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Neve Campbell, Gord Downie, Margi Gillis Sign Open Letter In Support Of Neil Young (PHOTOS)
rbarnes Posted On janvier 21, 2014


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 […]


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High-stakes climate poker
rbarnes Posted On janvier 20, 2014


By John Abraham & Dana Nuccitelli My friends and I get together once a month to play Texas HoldEm poker – great conversation, a few drinks, snacks and laughs. But I don’t like high-stakes poker. Gambling with high-value is not […]


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Harper government pressed to investigate Strahl scandal
rbarnes Posted On janvier 16, 2014


The Harper government has received a formal complaint from the official opposition today, demanding an investigation into the activities of Chuck Strahl, chair of the watchdog committee that oversees the activities of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). The NDP […]


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Canada support for Keystone pipeline declining, poll says
rbarnes Posted On janvier 16, 2014


By Theophilos Argitis TransCanada Corp. (TRP)’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline is losing popular support in Canada, a development that could embolden opponents of the project, according to a poll released today by Nanos Research Group. Canadian support for the $5.4 […]


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China on world’s ‘biggest push’ for wind power
rbarnes Posted On janvier 15, 2014


China has embarked on the greatest push for renewable energy the world has ever seen. A key element involves more than doubling the number of wind turbines in the next six years. Already the world’s largest producer of wind power, […]


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Carbon footprint of BC LNG boom could rival oilsands
rbarnes Posted On janvier 14, 2014


By Alison Bailie This month, provincial MLAs are preparing for the upcoming legislative session, in which they will debate rules for carbon pollution and taxes for liquefied natural gas (LNG) development. The connection between LNG development and carbon pollution is […]


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Other spy watchdogs have ties to oil business
rbarnes Posted On janvier 14, 2014


By Greg Weston While the head of the watchdog committee overseeing Canada’s intelligence agency is under attack for also being a lobbyist for the controversial Northern Gateway pipeline, it turns out that half of the other Harper government appointees keeping […]


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Neil Young blasts Stephen Harper’s Tories before kicking off “Honour the Treaties” tour
rbarnes Posted On janvier 13, 2014


By: Ben Rayner Neil Young kicked off his four-date “Honour the Treaties” tour of Canada on Sunday with some fighting words about the rapid expansion of oilsands development in northern Alberta, saying the Canadian government is ignoring hard science because […]


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Organic battery hailed as cheap renewable energy solution
rbarnes Posted On janvier 12, 2014


A cheap rechargeable battery that harnesses energy by using the electrochemistry of organic molecules rather than metals is being touted by Harvard researchers as a breakthrough for renewable energy. The Harvard team reports that the battery, which they say can […]


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Research cutbacks by government alarm scientists
rbarnes Posted On janvier 10, 2014


Scientists across the country are expressing growing alarm that federal cutbacks to research programs monitoring areas that range from climate change and ocean habitats to public health will deprive Canadians of crucial information. “What’s important is the scale of the […]


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