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The case for a moratorium on Tar Sands development

Sep 4, 2014 – Yale 360 In a widely publicized commentary in Nature this summer, aquatic ecologist Wendy Palen and…+

Flood watch issued for southwest Assiniboine River amid heavy rain

Sep 3, 2014 – CBC News WINNIPEG – A rainfall flood watch has been issued for the southwest Assiniboine River,…+

Keystone ads mislead on Canada’s deep cuts to environmental monitoring

Sep 2, 2014 – Inside Climate News Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government has set aside $22.7 million for an advertising blitz this year…+

Students to vote on U-Pass in 2014 fall referendum

Sep 2, 2014 – Manitoban WINNIPEG – Members of UMSU and University of Winnipeg Students’ Association (UWSA) will vote this…+

Shorter blasts of rain to blame for flooding

Sep 2, 2014 – Winnipeg Free Press Winnipeg’s Aug. 21 rainstorm was about a 10-year event according to analysis produced…+

Widespread flooding as storm swamps city

Aug 22, 2014 – Winnipeg Free Press WINNIPEG – Torrential downpours Thursday night caused the cancellation several events, flooded buildings,…+

Why in ‘remote, cold corners’ of the world, melting ground is giving way

Aug 20, 2014 – PBS When holes opened up in the earth recently in Siberia, a wave of speculation was…+

At least 36 dead, 7 missing in landslides in Hiroshima in western Japan

Aug 20, 2014 – Associated Press TOKYO – Rain-sodden slopes collapsed in torrents of mud, rock and debris Wednesday on…+

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