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Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Outcry Grows Over Canadian Govt's Undermining of Climate Science
Federal researchers are on the front line of Harper's alleged 'war on science' as the country's oil ambitions clash with its scientific agenda.
The government of Canada's official position on climate change is that it's real and requires an "...
By Katherine Bagley
Nov 27, 2012 | Read More
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty tours Essar Steel Algoma, which manufactures ste
Clean Energy Manufacturers Spared from Rising Petro-Dollar Job Losses
Canada's clean economy has so far been spared the damaging effects of 'Dutch disease' caused by oil sands exports. How long can it last?
Canada's oil sands boom is pitting two Goliaths of its economy against each other—the oil sands...
By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News
Mar 22, 2012 | Read More
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Canadian Government Targeting Opponents of New Oil Sands Pipeline
Environmental groups in Canada say they are now operating within a culture of fear aimed at silencing legitimate democratic dissent.
As U.S. environmental groups renew their battle against the resurrected Keystone XL oil pipeline,...
By Lisa Song, InsideClimate News
Mar 1, 2012 | Read More
Western Canada Loosens Rules for Drilling, Attracts Massive Fracking Operations
In Alberta and British Columbia, regional authories have passed regs to allow more intensive drilling. The result: a string of record-breaking fracks.
Early last year, deep in the forests of northern British Columbia, workers for Apache Corp....
By Nicholas Kusnetz, ProPublica
Dec 28, 2011 | Read More
Tar sands mining at the edge of the Canadian boreal forest.
UK in Secret Campaign to Derail EU's 'Dirty' Fuel Label on Tar Sands
In the run-up to a key European vote Friday that could designate tar sands crude as dirtier, the UK has been secretly helping Canada fight the standard.
The UK government has been giving secret support at the very highest levels to Canada's campaign...
By Damian Carrington, Guardian
Nov 28, 2011 | Read More
Lambton coal-fired generating station in Ontario, Canada
Canada Moves Ahead with New Coal-Fired Power Rules
Environment Minister Peter Kent said new regulations will force coal developers to reduce emissions to levels that are comparable to gas-fired plants
CALGARY, Alberta—Canada moved ahead on Friday with new regulations for cutting emissions from...
By Reuters
Aug 19, 2011 | Read More
Ed Stelmach, the Premier of Alberta
Toothlessness of Alberta's Final Oil Sands Plan Worries Conservationists in U.S. & Canada
U.S. watchdogs fear the plan could tilt the State Department to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline
WASHINGTON—Any day now, the Alberta government is expected to release its final version of a long-...
By Elizabeth McGowan, SolveClimate News
Jul 21, 2011 | Read More
A polar bear in Hudson Bay
Ice Melt Will Bring Species Loss, Oil Drilling to Canada’s Hudson Bay, Researchers Suggest
Sea ice volume in the bay will decrease 31% by the 2040s, new research shows, with implications for species survival and new oil industry exploration
Rapidly thinning sea ice on Canada's Hudson Bay will trigger a fast rate of species loss and open...
By Katherine Bagley
May 13, 2011 | Read More
Map of Canada's boreal forest
Q&A: Can Canada's Pristine Boreal Forest Be Saved By Conservation?
'What you're really looking at here is cumulative development. In a sense, death by a thousand cuts'
The Pew Environment Group released a report earlier this month urging protection of the Canadian...
Interview by David Sassoon
Mar 29, 2011 | Read More
oil sands mining Sunco
Water Checks Deficient at Canada Oil Sands: Report
An Alberta government-sponsored scientific panel has backed claims that oil sands development is polluting waterways, and urges more stringent monitoring
CALGARY, ALBERTA—A government-sponsored scientific committee studying water monitoring in Canada...
By Jeffrey Jones, Reuters
Mar 10, 2011 | Read More