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Tag Archives: Sustainability
How climate change is leading to ‘a redistribution of life on Earth’
Scientists have documented more than 12,000 species worldwide that are moving to more hospitable regions, including everything from fish to bees to caribou to grasses to berries to trees. These 12,000 or more species are experiencing ‘range shift’ CBC Radio … Continue reading
Alberta asking Feds for more funds to deal with orphaned well cleanup
Old, unproductive oil and gas wells could cost up to $70B to clean up, says new report ‘The mess continues to grow,’ says landowner stuck with abandoned well Kyle Bakx – CBC News — Hustle in the oil patch: Inside … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, international, justice, News and politics, Oil and Gas, Sustainability
Tagged AER, Alberta, bankruptcies, BITUMEN, cleanup, corruption, Energy, environmental, fossil fuels, funds, gas, misuse, oil, Oil Sands, orphaned, reclamation, regulator, Sustainability, tar sands, tax payers, wells
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Manitoba students last in Canada in science and math, second last in reading | CBC News
Results show Manitoba doing worse in all three categories than in previous years Kristin Annable · CBC News · Posted: Dec 03, 2019 The PISA 2018 assessment tests the capabilities of 15-year-olds in reading, math and science literacy through a … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Education, Financial, manitoba, News and politics, Sustainability, winnipeg
Tagged bloated bureaucracy, Education, fiscal mismanagement, government, manitoba, NDP, PC, performance, reigning in, report, review, school taxes, study, Sustainability, winnipeg
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Winnipeg Police Closing Regional Stations
Nov 29 2019 – Concerned Citizens The WPS budget is now over $300,000,000 or 27% of entire City budget with ovet 85% of that going to salaries, pension and other benefits. So due to their incompetence, fiscal mismanagement and worse … Continue reading
Posted in manitoba, News and politics, winnipeg
Tagged budget, closed, serious crime, stations, Sustainability, winnipeg police service
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Rapid Climate change discussion needs to get back to unbiased science and facts
The global news article below is better than most but is still somewhat biased and makes several assumptions. Sadly both sides of the rapid climate change and many other current and important discussions use exaggeration, propaganda and rely on false … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, international, Nature, News and politics, Oil and Gas, Science & Technology, Sustainability
Tagged activists, averages, balanced, ban, biased, BITUMEN, Canada, center, clean energy, Conservative, critics, economy, energy independence, Environment, extreme, extremism, global warming, international, least biased, left, Liberal, misleading, Oil and Gas, pipelines, propaganda, rapid climate change, right, science, Sustainability, tankers, tar sands, transport, unbissed
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MB cosmetic pesticide ban leads to dandelion infestation plus info on more natural alternatives
Delineations in a Winnipeg park. Randall Paull/Global News https://globalnews.ca/news/5367221/manitoba-cosmetic-pesticide-ban-leads-to-dandelion-infestation/ Comments Dandelions bring nutrients up from the deeper soil. The rabbits eat them on my front lawn and a fake owl plus our cats let out peridically keep the rabbits out … Continue reading
Posted in Health and wellness, Nature, News and politics, Sustainability
Tagged ban, chemical, cosmetic, health, manitoba, Nature, pesticide, Sustainability
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Electric vs Petrol Vehicle
Image: TOMWANG112 VIA GETTY IMAGES — Jan 5 2018 – Kevin Yaworski Warning the content here or linked to has not been fact checked yet. A commenter said the following on a recent post from the Fraser Institute with link … Continue reading
Posted in News and politics, Science & Technology, Sustainability
Tagged electric, Environment, fossil fuel, gas, gasoline, hybrid, petrol, Sustainability, vehicles, vs
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Bitcoin’s fall could just be getting started
— ERIC REGULY – Globe and Mail -NOVEMBER 30, 2018 EUROPEAN BUREAU CHIEF — https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-bitcoins-fall-could-just-be-getting-started Archive below Related Bitcoin tanks First blockchain platform for oil trading goes live – Subscriber content Cryptocurrencies to survive sell-off, says El-Erian – Subscriber content … Continue reading
Posted in News and politics
Tagged bitcoin, China, coal, crypto, currency, electricity, Energy, mining, Sustainability
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