Humanity has burned half the fossil fuels required to force a 2°C rise in average global temperatures, and at the current rate, we’ll have 40 years to become a 100 percent renewable-energy society. That’s the message in a new study published in Nature last week which tries to simplify the climate debate by suggesting that [...]
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On Earth Day, Canada’s Environment Minister Jim Prentice issued the following statement: As Canada’s Environment Minister and an avid outdoorsman, I am committed to preserving and enhancing our environment for current and future generations. Canada faces challenges and opportunities on the environment. We need to build a dynamic and vibrant economy, while balancing the need [...]
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Reason #2 to Boycott Shell* The Pembina Institute — a sustainable energy think tank — has accused Royal Dutch Shell of abandoning written agreements to reduce GHG emissions at two Canadian tar sands projects. Before the Candian government had approved the projects at Jackpine Mine and Muskeg River Mine, Shell had committed to setting pollution [...]
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Posted in Alberta Tar Sands, Canada, Politics on Mar 16th, 2009
Andrew Nikiforuk‘s important book — Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent — is available until March 20 as a free, downloadable PDF. thanks to publisher Greystone Books. You can also pick it up at Amazon and Chapters.
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Posted in Alberta Tar Sands, Canada, Politics on Mar 1st, 2009
Editor’s note: We didn’t realize when we did our A Shadow Grows in the West bumper sticker that the Council of Canadians had a similar plan. Their message that the Tar Sands are Mordor is devastating and effective.
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Posted in Alberta Tar Sands, Canada, Politics, USA on Feb 25th, 2009
Geoff Simpson, still one of the smartest journalists in Canada, on the disconnect between Canadian and US policy on climate change. Most definitely worth a read. Heads firmly in the sand, such as those in the Alberta cabinet, might miss what will be proposed, but no one else will. Mr. Obama will propose what he’s [...]
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The West Coast Climate Equity has two worthy articles on Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS). I think you should read them both. The first post takes issue with Lawrence Solomon’s misguided editorial* on CCS that The National Post — that bastion of high school journalism — ran over the weekend. It’s written by Dorothy Cutting,** [...]
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Editor’s Note: This is a movement that I’ve been following for about a year; in a nutshell, ethical investors are becoming a force for change in corporate boardrooms and making a real difference.* Each year in the US, Ceres and Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility take companies to task for failing to live up their [...]
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Does the US need tar sands oil? Our analysis shows that we don’t Liz Barratt-Brown Senior Attorney, The National Resources Defense Council We are at an energy crossroads with Canada We are at a critical crossroads with Canada as our President and Canada’s Prime Minister meet. Expanded reliance on tar sands oil will require a [...]
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Let Environment Canada’s Scientists Speak! We’re calling on the Liberals, NDP, Green Party, and Bloc Quebecois to work together to overturn a preposterous and dangerous situation: Environment Canada’s top climate scientists have been muzzled so they can no longer speak to the media without approval from their Conservative overlords. Since when has it been against [...]
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