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Executive Summary – Dirty Oil Diplomacy: The Canadian Government’s Global Push to Sell the Tar Sands
Christian Holz Posted On March 8, 2012


This is the Executive Summary of the new report, Dirty Oil Diplomacy – The Canadian Government’s Global Push to Sell the Tar Sands, which outlines the changing domestic and international policies of the Canadian government as they work to expand […]


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Sommaire – Sale diplomatie pétrolière : La campagne mondiale de promotion des sables bitumineux du gouvernement du Canada
Christian Holz Posted On March 8, 2012


This is the French Version of the Executive Summary of the new report, Dirty Oil Diplomacy – The Canadian Government’s Global Push to Sell the Tar Sands, which outlines the changing domestic and international policies of the Canadian government as they […]


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UN System Provides Its Perspectives on a Green Economy
Christian Holz Posted On December 15, 2011


New York, 14 December 2011 – Against a backdrop of the multiple crises of the past four years, the United Nations today launched a report that offers UN agencies and its member states guidance for coordinating the transition to a […]


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Improvements to Feed-In Tariff Will Increase Ontario’s Competitiveness
Christian Holz Posted On December 15, 2011


Improvements to Feed-In Tariff Will Increase Ontario’s Competitiveness: Unprecedented Environment and Industry Coalition Delivers Proposal to Strengthen Ontario’s Renewable Energy Policy Toronto, ON – The Green Energy Act Alliance and Shine Ontario Association have joined forces to present a clear […]


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Oh Canada – You’re Not Free to Cut and Run from Kyoto
Christian Holz Posted On December 15, 2011


By my calculation, by the time Canada’s withdrawal kicks in one year from now, we will have had commitments under the Kyoto Protocol for five years less 19 days. Read more…


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Suicide pact at Durban
Christian Holz Posted On December 15, 2011


The Durban climate summit that ended on Sunday has been proclaimed a great success. The chair, South Africa’s international relations minister, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, told the delegates: “We have concluded this meeting with [a plan] to save one planet for the […]


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Shock as retreat of Arctic sea ice releases deadly greenhouse gas
Christian Holz Posted On December 14, 2011


Dramatic and unprecedented plumes of methane – a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide – have been seen bubbling to the surface of the Arctic Ocean by scientists undertaking an extensive survey of the region. The scale […]


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VIDEO | Shale gas sessions met with protest
Christian Holz Posted On December 14, 2011


The battle over shale gas exploration and extraction in Quebec is once again heating up. The province began a series of information sessions on the future of the controversial industry Monday evening in Saint-Hyacinthe. Officials were met by dozens of […]


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CUPE disappointed in the federal government’s shameful role in Durban climate talks
Christian Holz Posted On December 14, 2011


The Harper Conservative government has once again been an obstructive force at the annual United Nations climate change talks. Harper’s government went to Durban determined to protect profits from Canada’s high-carbon resource economy ahead of moving the world to a […]


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Climate talks: Jayanthi Natarajan applauded for stirring speech in Durban
Christian Holz Posted On December 12, 2011


DURBAN: Union environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan got a surprise resounding standing ovation in a meeting of 195 countries when they got into a negotiating huddle at the middle of the night. They applauded her for her stirring speech defending the […]


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