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Keystone XL protesters arrested at White House
rbarnes Posted On March 4, 2014


The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Police arrested hundreds of people who strapped themselves to the White House fence on Sunday to protest the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline. The protesters were mostly college students who participated in a peaceful march […]


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Acidic water blamed for West Coast scallop die-off
rbarnes Posted On February 27, 2014


By Randy Shore Ten million scallops that have died in the waters near Qualicum Beach due to rising ocean acidity are the latest victims in a series of marine die-offs that have plagued the West Coast for a decade. Human-caused […]


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Peter Mansbridge Was Paid By Oil And Gas Lobby For Speech
rbarnes Posted On February 27, 2014


CBC anchor Peter Mansbridge was paid by a top oil and gas industry group to give a speech on energy, raising new questions about the broadcaster’s conflict of interest policies in the wake of revelations about contributor Rex Murphy’s ties […]


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Is he missing the point? Rex Muphy’s oil sands speeches defended
rbarnes Posted On February 26, 2014


The Huffington Post Alberta Rex Murphy just doesn’t get it. That’s how iPolitics columnist Andrew Mitrovica sees the CBC pundit’s self-defense amid a controversy over his support of the oilsands. Mitrovica has been vocal in his criticism of Murphy’s pro-oilsands […]


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Enbridge Line 9: W5 uncovers unreported spills, alarming communities along 830-km pipe
rbarnes Posted On February 26, 2014


By Jessica McDiarmid An aging Enbridge pipeline that runs across Ontario has had at least 35 spills — far more than reported to federal regulators — but many municipalities along its route have never been informed of the incidents, a […]


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We should assess new pipelines like the Americans do
rbarnes Posted On February 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 February 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 February 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 February 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 February 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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