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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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Snowden docs: U.S. spied on negotiators at 2009 climate summit
rbarnes Posted On January 30, 2014


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 […]


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Prominent scientist suing climate change deniers for libel
rbarnes Posted On January 30, 2014


By Amel Ahmed A prominent climatologist at the center of a libel battle with deniers of man-made global warming said Sunday that he was being targeted as part of a “well-funded” campaign to silence and discredit the “entire environmental movement.” […]


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Six decades of climate change visualized by NASA
rbarnes Posted On January 29, 2014


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 […]


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Oil producers ask regulators not to rush rail safety rules
rbarnes Posted On January 29, 2014


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 […]


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No more glory for former Olympic cities as climate warms
rbarnes Posted On January 28, 2014


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 […]


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Oil field fumes so painful, Alberta families forced to move
rbarnes Posted On January 28, 2014


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 […]


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