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Our Nation, Their Interest
rbarnes Posted On février 25, 2014


A new report by Environmental Defence and ForestEthics called « Our Nation, Their Interest: The Case Against the Northern Gateway Pipeline and Tanker Project » was released today as part of a BC delegation to Ottawa. The report documents the reasons why […]


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We should assess new pipelines like the Americans do
rbarnes Posted On février 25, 2014


Clare Demerse Over the last few months, debates about pipelines have become a staple of the news in Canada. Indeed, pipelines have become the main pretext for our conversations about climate change and the impacts of oil sands development – […]


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Big Oil’s inside track in Ottawa spelled out in black and white
rbarnes Posted On février 25, 2014


By PressProgress Wouldn’t it be nice to be given copies of early drafts of government plans to provide edits and feedback? Internal documents from Natural Resources Canada, released to PressProgress under access to information, show that’s the kind of access […]


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In new Pacific trade talks leak, “climate” becomes the unmentionable
rbarnes Posted On février 25, 2014


By Heather Smith Time to get excited, everyone: There’s a freshly leaked document from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in town, courtesy of the Peruvian website Redge.org. The mega-secretive, three-years-in-the-making international trade deal that would create a NAFTA-style agreement among the […]


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Global Shift to Clean Energy No Longer ‘Theoretical’
rbarnes Posted On février 24, 2014


By Geoff Dembicki We’re not totally screwed. I doubt Ethan Zindler would use those exact words to describe the rapid global transition to cleaner forms of energy he’s spent the past eight years or so tracking for Bloomberg New Energy Finance. […]


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So who does Rex Murphy work for?
rbarnes Posted On février 20, 2014


By Kevin Grandia There is a brewing controversy swirling around longtime CBC commentator Rex Murphy and his relationship with Canada’s oil industry. As long time readers of DeSmog know, Murphy has been a vocal supporter of the oilsands industry and […]


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Keystone XL: l’approbation du tracé au Nebraska invalidée en cour
rbarnes Posted On février 20, 2014


Par Alexander Panetta Une juge a invalidé, mercredi, une loi du Nebraska permettant à l’oléoduc Keystone XL de traverser cet État du centre des États-Unis. La juge du comté de Lancaster Stephanie Lacy a invalidé l’approbation, par le gouverneur de […]


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Nebraska judge strikes down law that let Keystone pipeline through state
rbarnes Posted On février 20, 2014


By Mitch Potter WASHINGTON—Canada’s lobbying campaign for the Keystone XL pipeline took an unexpected blow Wednesday when a Nebraska judge struck down an industry-friendly law used to determine its path through the state, leaving the project in regulatory limbo. The […]


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Submission to Quebec on cap-and-trade regulations
rbarnes Posted On février 19, 2014


Ensuring the environmental integrity of Quebec’s cap-andtrade system for global warming emissions Authors: Dale Marshall and Ian Bruce, David Suzuki Foundation, Steven Guilbeault, Équiterre.


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Greening the NWT Economy: Local Pathways in Territorial Prosperity
rbarnes Posted On février 19, 2014


As governments and societies around the world grapple with the recent economic meltdown, there is a need to turn this crisis into an opportunity, to rethink our northern economy so that it is more durable, ecologically sustainable, and locally resilient.


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