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Manitoba Wildlands - The Yinka Dene Alliance (YDA) Freedom Train to stop Enbridge's Northern Gateway Pipeline is in Winnipeg May 3rd to May 6th on its way to Enbridge's AGM on May 9th.

Manitoba Wildlands - Treaty Two First Nations have written Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger to caution against the use of their territory for Manitoba Hydro's proposed Bipole III project, reminding the Premier of his constitutionally mandated duty to consult with First Nations.

Manitoba Wildlands - Shell Canada has cancelled plans for a cellulose ethanol plant in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba. Plans at an Ottawa based Iogen Energy Corporation cellulose ethanol demonstration plant, with Shell Canada as partner, have also been scaled back.

Renewable Energy World - Lux Research predicts that annual global demand for grid-scale energy storage will reach an astounding 185.4 gigawatt-hours (GWh) by 2017 and represent a $113.5 billion incremental revenue opportunity for an industry that currently generates sales of $50 to $60 billion a year.

Renewable Energy World - A feed-in tariff may never become a federal mandate, but it's enjoying a wider support among some local — particularly municipal — utilities these days.

Inside Climate News - The French energy company Total estimates that its North Sea Elgin field gas well is leaking about 200,000 cubic meters of natural gas per day, enough, according to the U.S. Energy Information Agency, to supply more than 100 average homes with natural gas for an entire year. Total estimates that it may take six months to stop the leak.

Inside Climate News - Maryland's steel mills, ship builders and metal parts makers may help the U.S. challenge Europe and China in the global offshore wind manufacturing market—if and when the state gives the greenlight to offshore wind projects.

The Salmon Atlas - The Icelandic Government has accepted NASF's objections to a new hydro-lectric generating scheme on Iceland's biggest river and suspended the plans to build three dams to power generation plants. NASF had urged the Government to adopt a precautionary approach to proposals by Landsvirkjun, Iceland‘s biggest power company, to harness power from the river Thjorsá.

Manitoba Wildlands - World-wide people will be turning off the lights and non-essential electrical appliances on March 31, 2011 from 8:30pm-9:30 pm (local time) in celebration of Earth Hour.

Manitoba Wildlands - The Obama administration approved further offshore oil development in the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans March 28, 2012.