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EU challenges green power rules BRUSSELS - The EU has launched a legal challenge against Canada at the World Trade Organization to protest against provincial backing for solar and wind energy projects (Reuters) MORE: Ontario's green dreams under fire Global warming runs out of gas
Green project wants right to endanger TORONTO - Gilead Resources would have the legal right to kill the two species - if the province approves the proposal. The company is applying for a permit that would allow it to "kill, harm and harass" the Blanding's turtle and the Whip poor will. (CBC)
Sunspot activity, which follows an 11-year cycle, is due to peak in 2013 after which it will start to wane slightly. Between 1645 and 1715 almost no sunspots were observed, a solar period which came to be called the Maunder Minimum. During those decades Europe suffered frequent unusually harsh winters, and the time was later termed the Little Ice Age. (Telegraph UK)
Feared migration hasn't happened Six years ago, the United Nations issued a dramatic warning that the world would have to cope with 50M climate refugees by 2010. (Spiegel) RELATED: UN prepares to debate whether 'Mother Earth' deserves human rights status
Our 'green' bags wouldn't kill you In random tests performed at BCIT, bags used by IGA, Whole Foods, Toys ‘R Us and Thrifty Foods were all found to contain some lead. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Lead in reusable shopping bags
Himalayan glaciers not melting Himalayan glaciers are actually advancing rather than retreating, claims the first major study since a controversial UN report said they would be melted within quarter of a century. (Telegraph UK) MORE: Ice sheet safer than scientists thought Dogs of law unleashed
WASHINGTON - Top Democratic fundraisers and lobbyists with links to the White House are behind a proposed wind farm in Texas that stands to get $450M in stimulus money, even though a Chinese company would operate the farm and its turbines would be built in China. (MSNBC) MORE: US civil war is over but taxes and tax cuts just keep on going, and going and going
More climate change corruption UNITED NATIONS - Human rights and environment groups called for a radical rethink of the UN scheme, known as REDD (Reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation), after it emerged that many countries were trying to cheat the system. (Guardian UK) MORE: Even more climate corruption Ontario's green dance UEA finds UEA 'did not withhold data'
Hard times for global warming biz OTTAWA - A dramatic reduction in Canadian media coverage of climate change science issues is the result of the Harper government introducing new rules in 2007 to control interviews by Environment Canada scientists with journalists, says a newly released federal document. (CanWest) MORE: Arctic winds blamed Dying Climate Project folded No new cash for climate foundation McGunity's ill wind blows across Canada Climate change 'exaggerated' in UK government adverts
Dr Nina Pierpont, a top New York paediatrician, has been studying the effects of living near wind turbines in the UK, US, Canada, Ireland and Italy for more than five years. She has identified a new health risk - wind turbine syndrome (WTS) - causing a wide range of problems ranging from internal pulsation, quivering, nervousness, fear, chest tightness and tachycardia - increased heart rate. (Daily Mail) MORE: Wind farms in Canada
Shutting down rural hockey arenas MONTREAL - Pushed to the fiscal brink by rising electricity costs and the price of a new roof, a small Quebec village mulled whether to shutter a local temple - the indoor hockey rink. (CP)
Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO), the centrepiece satellite of NASA’s $280M climate-change mission crashed into the sea near Antarctica today after a launch failure, delivering a blow to the agency's attempts to understand global warming. (Times online) MORE: Launch mishap ends OCO mission Global warming satellite falls to Earth Orbiting Carbon Observatory
Never mind the panic headlines BOULDER - A glitch in satellite sensors caused scientists to underestimate the extent of Arctic sea ice by 500,000 square kilometers (193,000 square miles), a California - size area, the US National Snow and Ice Data Center said. (Bloomberg) After 2 summers of clear sailing ice choking NW Passage
Ellesmere Island loses ice shelf One of Canada's five remaining Arctic ice shelves - the 4,500-year-old, 50-sq.-km. Markham Ice Shelf - has broken completely away from Ellesmere Island and drifted into the Arctic Ocean. (CanWest) PREVIOUS: Major ice-shelf loss for Canada Ellesmere Ice Shelf breaks up (1947) Ward Hunt Ice Shelf (2003) Ayles Ice Shelf (2005) Ice shelf collapse (2001) .pdf
Perhaps the climate models are wrong When they were first deployed in 2003, the Argos were hailed for their ability to collect information on ocean conditions more precisely, at more places and greater depths and in more conditions than ever before. So why are some scientists now beginning to question the buoys' findings? Because in five years, the little blighters have failed to detect any global warming. (National Post) MORE: Argo Buoy Movement Argo floats Canadian tracked float data
Cleanup funding benefits energy giants SACRAMENTO - Environmentalists and former lawmakers who pushed to establish the fund, which motorists pay into whenever they buy gasoline in California, say they never intended it for large energy companies with the means to repair environmental damage from their own operations. (LA Times) |
Bummer for 'consensus' LONDON - The supposed ‘consensus’ on man-made global warming is facing an inconvenient challenge after the release of new temperature data showing the planet has not warmed for the past 15 years. (Daily Mail)
