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A protest sign outside Bakersfield, California in 2015 highlighted the urgency of the drought situation that year. Climate researchers say Arctic warming likely contributed to the severity.
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Warmer Arctic linked to weaker vegetation growth in North America

The effects of climate change in the extreme north 
can be felt far away, researchers say

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Warmer temperatures in the Arctic are having an unexpected effect elsewhere in North America climate, scientists say. Researchers from Korea’s Pohang University and the South University of Science and Technology of China say their analysis suggests the northernmost regions of the continent may be warming and becoming more productive. But that’s being offset by effects
Opinion, Weather

You’re getting warmer…

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In a White House Rose Garden ceremony June 1, President Donald J. Trump announced he would pull the U.S. from the Paris treaty on global climate change. As he colourfully noted, “I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.” True, but he was elected to represent Paris, IL; Paris, KY; Paris, ID;
Juliane Schaible (centre) with the Manitoba government’s Department of Sustainable Development told the Manitoba Sustainable Energy Association’s (ManSEA) annual meeting April 5 a $10 carbon tax would cost a Manitoba household, on average, an extra 26 cents a day. Schaible discussed carbon pricing during a panel discussion with Curtis Hull (l) of Climate Change Connections, Dale Friesen of Manitoba Hydro, Terry Shaw of the Manitoba Trucking Association and Daryl Domitruk of Manitoba Agriculture.
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Carbon tax impact discussed at sustainable energy association AGM

A tax of $10 a tonne would cost the average Manitoban an extra 26 cents a day, but farmers are still in the dark about their potential bill

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Manitoba farmers are debating a carbon tax, but it isn’t easy since the provincial government hasn’t released any details. Taxing carbon is meant to discourage emissions. But as “price-takers,” farmers fear taxing it will reduce their competitiveness and profits. The Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) wants farmers exempted from paying a tax on carbon emitted directly
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KAP’s carbon tax position pre-April 20

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At its advisory council April 20, KAP delegates passed several resolutions to KAP’s carbon tax policy, including a call to review all options, including a GST-style approach so farmers could get carbon taxes in products they buy rebated. The following is KAP’s carbon tax policy as of March 30, which was reaffirmed at the April
Blain Hjertaas (l) presents on carbon sequestration and regenerative agriculture March 21 in Brandon.
Livestock

Carbon taxes should be like income taxes — with credits

Diverse management systems are the key to putting more carbon back into the soil, 
and possibly more money into farmers’ wallets

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Blain Hjertaas says that if you tax use, you should reward storage. “I believe that if we, as a society, are going to value carbon and tax carbon as a bad behaviour… then we need to reward those who solve the problem and take the carbon from up here and put it back into the
Altona farmer Danny Penner (r) Somerset farmer Gerry Demare and 
Emerson MLA Cliff Graydon.
Local news

Carbon tax effects could undermine rural support for PCs

Somerset farmer Gerry Demare proposes farmers pay the tax on inputs 
if they get the money back like they do with the GST

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Manitoba’s coming carbon tax must not hurt farmers or the governing Progressive Conservatives (PC) could face a new right-wing party next election. Local farmer and PC supporter Danny Penner delivered that blunt message to Emerson MLA Cliff Graydon here at a carbon tax meeting March 30. “I am disappointed in Brian Pallister and his government,”
Global warming will mean a longer growing season and more forage production — as long as there’s enough water.
Livestock, Weather

‘Change’ is the watchword in a warming world, says researcher

Longer summers and milder winters sound nice, but even the pluses come with some negatives

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How will the Canadian cattle industry fare if global temperatures continue to rise? Count a reduced feed demand, a longer grazing season, and higher forage production among the benefits — but also expect more extreme weather, pests, and transport headaches, according to University of Manitoba research scientist Kim Ominski. “We know the future of our
Weather

Global warming and manufactured doubt

Debate in peer-reviewed science about human-induced warming has been over for ages

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Several years ago, Weather Underground’s co-founder Jeff Masters wrote a blog about the manufactured doubt industry, how and when it was created, and how it now plays into the current global warming or climate change controversy. At the time I emailed Jeff Masters asking permission to use some of the information from his blog in
Melting glaciers are a clear sign of climate change and global warming
Weather

Jumping off the global warming fence

If we take action now, the worst that happens is we clean up our planet

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Over the years, some weather articles I’ve written have provoked or inspired various amounts of comments. What surprised me was the number of emails I received about the top weather events from around the world in 2016. What was surprising, in particular, was that several of the emails accused me of leaning too heavily toward

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