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Leading climate scientist: Canada’s tar sands makes climate change ‘unsolvable’ | The Raw Story. Major international oil companies are buying off governments, according to the world’s most prominent climate scientist, Prof James Hansen. During a visit to London, he accused the Canadian government of acting as the industry’s tar sands salesman and “holding a club” over [...] [13-May-13] Enbridge asks NEB to keep pipeline safety issues secret.
“…Eighteen months after being ordered to correct important safety issues with its oil and gas pipelines, Enbridge has finally filed a plan with the National Energy Board (NEB) as to how and when it will come into compliance with the NEB’s regulations. The company [...] NEWS: Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere now tops 400 ppm. We’ve hit it (and surpassed the 350.org mark, of course) The BBC reports, “Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have broken through a symbolic mark. Daily measurements of CO2 at a US government agency lab on Hawaii have topped 400 parts per million for the [...] Sierra Club to use civil disobedience for first time in 120 year history – The Agonist. Interesting… (Kevin S forwarded the Sierra Club campaign to OHS as well) as the blog says: This is a big thing. The Sierra Club has a membership estimated at 1.4 million and is one of the oldest environmental groups [...] Cry for new environment laws unites Idle No More and chiefs, but not Ottawa. Montreal Gazette OTTAWA – If there’s one issue that unites Idle No More protesters, Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence and militant and moderate First Nations alike, it is the federal government’s recent changes to environmental oversight. But the united stand among First [...] How are fracking and water protection affected by eliminating the Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission?. [more information from COC on dismantling transparency and environmental protection via the Omnibus - note the stats below on increasing lack of compliance by industry since 2009...] This morning the Senate approved Bill C-45, Harper’s second omnibudget bill of the [...] Canada Decides It Is a Straight-Up Petro-State. Good headline, from the Agonist. Not even pretending anymore. Canada is formally withdrawing from the Kyoto accord, Environment Minister Peter Kent said Monday. The decision to do so will save the government an estimated $14 billion in penalties, Kent said. The Conservative government says it has no choice [...] Stop the Nexen takeover | SumOfUs. SumofUS is another public platform you may wish to support… FIPA — the secretive and extreme investor deal with China — is just one part of the problem. The other part is the bid that China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), one of China’s largest oil companies, has put [...] Avaaz – Stop selling out Canadian democracy. “Belgium signed a similar deal with China and it’s already being sued for billions…” [from Avaaz] Harper is about to sign a crazy deal with China that would set up secret courts where China’s companies can sue Canada if we pass laws to protect our health and environment [...] ACTION ALERT: We need a NEW environmental assessment of the Canada-China FIPA. (WHERE TO SEND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMENTS REGARDING FIPA’s ENVIROMENTAL ASSESSMENT)
November 2012
The Harper government has not yet ratified the highly controversial Canada-China Foreign Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement. One reason for this could be that a final step in the environmental [...] The Canada-China investment protection racket. {and now, from the Citiizen – a critic closer to home turf…} The first thing you need to know about the Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement, which has been called Canada’s most important treaty since the North American Free Trade Agreement, is that the treaty wasn’t concluded with the [...] Reflections on the ‘no pipelines, no tankers’ tour. [inspiring words from the West Coast...] Maude Barlow: “Hallowe’en afternoon and I am on my way home from a ten-day visit to Alberta and British Columbia that included a fabulous rally against new or expanded oil and gas pipelines, a visit to stand in solidarity with the [...] Gulf of St. Lawrence is no place to drill for oil – thestar.com. FARLEY MOWAT SPEAKS: A dire filth now threatens the Gulf of St. Lawrence — a semi-enclosed sea that we must not open up to oil and gas drilling. Our gulf’s relative confinement and strong Atlantic winds make it more risky for drilling [...] Stand up against the sellout to China | Green Party of Canada. [here is some info from Elizabeth May which is related to the NEXEN takeover and makes some interesting points .. but a rather odd silence from other parties - feel free to do your own research ] “On September 9th, Prime Minister Stephen [...] 300 Attend “She Speaks: Indigenous Women Speak Out Against Tar Sands” in Toronto. Over 300 people gathered in Toronto last night for “She Speaks: Indigenous Women Speak Out Against Tar Sands,” a series organized by the Indigenous Environmental Network and supporters. Moderated by Heather Milton-Lightning of Pasqua First Nation, the speakers on the [...] CNOOC-Nexen Deal: NDP Calls For Consultations, Says Opinion ‘Crystallizing’ Against Takeover. UPDATE:Treasury Board President Tony Clement has rejected the NDP’s call for public consultations on the takeover of Alberta energy company Nexen by state-owned Chinese oil giant CNOOC.“Basically they’re calling on the government of Canada to break the law,” Clement said, as quoted at Bloomberg [...] Environmental Groups Sue Canada Over Northern Gateway Pipeline | Common Dreams. anadian environmental groups joined together on Tuesday to sue the Canadian government over what they say is a failure to make good on legal obligations to protect endangered species by pursuing the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline project. Humpback whale breaches near the [...] TransCanada Urges Texas Police to use “Aggressive Pain Compliance Tactics” on Keystone XL BlockadersTransCanada Urges Texas Police to use “Aggressive Pain Compliance Tactics” on Keystone XL Blockaders « The Agonist. Two members of the Keystone XL blockade who were physically blocking construction of the TransCanada pipeline were tortured yesterday at the request of TransCanada, according to Tarsands Blockade spokesperson Ramsey Sprague. I spoke with Sprague today about the [...] UPDATE: Calzavara attends public forum on controversial ethanol refinery in Oshawa. …..Additionally, “Brian Brasier, executive director of the Second Marsh, called the evening an ‘exquisite farce’… In their presentation, Oshawa Port Authority chair Gary Valcour and FarmTech president Dan O’Connor pointed to existing environmental studies, reviewed by a third-party company, to show environmental concerns were [...] China envoy warns Canada against politicizing Nexen deal | Reuters. [well, 'domestic politics', that would be "people", wouldn't it? wonder if China would also like to censor public discussion? Like Harper? mb] Reuters) – China’s ambassador to Canada warned in remarks published on Saturday against allowing domestic politics to drive the Canadian government’s decision on [...] |
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