OTTAWA - Environment Canada has failed to implement a strategic plan to improve its internal scientific research in areas ranging from managing air and water pollution to toxic chemicals, a new report has found. (PostMedia) REPORT: 2011 Dec report Environmental delinquents need better follow up Struggling to enforce law
OTTAWA - The federal government's information about greenhouse-gas emissions and oilsands pollution is so spotty that key decisions are being made without fully understanding the consequences, says the environmental auditor. (CP) REPORT: 2011 report of the Commissioner Climate change goals falling short
OTTAWA - Climate change will cost Canada and its people about $5B a year by 2020, a groundbreaking analysis for the federal government warns. (CP) REPORT: Economic impacts of Climate Change for Canada National Round Table on the environment and the economy NRTEE experts
Cloud chambers have an honoured place in the history of physics. The world’s leading high-energy physics laboratory, CERN, outside Geneva, is dusting the idea off and putting it into reverse. (Economist) MORE: Clouds matter
They are considered one of Australia's most damaging feral pests; a herd of more than one million camels that roam the Outback chomping through native plants and trampling over sacred Aboriginal sites. Under the plan, culling would earn carbon credits that could be bought by industrial polluters to offset their own carbon emissions. (Telegraph UK) COMMENT: Inviting the fox into the henhouse Stop brainwashing kids
Minister touts safety of wind power LONDON - Facing criticism of Ontario's promotion of wind energy, Environment Minister John Wilkinson said Thursday the province is on the right path to cleaner air. (QMI) PREVIOUS: Golden eagles dying
'Human' rights for Mother Nature SAN FRANCISCO - Van Jones, the Obama administration's controversial former "green jobs czar," has found a new calling: helping to push for a new, global architecture of environmental law that would give Mother Nature the same rights status as humans. (Fox) Van Jones Pachamama Alliance
Judge puts global warming on hold SAN FRANCISCO - In a 35-page decision (.pdf), Judge Ernest H. Goldsmith said the Air Resources Board had failed to consider public comments on the proposed measures before adopting the plan, which affects a broad swath of the state's economy. (LA Times)
Solar farms sucking up 'green' subsidies LONDON - Industrial-scale solar farms are threatening a government green subsidy that pays homeowners, schools and community groups for installing solar panels. (Guardian UK)
OTTAWA - Federal auditors are on the hunt for $5M of claims being questioned in a "showcase" program designed to cut greenhouse gases in cities across Canada. (CP)
Canada’s biggest trading partners are joining the fight against Ontario’s green energy plan. Both the US and the EU want to join consultations on a complaint by Japan to the World Trade Organization, saying they have a “substantial” stake in the discussions. (CP) PREVIOUS: Cost of wind power
TORONTO - A proposal that would require electricity retailers to give consumers a side-by-side price comparison, showing what they would pay with or without an energy contract, has been quietly ditched by the Ontario government. Unscrupulous energy contract salespeople have made the province’s top-10 list of consumer complaints for years. (Toronto Star) RELATED: Feds probe green funding
OTTAWA - In a memorandum, prepared for Environment Minister Jim Prentice prior to his participation at the Copenhagen conference last December, Ian Shugart, the top-ranking official at Environment Canada said a controversy surrounding stolen e-mails from a climate-research centre in the UK does not call into question the reliability of the science. (CanWest) MORE: GIGO France to hold debate over the 'mafia-like system' Another climate bummer
According to the results of a University of Toronto study, participants who assigned more social value to 'green' shopping were more likely to cheat and steal in subsequent tests than those with less stringent shopping habits. (Ottawa Citizen) RELATED: Countdown to...doomsday
WASHINGTON - The World Bank is spending billions of pounds subsidizing new coal-fired power stations in developing countries despite claiming that burning fossil fuels exposes the poor to catastrophic climate change. (Times online) REPORT: World development report 2009
WASHINGTON - The EPA is expected in the next few weeks to declare that carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases are pollutants, a move that would require the federal government to regulate them - even without legislation. But some skeptics say regulating carbon dioxide, a byproduct of burning fossil fuels, may be a difficult task, especially since people emit carbon dioxide with every breath. (Fox)
Africa seeks climate change cash Ministers from 10 African countries are meeting in Ethiopia to try to agree a common position on climate change, months before a crucial UN meeting. They are expected to renew demands for billions of dollars in compensation for Africa because of damage caused by global warming. (BBC) RELATED: 'Africa is not poor, it is just poorly managed'
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Last one out turn out the lights VANCOUVER - 6 American states have formally withdrawn from the Western Climate Initiative, leaving only California and 4 Canadian provinces - including BC - involved in developing a greenhouse gas emissions trading program. (Vancouver Sun) BC still out in the carbon tax wasteland Hansen and the corruption of science Emissions of power firms exceed UK Ranking China's power companies |
India unveils cap & trade market Experts now wary of carbon credits 'Green' subsidies drying up in EU Climate exchange closes with media silence Chicago climate exchange .05 cents per ton Scientist cracks carbon capture conundrum Tories go communist on emissions EU emission trading scheme Carbon credit |
