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Weather and Climate Change |
Severe/Extreme Weather
These sites have it all!
Whatever the season, Environment Canada - Prairie and Northern Region provides
the information you need:
Summer
Severe Weather / Temps
violents d'été
Tornadoes, Thunderstorms, Lightning, Hail, Heat
Winter Severe
Weather / Phénomènes
météorologiques violents d'hiver
Blizzards, Wind Chill
Weather
/ La météo
Facts (weather watches, warnings, and advisories), fun (Great
Canadian Weather Quiz), and Canadian weather history (Ice Storm of 1998) -- it's all here on
the Weather page of the Meteorological Service of Canada/Service météorologique
du Canada.
Climate Change
There are many
web-sites which focus on the issue of climate change, including global warming,
impact on the environment, etc. The sites below, especially the Climate Change site, provide valid and useful
information on the topic.
Biodiesel
This site details the many uses of this alternative energy
source. Although hosted from the United States, the information is useful for
projects on alternative fuel sources.
Climate
Change (Government of Canada)
A Canadian perspective on the issues – what is climate
change? How will it affect us? – and the actions – what are we doing about
climate change? An excellent starting point for research on the subject.
ClimateChangeSolutions - This collection of interactive tools, resources and success stories on actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions draws on the real-world experience of Canadian industry, governments and individuals to highlight solutions available to address climate change.
Canada’s
National Climate Change Process
This is an inter-governmental (i.e. civic, provincial,
national) site providing information on how various levels of government are
responding to the challenge of climate change.
CanWEA
(Canadian Wind Energy Association)
Everything you might
wish to know about wind energy is on this page.
The “Quick Facts” and “Production in Canada” provides interesting
statistics about the use and growth of wind power in Canada.
Energy
Facts: Wind Power
One of a series of
fact sheets originally published by the Energy Educators of Ontario.
Good information on wind power and its applications in Canada and the
rest of the world.
Environment
Canada: The Green Lane
At
Environment Canada’s home page, check out the “Quick Links” to information
on topics including acid rain, air quality, depletion of the ozone layer, and
pollution prevention (including recycling and waste management).
Manitoba
Eco-Network
An
umbrella organization providing Manitoba environmental and social reform groups
with resources, networks, and support for a variety of environmental projects.
Office
of Energy Efficiency Canada
Canada’s OEE provides all sorts of
tips and information on saving energy and using renewable energy sources in the
home and workplace.
The Pembina
Institute
An independent, non-profit environmental policy research
and education organization, founded in Drayton Valley, Alberta, the Pembina
Institute's site offers information on sustainable energy, climate change,
environmental governance, ecological fiscal reform, sustainability indicators,
and the environmental impacts of the energy industry.
RE-energy
This site highlights
a variety of clean energy technologies: solar heat, solar electricity,
wind energy,water power, and biomass energy.
Solar Energy Society of Canada
A good source of information about the various types of solar energy, and general information about the concept of renewable energy sources.
Think
Climate Change
Find
out why the earth is getting warmer, how climate is changing across Canada, how
humans are changing the climate, and what we can do to stop the changes.
“Are you doing your bit?” provides 10 tips on reducing greenhouse gas
emissions.
United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
This site has the complete text of the Kyoto Protocol plus
statistics and background information on climate change.