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10 Reasons Canada Needs to Rethink the Tar Sands
Canada’s right-wing Prime Minister is in New York trying to convince lawmakers that the tar sands are okay, and that the Keystone XL pipeline should go ahead.At the same time, Canada’s environment minister is in London trying to convince politicians...
Are Fossil Fuel Companies Pouring Money Down the Drain?
Despite an international agreement to reduce emissions from carbon-intensive sources, oil and coal companies continue to pour hundreds of billions of dollars a year into finding new fossil fuel deposits containing enough carbon to more than double...
Election in British Columbia Has Global Energy Implications
With the third largest proven reserves of oil in the world, and limited means of shipping that oil to foreign markets, there has been a major push to expand pipeline capacity to Canada's coasts and on one of those coasts, running the length of...
New Pipeline Spill in Texas
While clean up continues on the Exxon oil spill in Arkansas, another oil pipeline has been reported - this time in Houston, Texas.The Shell Oil owned pipeline burst was detected Friday by the US National Response Center and has dumped an...
Aussie Climate Change Commission: 'Energetic Climate' will Wreak Havoc Down Under
Record heatwaves, droughts, bushfires, rainfall, coastal erosion can all be expected in Australia in the near-term, reports the country's Climate Commission. According to this esteemed group of climate scientists, the increased extreme weather...
Keystone XL: John Kerry and His Canadian Counterpart
Newly appointed U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with his Canadian counterpart, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. In any such bilateral meeting, it is paramount that each participant trust the words of their counterpart. After all,...
