By Ryan Grim WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency monitored the communications of other governments ahead of and during the 2009 United Nations climate negotiations in Copenhagen, Denmark, according to the latest document from whistleblower Edward Snowden. The document, with […]
By Lauren Strapagiel Put this in your pipe and smoke it until it turns into carbon emissions, climate change deniers. NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) released a report and stunning visualization last week that demonstrates how warm our […]
By Mike De Souza OTTAWA – Lobby groups representing Canadian and U.S. oil producers are asking regulators in North America not to rush into new rail safety rules that could affect the “competitiveness” of shipping products by rail. Responding to […]
By Margaret Munro The planet is warming so quickly that a new report predicts Winter Olympic cities like Vancouver and Sochi will be out of luck in future. It says only six of the previous 19 Winter Olympic sites will […]
By Mychaylo Prystupa Northwest Alberta grain farmer Alain Labrecque recalls the first winter in 2011 when the fumes from oil tanks near his home in the Peace River area seemed to trigger terrible health effects for himself, his wife and […]
By Sarah Wheatonjan WASHINGTON — Environmentalists have spent the past two years fighting the Keystone XL pipeline: They have built a human chain around the White House, clogged the State Department’s public comment system with more than a million emails […]
U.S. scientists are warning that there are environmental risks, regulatory holes and serious unknowns regarding the shipment of Alberta oilsands products by pipeline, rail and tanker. The findings are in a 153-page report from last September by the emergency response […]
ST. PIERRE-JOLYS, Man. – Several thousand people in southern Manitoba have been told that a pipeline explosion could mean they’ll be without natural gas service for up to several days as temperatures hover close to —20 C. “As far as […]
By John Heilprin Leaders gathered in the Swiss ski resort of Davos are pushing for nations worldwide to shift to cleaner energy sources as the best way to contain global warming and re-energize the global economy. UN climate chief Christiana […]
The list of celebrities who officially back Neil Young’s fight against the oilsands just got much longer. Actress Neve Campbell, The Tragically Hip’s Gord Downie, dancer and member of the Order of Canada Margi Gillis, Alberta author and poet Sid […]
