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Speak up for Pollinators Dec. 11 '14, 9am to 12 noon

Many of Ontario's bees are suffering rapid declines due to habitat destruction and exposure to pesticides like neonicotinoids. The provincial government has announced a plan to reduce the use of neonicotinoids on corn and soybean by 80 percent by 2017. This target is a bold and necessary step to address the threats that these pesticides pose to human and ecosystem health.

Lima COP20

Follow the UN Climate Change negotiations, sessions, and press conferences this week and next:

http://unfccc6.meta-fusion.com/cop20/

TRANSITIONS at 350.org

The following is an open letter from Bill McKibben, dated December 2, 2014:

Dear friends,

IPCC releases its Synthesis Report November 2, 2014

Fossil fuels should be phased out by 2100 says IPCC  

The unrestricted use of fossil fuels should be phased out by 2100 if the world is to avoid dangerous climate change, a UN-backed expert panel says.

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29855884

NEWS RELEASE

Climate change solutions are in clean-energy revolution, world’s scientists say

 

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