Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister announced on Wednesday his government is topping up a previously announced multi-million dollar investment for emergency response and damage prevention projects to the tune of $33 million. Pallister said nearly half of the money – $16 million – will be used to create an alternative “flood-proof” …
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The Amazon rainforest is burning at an accelerated rate. Here’s how deforestation is contributing to climate change. The main consensus: the fires were caused by human activity. This isn’t the first time Brazil has suffered dramatic forest fires. 2015 and 2016 were particularly bad years with the warming of El …
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