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After Kalamazoo mass shootings, community groups combine efforts to help
2016-02-24 12:24:58| Agriculture - Topix.net
When the vigils have ended, the flags returned to the tops of their staffs, the community will still need help recovering from the trauma of the mass shootings of Feb. 20. In an effort to address both immediate and long-term community needs related to community violence, a collaborative group of local nonprofits has established a regional fund at www.HelpNowFund.org. The fund was launched with a sizeable donation from the Kellogg Company to the Battle Creek Community Foundation.
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Ottawa wants provinces to form 'working groups' on climate change
2016-02-19 21:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: The federal government is hoping to emerge from next month's first minister's conference in Vancouver with an agreement from the provinces and territories to spend the next six months consulting on key areas of climate change the, CBC has learned. But after 10 years of dealing with climate change on their own, some provinces are bristling at the federal government's attempt to insert itself at the centre of the environmental conversation happening March 3 in Vancouver. Sources say the federal...
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Conservation groups storm out of consultations over land-clearing law
2016-02-19 00:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Conservation groups have stormed out of consultations with the NSW government over an overhaul of land-clearing laws they say have been a sham and will fast-track bushland destruction in the state. The move could reignite one the biggest environmental battles in New South Wales in recent years. The Baird government is in the final stages of scrapping the Native Vegetation Act, which prevents the broadscale clearing of native vegetation by demanding that farmers improve or maintain the environmental...
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Quebec environmental groups file court motion challenging Energy East
2016-02-18 20:16:14| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A coalition of environmental groups is taking legal action in the hopes of subjecting the Energy East pipeline project to Quebec's environmental regulations. The coalition claims TransCanada has ignored repeated government requests to file a project notice with the province's Environment Department, which would trigger a full environmental impact assessment.
Quebec environmental groups file court motion challenging Energy East
2016-02-18 20:15:50| Energy - Topix.net
A coalition of environmental groups is taking legal action in the hopes of subjecting the Energy East pipeline project to Quebec's environmental regulations. The coalition claims TransCanada has ignored repeated government requests to file a project notice with the province's Environment Department, which would trigger a full environmental impact assessment.
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