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Top climate change stories of 2011
hannah Posted On January 5, 2012


For Earth’s climate system, 2011 was an extraordinarily turbulent year. The United States saw a series of record-busting extremes, from a devastating tornado season to an epic drought in a vital agricultural region. The fusillade of extreme events kept global warming […]


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Canada: Climate Criminal
hannah Posted On January 5, 2012


At the dawn of the 21st century a new political regime has transformed Canada from global hero – once standing up for peace, people, and nature – to global criminal, plunging into war, eroding civil rights, and destroying environments. What […]


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The question is not what side of the border you’re on; it’s what side of the issue you’re on
hannah Posted On January 4, 2012


Over the last few months, some of the oil industry’s biggest fans have made what they think are startling revelations about us. They’ve discovered that Americans give us money. And they say this money forced us to talk about the pollution and […]


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Canada’s climate change plan ‘farce,’ says Stephane Dion
hannah Posted On January 2, 2012


MONTREAL — The year drew to a close with the United Nations climate-change talks, this time in Durban, again ending in failure to reach an international agreement. Instead, the 192 nations agreed to start work on a new climate-change deal […]


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Climate Action Network Canada responds to outcome of UN climate talks in Durban.
hannah Posted On December 11, 2011


December 11, 2011 (Durban, South Africa) Following an extra day of negotiations, the UN climate change talks in Durban, South Africa have finished. Hannah McKinnon, Campaigns Director of Climate Action Network Canada has responded as follows: “The most important thing […]


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Canada Wins Fossil of the Year Award in Durban
hannah Posted On December 9, 2011


Canadians in Durban hold moment of silence for the fifth Colossal Fossil in a row For Immediate Release (Durban, South Africa) Today, Canada was awarded the dubious honour of Fossil of the Year for the fifth year running at COP17 […]


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CANADIAN YOUTH EJECTED FROM COP17
Christian Holz Posted On December 7, 2011


Durban, South Africa – Members of the Canadian Youth Delegation were ejected from COP17 today as Canada’s Environment Minister Peter Kent delivered his opening address at the United Nations climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa. Just as Kent began his […]


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Canada sweeps Fossil of the Day awards (with some help from the UK)
hannah Posted On November 28, 2011


3rd place Fossil of the Day goes to the UK.  The 3rd place fossil of the day is awarded to the UK, following revelations that UK Ministers have done a deal with the Canadian government to support the entry of […]


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Canada’s ‘ethical oil’ push gets tarred in British paper
Christian Holz Posted On November 28, 2011


Canada made the front pages in Britain today, but not in a way that will do much for the national image. “UK secretly helping Canada push its ‘dirty’ fuel,” reads the top-of-page headline in Monday’s Guardian. In the story  picked up […]


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Canadian Government negotiating in bad faith with plan to abandon Kyoto
hannah Posted On November 28, 2011


For immediate release (Durban, South Africa) The Canadian Government is planning to formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol next month. As the majority of countries have arrived in Durban in good faith to negotiate a second commitment period of the […]


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