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Carbon footprint of BC LNG boom could rival oilsands
rbarnes Posted On January 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 January 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 January 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 January 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 January 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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White House smacks down climate deniers in new video
rbarnes Posted On January 10, 2014


By John Upton If you pay just a little attention to what scientists say, it shouldn’t be too hard to understand how freezing conditions across North America can be linked to climate change. As polar temperatures rise faster than equatorial […]


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Property insurance In Canada likely to rise amid increased ‘climate change risks’
rbarnes Posted On January 9, 2014


By Romina Maurino TORONTO – Home owners should prepare to pay more for property insurance as the severe weather trend that has battered the country during the past year is expected to continue. “There are more and more storms happening, […]


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Climate change might just be driving the historic cold snap
rbarnes Posted On January 9, 2014


By Bryan Walsh It’s polar bear weather today for much of the Midwest. Temperatures are in the -20sº F (-28º C) and -30sº F (-35º C) in eastern Montana, North Dakota, northeast South Dakota, Minnesota and northern Iowa. With the […]


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David Cameron links UK extreme weather to climate change
rbarnes Posted On January 8, 2014


By Ed King David Cameron has told MPs he “very much suspects” the torrential rain and heavy flooding experienced by the UK recently is linked to climate change. The comments are likely to anger many climate sceptics within the Conservative […]


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Figueres warns world is “running out of time” to agree to climate treaty
rbarnes Posted On January 8, 2014


By Ed King A draft text for a global climate change treaty set to be agreed in 2015 will be presented to governments as early as November this year, according to the UN official in charge of negotiations. Christiana Figueres, […]


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