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Improvements to Feed-In Tariff Will Increase Ontario’s Competitiveness
Christian Holz Posted On December 15, 2011


Improvements to Feed-In Tariff Will Increase Ontario’s Competitiveness: Unprecedented Environment and Industry Coalition Delivers Proposal to Strengthen Ontario’s Renewable Energy Policy Toronto, ON – The Green Energy Act Alliance and Shine Ontario Association have joined forces to present a clear […]


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Oh Canada – You’re Not Free to Cut and Run from Kyoto
Christian Holz Posted On December 15, 2011


By my calculation, by the time Canada’s withdrawal kicks in one year from now, we will have had commitments under the Kyoto Protocol for five years less 19 days. Read more…


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Suicide pact at Durban
Christian Holz Posted On December 15, 2011


The Durban climate summit that ended on Sunday has been proclaimed a great success. The chair, South Africa’s international relations minister, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, told the delegates: “We have concluded this meeting with [a plan] to save one planet for the […]


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Shock as retreat of Arctic sea ice releases deadly greenhouse gas
Christian Holz Posted On December 14, 2011


Dramatic and unprecedented plumes of methane – a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide – have been seen bubbling to the surface of the Arctic Ocean by scientists undertaking an extensive survey of the region. The scale […]


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VIDEO | Shale gas sessions met with protest
Christian Holz Posted On December 14, 2011


The battle over shale gas exploration and extraction in Quebec is once again heating up. The province began a series of information sessions on the future of the controversial industry Monday evening in Saint-Hyacinthe. Officials were met by dozens of […]


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CUPE disappointed in the federal government’s shameful role in Durban climate talks
Christian Holz Posted On December 14, 2011


The Harper Conservative government has once again been an obstructive force at the annual United Nations climate change talks. Harper’s government went to Durban determined to protect profits from Canada’s high-carbon resource economy ahead of moving the world to a […]


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Climate talks: Jayanthi Natarajan applauded for stirring speech in Durban
Christian Holz Posted On December 12, 2011


DURBAN: Union environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan got a surprise resounding standing ovation in a meeting of 195 countries when they got into a negotiating huddle at the middle of the night. They applauded her for her stirring speech defending the […]


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GNWT climate inaction a ‘crime against humanity’
Christian Holz Posted On December 12, 2011


SOMBA K’E/YELLOWKNIFE – Mother Nature has a crusader in Bob Bromley, who likened the territorial government’s failure to take effective action on climate change to a “crime against humanity.” The Weledeh MLA lamented Canada’s failings on climate change during the first […]


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Plusieurs organisations manifestent contre le gouvernement Harper et le maintient du protocole de Kyoto
Christian Holz Posted On December 12, 2011


En désaccord avec la position du gouvernement Harper sur la lutte aux changements climatiques, plusieurs organisations ont tenu une manifestation cet après-midi à Montréal. Les protestataires blâment et accusent le gouvernement canadien d’avoir abandonné la protocole de Kyoto. Selon eux, […]


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Pembina reacts to conclusion of Durban climate change conference
Christian Holz Posted On December 11, 2011


Released: Dec. 11, 2011 Media contact: Matt Horne, PJ Partington VANCOUVER — Matt Horne, director of the Pembina Institute’s climate change program, made the following statement in response to the conclusion of the UN climate change conference in Durban, South Africa: […]


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