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Climate Action News: The War Against the Fight to Save the Planet + The Budget Deficit that Really Matters
rbarnes Posted On February 18, 2014


The war against the fight to save the planet We are alarmed about the recent CBC report that the Canada Revenue Agency is targeting a number of environmental groups – all members of Climate Action Network Canada – for costly […]


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Southern US ice storm a harbinger of new normal as the climate changes
rbarnes Posted On February 13, 2014


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [Ottawa, February 13, 2014]: Joining with leading experts in climate change, Climate Action Network Canada is drawing attention to the implications of climate change for severe weather events such as the major winter storm currently battering the […]


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Flaherty cites terrorism when asked why CRA is auditing environmental charities
rbarnes Posted On February 13, 2014


By Matthew Millar, A flicker of hesitation crossed Finance Minister Jim Flaherty‘s face as he paused to formulate a response to a question that many have been asking since last year: why is the federal government focusing its financial audits […]


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State Department gets in bed with oil industry on Keystone pipeline
rbarnes Posted On February 13, 2014


By Tzeporah Berman, The U.S. State Department handed President Barack Obama a poisoned chalice when it delivered its review of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline linking the U.S. Gulf Coast to the Alberta tar sands. Then, the industry and the […]


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Hot Alaska, cold Georgia: how the shifted polar vortex turned winter upside-down
rbarnes Posted On February 12, 2014


By Ryan Koronowski It’s easy to forget about other places in the world, or even in your own country, when you’re out shoveling snow, or people who are homeless suffer the worst of urban cold snaps, or harbor seals on […]


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Olympians to world: Please get serious about climate action, thanks
rbarnes Posted On February 12, 2014


By Greg Hanscom What happens at the Winter Olympics without winter? Imagine Sage Kotsenburg trying to pull off the Holy Crail over a course made of concrete, or cross-country skiers running to a dusty finish line. Triple axels on rollerblades? […]


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Canada Revenue audit of green groups raises spectre of intimidation: Editorial
rbarnes Posted On February 11, 2014


The Toronto Star The optics are awful. Whatever the reason for the Canada Revenue Agency’s sudden interest in some of the country’s best-known environmental groups, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s energy-friendly Conservative government can’t escape the suspicion that it is harassing […]


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The Budget that Canada Should Really Be Worried About
rbarnes Posted On February 11, 2014


By Cameron Fenton National Director, Canadian Youth Climate Coalition On Feb. 11, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will deliver the 2014 federal budget. An early budget with little expected in the manner of new commitments or funding, this budget is being […]


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What’s at stake if environmental charities are silenced
rbarnes Posted On February 10, 2014


By Gillian McEachern, Environmental Defence Today, CBC’s Power and Politics released a list of environmental charities being audited by the Canada Revenue Agency. We were on it, along with several other prominent Canadian environmental groups. We keep good company it […]


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Audits of environmental charities linked to position on oilsands
rbarnes Posted On February 10, 2014


By Raveena Aulakh Don’t talk about Alberta’s oilsands and how their development may aggravate climate change. That’s the clear message from Ottawa to environmental charities being extensively audited by the Canada Revenue Agency to determine if they have crossed the […]


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