published March 25, 2011 and has No Comments
From upper left: Conservative Stephen Harper, Liberal Michael Ignatieff, NDP Jack Layton, Green Party Elizabeth May Canada follows the British parliamentary system, where the government must have the confidence of the majority of House of Commons. Prime Minister Stephen Harper had a minority government, so the big question was, would any of the opposition prop him up? The Opposition ...
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published March 25, 2011 and has No Comments
Image: Liz via flickr Mayors from across the country have sent a letter to Hillary Clinton, whose office has been rather quiet on the issue , expressing their concern over the proposed Keystone XL
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25 U.S. Mayors Speak Out Against Tar Sands Pipeline
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published March 8, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo via AsianCarp.org . How will invasive Asian carp enter the Great Lakes? Via the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal , maybe another flood ? They almost made it via a semi-tractor trailer crossing the Ambassador Bridge from the U.S. to Canada. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Asian Carp Almost Migrate from U.S. to Canada, ...
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published February 11, 2011 and has No Comments
From Collin's dad's solar geodesic greenhouse , through a greenhouse built from soda bottles , to a simple DIY hoop house , we're not shot on self-built grow spaces here on TreeHugger. but the Permaculture Research Institute of Australia has a very detailed post and time-lapse slideshow by Rob Avis about how he built a
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published January 31, 2011 and has No Comments
Image: SierraActivist.org Questions are looming over why the State Department won't release its correspondence with Paul Elliott, a former campaign staffer for Hillary Clinton and current oil lobbyist who is seeking Clinton's approval for the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline that would connect Canada with refineries in Texas, and run through six states in between.... Read the full ...
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published January 21, 2011 and has No Comments
You had to know this was coming... A new piece in Scientific American highlights the objections of some scientists over claims that the world's largest geologic carbon sequestration project in Saskatchewan is leaking . First are scientists affiliated with the project, who have issued a statement saying "based on extensive scientific research conducted by the IE... Read the full ...
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published January 14, 2011 and has No Comments
photo: sbamueller / Creative Commons Last December Canada's Commissioner for the Environment and Sustainable Development admitted that the nation is badly prepared to handle an oil spill . Yet, according to a new article in TheStar.com Environment Canada has now mothballed ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published January 12, 2011 and has No Comments
Some more on the leaking carbon sequestration project in Canada that has killed farm animals, and caused all sorts of strange problems for farmers Cameron and Jane Kerr. A new piece in The Tyee fills in some of the background details and the current situation. All of it highlights the serious questions that remain about CCS projects and calls ...
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published January 7, 2011 and has No Comments
Peter Kent Official Portrait Most environment ministers' job is to protect the environment; not in Canada. There, the environment minister is a shill for the tar stands industry. The new minister isn't camera shy, either; he is Peter Kent, former TV anchor for Canada's biggest news show. (He is the brother of Arthur Kent , the "Scud Stud" of ...
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published December 27, 2010 and has No Comments
Image: sbamueller via flickr A report by the Canadian government warns that Canada and the U.S. will both shift toward heavier forms of crude oil as global sources of lighter crude become scarcer. The biggest problem with that shift is one the report also recognizes: "Generally, heavier forms of crude oil, such as that contained in the oil sands, ...
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