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.
    

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