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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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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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Energy East pipeline a potential CO2 traffic jam, report says
rbarnes Posted On February 6, 2014


By Max Paris The greenhouse gas emissions from oil flowing through TransCanada Pipelines’ proposed Energy East project would be equivalent to putting seven million new cars a year on Canadian roads, according to a report from an environmental think-tank released today. The Pembina […]


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Oil and gas ad campaign cost feds $40M at home and abroad
rbarnes Posted On February 6, 2014


The Canadian Press The Conservative government is spending $40 million this year to advertise Canada’s natural resource sector — principally oil and gas — at home and abroad. Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver revealed the figure Wednesday as his department […]


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Keystone a green light? Not so fast
rbarnes Posted On February 5, 2014


By Jeffrey Simpson The U.S. State Department gives green light to the Keystone XL pipeline. That was the tenor of the media coverage and headlines after the department’s report was released last week. Read one way, that interpretation was plausible. […]


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Alberta government quietly funded researchers behind ‘independent’ report boosting Keystone XL
rbarnes Posted On February 5, 2014


By Lee Fang Before the State Department released its controversial Environmental Impact Study last week, a consulting firm called IHS CERA primed the news media by releasing its own study last year claiming that the Keystone XL wouldn’t make a […]


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Alberta oilsands environmental health risks probably underestimated: study
rbarnes Posted On February 4, 2014


By John Cotter EDMONTON – A new study suggests the environmental health risks of oilsands operations in Alberta’s Athabasca region have probably been underestimated. Researchers say emissions of potentially hazardous air pollution that were used in environmental reviews done before […]


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California drought: no relief in sight
rbarnes Posted On February 3, 2014


By Andrew Freedman The California drought, now reaching into its 13th month, grows more devastating with each passing day and there is no sign of significant relief in sight. More than halfway through the state’s wet season and the Sierra […]


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Climate Action News: BC’s LNG Boom: A Second Carbon Bomb? + The High Costs of Fossil Fuel Addiction
rbarnes Posted On February 3, 2014


BC’s LNG Boom could Rival Tarsands’ Carbon Pollution It’s a strange time in British Columbia. Just a short while ago, BC was well on its way to becoming Canada’s greenest province. A revenue neutral carbon tax applied in 2008 led […]


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