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Senate Speech Re: Climate Emergency

Dec . 20 . 2021 ECL-INFO 0 Comment advocacy, alternative energy, BC Hydro, Churchill River Diversion, climate action, greenwashing, Hydro-Québec, Keeyask, Lake Winnipeg Regulation, Manitoba Hydro, Site C

Speech Motion 7, December 14, 2021. Official Report. Women and girls are a powerful force for climate action. Polls consistently indicate that women are more aware than men of environmental degradation and its harms, want the government to take urgent action on this issue and they vote based on issues relating to climate. Action to arrest, mitigate and prevent climate change and environmental degradation is a fundamental part of upholding the right of women and girls to equality. Climate policies won’t last if they do not reflect feminism or intersectionality. Success depends on us ide

Drought Effects on MB Hydro Operations

Nov . 19 . 2021 ECL-INFO 0 Comment climate action, greenwashing, Manitoba Hydro

By Mathew Scammell Drought conditions across the Prairies have been causing far-reaching implications in recent years (1). Water levels flowing into Southern Manitoba are at a 40-year low (2), and have been impacting agriculture, drinking water sources, and recreation. These impacts are also being felt by Northern Manitoba as well, with dry conditions also increasing the frequency of forest fires and reducing the ability of Manitoba (MB) Hydro to produce electricity. In recent reports, MB Hydro is now forecasting a large multimillion dollar deficit due to the lack of water available for its

Statement on human rights: affected by dams and infrastructure

Nov . 13 . 2021 ECL-INFO 0 Comment advocacy, alternative energy, greenwashing, protests, report

By United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner Water is crucial to life. Rivers serve as the Earth’s arteries, conveying water, nutrients and sediments from the sources of rivers to oceans. The grave unsustainability of freshwater ecosystems not only degrades biodiversity, but also severely affects the lives and human rights of the most impoverished. Large dams break the sustainability of aquatic ecosystems and the sources of food and basic resources of riparian communities, forcing massive displacement. In November 2000, the World Commission on Dams presented the findi

Scientists, First Nations Say Hydropower is Not Clean Energy

Oct . 18 . 2021 ECL-INFO 0 Comment greenwashing, Hydro-Québec

by Emily Hayes on Sep 9, 2021 for RTO Insider "A critic of hydropower says politicians often make “vacuous statements about a particular energy source being clean, but that is not the case.” The Nation Anishnabe of Lac Simon in Quebec, seen here, says that hydropower dams and associated infrastructure have robbed the Anishnabe people of resources and their way of life. The New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC), a proposed $1.2 billion joint transmission project between Hydro-Québec and Avangrid has been advertised by its developers as a way to bring clean and responsible energ

DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF

Oct . 18 . 2021 ECL-INFO 0 Comment efficient energy, Manitoba Hydro

USE THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF PERSONAL ENERGY TO SAVE THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY. By Michael Tyas In my previous article, “Don’t sweat the savings: How a warmer home can make saving a breeze, and let you live like royalty,” I explained how setting your air conditioner to ~26°C, when combined with moving air from a fan in the rooms you occupy, is the most comfortable, and cheapest, way to enjoy the summer. It utilizes your innate homeostasis (sweat) mechanisms to reach perfect equilibrium; you literally cannot feel better in your own skin any other way. Now, I want to ta

A day of recognition: National Day of Truth and Reconciliation

Oct . 15 . 2021 ECL-INFO 0 Comment advocacy

By Tanjina Tahsin The Indian Residential School educational system played a remarkable role in undermining Indigenous knowledge, language, and cultures and forceful assimilating Indigenous children to the colonization system. All these restricted the accessibility of Indigenous knowledge, language, and cultures to future generations. Ever since the closed down of the Residential Schools (in the late 1990s), the survivors of these schools have been sharing their personal stories of sexual, physical and emotional abuse by the teachers and administrators (1). The legacy of the annihilation is

Kis Kin Ha Ma Ki Win Camps 2021

Oct . 14 . 2021 ECL-INFO 0 Comment traditional ecological knowledge

By Tanjina Tahsin The primary goal of the camps is to provide Indigenous youth the opportunity to learn about the science: in water, plants, fish, wildlife, and human relationships with their environment through land-based teaching. Kis Kin Ha Ma Ki Win camps also provide the community a unique opportunity to build and strengthen the relationship between the youth and elders through sharing knowledge, stories, and cultural activities. First camp of the season- Brokenhead Ojibway Nation Kis Kin Ha Ma Ki Win organized its first camp of the season in Brokenhead Ojibway Nation (

Court rules Feds did not consult with Peguis on Manitoba-Minnesota transmission project

Oct . 01 . 2021 ECL-INFO 0 Comment Manitoba Hydro

By Josh Aldrich Via Winnipeg Free Press published Sep 29, 2021 The Federal Court has ruled the federal government did not conduct sufficient consultation with Peguis First Nation prior to the construction of the Manitoba-Minnesota Transmission Project. The project was geared to make the export of power to the U.S. easier. The $490 million project has been completed and has been in operation since June 2020. “There is no indication in the (Crown Consultation and Accommodation Report) that Canada actually met with Peguis to discuss their outstanding concerns,” said Justice Glenny

Greenwashing Hydropower: Fish Management Strategies in Canadian Hydropower

Aug . 05 . 2021 ECL-INFO 0 Comment BC Hydro, fish management, greenwashing, Hydro-Québec, Keeyask, Manitoba Hydro, Site C

Don’t sweat the savings: How a warmer home can make saving a breeze, and let you live like royalty.

Aug . 05 . 2021 ECL-INFO 0 Comment efficient energy

By Michael Tyas I am going to say two crazy things, one more insane and maddening than the other, but they are both true: 1. Sweating is the cheapest way to stay cool in the summer. 2. Sweating can make you feel like a king or queen. If you are still reading, thank you. I will attempt to redeem myself by explaining how you can be the absolute most comfortable you have ever been while reducing your dependence on air conditioning, save tons of money and reconnect with your body. Have you ever noticed that the same temperature we might consider gorgeous outdoors is horrible indoors? For

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