change Connection’s Curt Hull was interviewed by Global News this week. The very warm Winnipeg winter we are having is not what we have been used to in the past. However, we are likely to see more warmer winters in the future. That isn’t a good thing. There are many down sides – a couple are pointed to in this article: the impact on Northern winter road network and increase in pests.
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2020 ties with 2016 for warmest year ever recorded, EU climate service says

Jan 8, 2021 – Fortune –

Last year was the hottest on record, tied with scorcher 2016. That means that 20 of the 21 hottest years in the instrument record all occurred since 2001. And despite lockdowns, the overall atmospheric carbon concentration still ticked upwards.

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Control of Senate allows Democrats to act on Biden’s climate change agenda

Jan 7, 2021 -CNBC

The Democrat’s won both senate seats in Tuesday’s bi-election in Georgia. This should allow President-elect Joe Biden to implement his election pledge, which included a $2 trillion economic plan to accelerate a clean-energy transition, cut carbon emissions from the electricity sector by 2035, and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
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