We all deserve a healthy planet with clean, breathable air, drinkable water, and thriving, biodiverse ecosystems. ย Climate change poses a serious crisis to the well-being of our planet, and this crisis must be solved by ceasing to consume fossil fuels.
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Locally, climate change is already impacting, or is projected to impact:
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Lake Superior is one of the fastest warming lakes in the world. ย Climate change affects (or is expected to affect) the lake in various ways, including reducing ice cover and increasing susceptibility to invasive species and algal blooms.
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Sugar maples are projected to lose most of their habitat, endangering traditions of making maple syrup and sugar.
Oil pipelines in the local area (Line 5 and Line 3) threaten Ottawa and Chippewa wild rice fields, forests, waters and Indigenous Treaty agreements.
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The โFatherโs Day floodโ of June 17, 2018, cost Houghton around $30 million in infrastructure damages. ย Extreme weather events such as this storm are predicted to increase in frequency.
Fluctuating water levels across the Great Lakes wreak havoc on business, beaches, and homes. ย
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Many beloved winter sports and recreational activities, such as skiing, snowshoeing, sled-dog racing, and MTU-specific events such as the Winter Carnival snow sculpture competition and broomball, are threatened by a warming climate.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐น๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
