by Reg Manzer https://padlet.com/regmanzer/mqwhbrvayu8a en-us 2019-03-11 15:27:10 UTC 2019-05-28 18:48:39 UTC hello@padlet.com Local: Ecology Action Centre is working on Climate change solutions regmanzer https://padlet.com/regmanzer/mqwhbrvayu8a/wish/340090771 2019-03-11 17:47:51 UTC https://padlet.com/regmanzer/mqwhbrvayu8a/wish/340090771 Federal: Feds introduced Carbon Tax legislation regmanzer https://padlet.com/regmanzer/mqwhbrvayu8a/wish/340091722 2019-03-11 17:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/regmanzer/mqwhbrvayu8a/wish/340091722 Local: Halifax Council declares climate emergency on Jan 29, 2019 regmanzer https://padlet.com/regmanzer/mqwhbrvayu8a/wish/340094170
https://www.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/city-hall/regional-council/181030rc1462.pdf

Community Energy and Climate Action Plan: Long Term Mitigation and Adaptation Pathway Modelling


]]> 2019-03-11 17:53:23 UTC https://padlet.com/regmanzer/mqwhbrvayu8a/wish/340094170 Local: Halifax looking to ban plastic bags regmanzer https://padlet.com/regmanzer/mqwhbrvayu8a/wish/340098234 2019-03-11 18:01:01 UTC https://padlet.com/regmanzer/mqwhbrvayu8a/wish/340098234 Provincial: Climate action in rural areas https://padlet.com/regmanzer/mqwhbrvayu8a/wish/340195242 43% of Nova Scotians live in communities of fewer than 1000 people. As one of the most rural provinces in Canada, we should consider the unique circumstances of rural communities and the challenges they have implementing effective climate policies.]]> 2019-03-11 23:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/regmanzer/mqwhbrvayu8a/wish/340195242 Federal: Climate Change and Human Health https://padlet.com/regmanzer/mqwhbrvayu8a/wish/340555320  “Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century, and tackling it could be our greatest health opportunity,” according to the medical journal The Lancet. Urgent calls to action have been made by the WHO to focus on the impacts of climate change on health and well--being. For example changes in water-borne and food-borne diseases and other infectious disease patterns due to changes in precipitation and temperature, direct and indirect health effects due to extreme weather events, heart and respiratory disease due to poor air quality etc.]]> 2019-03-12 17:53:36 UTC https://padlet.com/regmanzer/mqwhbrvayu8a/wish/340555320 Provincial: Nova Scotia's Climate Change Action Plan (2009) https://padlet.com/regmanzer/mqwhbrvayu8a/wish/340563403 2019-03-12 18:07:28 UTC https://padlet.com/regmanzer/mqwhbrvayu8a/wish/340563403 Local: Halifax Bike Week - May 31- June 9th https://padlet.com/regmanzer/mqwhbrvayu8a/wish/340597094 2019-03-12 19:13:21 UTC https://padlet.com/regmanzer/mqwhbrvayu8a/wish/340597094 On NS and Energy Consumption https://padlet.com/regmanzer/mqwhbrvayu8a/wish/352149312 I just stumbled across the National Energy Board profile for NS. Nova Scotia has the lowest per capita energy among any province or territory. 44% of our consumption goes to transportation -- probably due to us being a) rural and b) being so far from the Canadian large urban centres.

Check it out: https://www.neb-one.gc.ca/nrg/ntgrtd/mrkt/nrgsstmprfls/ns-eng.html?=undefined&wbdisable=true]]> 2019-04-16 22:40:35 UTC https://padlet.com/regmanzer/mqwhbrvayu8a/wish/352149312