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When some people drive EVs, entire communities can benefit
In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we look at the benefits for entire communities when some people drive EVs; find out about a winter drought in Western Canada; and learn why a northern community wants an oil company to remove artificial islands in the Mackenzie River.
#environment #EV #community #WesternCanada #MackenzieRiver
https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/what-on-earth-evs-benefits-9.7086135?cmp=rss

CBC Indigenous Feb 5

'We want them gone': Imperial Oil's artificial islands at Norman Wells should be part of clean up, chief says
A community downstream from Norman Wells, N.W.T., says it wants to see Imperial Oil destroy several artificial islands the company built decades ago for oil wells on the M...
#environment #cleanup #oil #NormanWells #NWT #MackenzieRiver
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/we-want-them-gone-artificial-islands-a-concern-for-norman-wells-clean-up-says-fort-good-hope-chief-9.7074487?cmp=rss

CBC North Feb 5

'We want them gone': Imperial Oil's artificial islands at Norman Wells should be part of clean up, chief says
A community downstream from Norman Wells, N.W.T., says it wants to see Imperial Oil destroy several artificial islands the company built decades ago for oil wells on the M...
#environment #cleanup #oil #NormanWells #NWT #MackenzieRiver
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/we-want-them-gone-artificial-islands-a-concern-for-norman-wells-clean-up-says-fort-good-hope-chief-9.7074487?cmp=rss

CBC North Jun 13, 2025

N.W.T gov't says barge season this year could still be a possibility, despite low water levels
The latest Department of Environment and Climate Change report say water levels on the Mackenzie River and Great Slave Lake are still "well below average."
#weather #politics #transportation #NWT #MackenzieRiver #GreatSlaveLake
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/n-w-t-gov-t-says-barge-season-this-year-could-still-be-a-possibility-despite-low-water-levels-1.7559477?cmp=rss

LM Little Nov 19, 2024

On the shores of the mighty #MackenzieRiver within the most significant river basin in #Canada, the community of Fort Providence is importing #water!!!! https://cabinradio.ca/210759/news/dehcho/fort-providence/fort-providence-importing-water-as-mackenzie-is-too-low/

#WaterisLife #SubArctic #Drought #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #NWT

Fort Providence importing water as Mackenzie is too low

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LM Little Sep 9, 2024

#WaterisLife #MackenzieRiver https://cabinradio.ca/199841/news/south-slave/fort-smith/what-will-filling-the-site-c-reservoir-do-to-nwt-water-levels/

What will filling the Site C reservoir do to NWT water levels?

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AlsoPaisleyCat 🇨🇦Jul 9, 2024

Canadian Press wire report - Mackenzie River at lowest levels

‘ "This has never been seen before," said Dieter Cazon, looking out at the water from his office as land and resources manager for the Liidlii Kue First Nation at Fort Simpson, N.W.T.

"We've asked elders, 'Does anybody have stories about water being this incredibly low?' Nobody has these stories."’

https://www.timescolonist.com/national-news/nobody-has-these-stories-canadas-longest-river-at-record-low-levels-9188547

#ClimateChange #MackenzieRiver #Arctic #IndigenousKnowledge #ClimateEmergency

'Nobody has these stories': Canada's longest river at record low levels

Canada's longest river is at historically low levels, stranding communities that rely on it for essential goods and alarming First Nations along its banks who have never known the mighty Mackenzie to be so shallow.

Times Colonist

LM Little Jul 9, 2024

"Declining #water is causing social, economic and environmental concerns... It’s starting to change a way of life that has existed for centuries."https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/nobody-has-these-stories-canadas-longest-river-at-record-low-levels/

#WaterisLife #MackenzieRiver #BorealForest sub#Arctic #NWT #ecosystems #IndigenousPeoples

Climate change blamed for lowest-ever Mackenzie River

Flow rates at most locations along the river are either well below average or at their lowest recorded value for this time of year.

APTN News

Global News National Jul 8, 2024

Canada’s longest river seeing historically low levels
From Great Slave Lake to the Beaufort Sea, the Mackenzie River is 1,738 kilometres long.
#globalnews #Canada #Environment #ClimateChange #MackenzieRiver
https://globalnews.ca/news/10610374/mackenzie-river-canada-low-levels-history/

Canada’s longest river seeing historically low levels

From Great Slave Lake to the Beaufort Sea, the Mackenzie River is 1,738 kilometres long.

Global News

Denise Gutzmer Jul 8, 2024

Canada’s longest river seeing historically low levels

"Canada’s longest river is at historically low levels, stranding communities that rely on it for essential goods and alarming First Nations along its banks who have never known the mighty Mackenzie to be so shallow."

#Canada #MackenzieRiver #drought

https://globalnews.ca/news/10610374/mackenzie-river-canada-low-levels-history/

Canada’s longest river seeing historically low levels

From Great Slave Lake to the Beaufort Sea, the Mackenzie River is 1,738 kilometres long.

Global News