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’Green' is dangerous to your health Fears have been reignited about the safety of energy saving light bulbs after a group of scientists warned that they contain cancer causing chemicals. Their report advises that the bulbs should not be left on for extended periods, particularly near someone’s head, as they emit poisonous materials when switched on. (Telegraph UK) |
Power giants free lightbulbs dodge Lights to go out on inefficient bulbs Power companies tackle poverty 'Unjustified price differences' How many lobbyists does it take Australia pulls the plug on light bulbs |
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DURBAN - Several countries have criticized Canada for formally withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. (BBC) |
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Pollution blamed for halt in global warming Smoke belching from Asia's rapidly growing economies is largely responsible for a halt in global warming in the decade after 1998 because of sulphur's cooling effect, even though greenhouse gas emissions soared, a US study (PNAS) said on Monday. (Reuters) |
Dubious science of climate crusaders Data cherry picking or legit explanation? Global warming conspiracy theory Canada's carbon catastrophe begins
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A new report, published by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and compiled by investigators from 48 different countries including Canada, identified 10 climate indicators that are clearly linked to changing surface temperatures and they "all tell the same story." (PostMedia) Commissioned panel clears scientists Investigator failed to declare eco directorship Scientists not using best statistical tools Science & Technology Committee Climategate 'watchdog' has a conflict of interest The great global warming collapse KPMG 'global adviser on climate' EU considers general carbon tax Where on Earth is David Suzuki? |
Corruption of the Panel on Climate Change Climate change study had 'significant error' 2010 matches record for hottest year UN climate body 'needs reform' Predictions must be based on evidence UK politicians back scientists New errors in IPCC climate change report Science designed for propaganda Ghost on the expedition that never happened Rise in UK carbon emissions disputed Global warming has been good for us Green fuels cause more harm than fossil fuels |
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BC carbon tax based on false IPCC reports Another error Lies of global warmists Climate change has been good for us UN claims based on magazine article |
Biofuels policy fails to achieve goals Defections shake up climate lobby Reality gets in the way of politics IPCC computer modeler and political chameleon So, whatever happened to Copenhagen? Global warming's latest champion Quebec, Ontario dump on oilsands |
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Climate agency going up in flames UN linked global warming to natural disasters Lawyers dominate work on carbon storage China constructive player in Copenhagen US leading, Canada trailing on clean energy Playing fairy godmother to Quebec Environmental activist on taking the bait |
The skeleton of climate change Climate science not faked, but not pretty US, China clash over compensation Scientist 'pressured' to defend climate research E-mail hack 'will impact Copenhagen summit' |
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Climategate: how to follow the money Another climate guru conflict of interest A 2,000 page epic of science & scepticism |
Ottawa to focus on 'absolute' pollution targets Chinese cities short of energy Summit too important to be left to taxpayers Climate scandal has diverted attention From Climategate to Copenhagen |
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US 'will not subsidize China on climate change' Yankee protectionism dressed in green Scandal shakes foundations of climate science Canadians who changed the climate debate Demand to take back Al Gore's Oscar Researcher says NASA hiding climate data |
Australia's carbon trading bill defeated Comedy central scoops network news Showtime for climate lobbyists Climate change given legal status as religion World's first carbon billionaire |
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Italy seizes $1.9B of assets as Mafia goes Green ROME - Italy on Tuesday seized Mafia-linked assets worth $1.9B - the biggest mob haul ever - in an operation revealing that the crime group was trying to "go green" by laundering money through alternative energy companies. Investigators said the assets included more than 40 companies, hundreds of parcels of land, buildings, factories, bank accounts, stocks, fast cars and luxury yachts. (Reuters) |
Ill wind blows for green energy Oil-For-Food: Canadian Connection Richest BC households have biggest carbon footprint More global warming profiteering Documents .pdf |
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Carbon trading has been good for us BRUSSELS - Carbon trading fraudsters may have accounted for up to 90% of all market activity in some European countries, with criminals pocketing an estimated €5bn ($7.3B) mainly in Britain, France, Spain, Denmark and Holland, according to Europol, the European law enforcement agency. (Telegraph UK) |
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China, US could sign climate deal WASHINGTON - The US and China are likely to sign an agreement to combat climate change during President Barack Obama's visit to Beijing in November, Washington senator Maria Cantwell said. (China Daily) |
Talk of green revolution belies energy grab China bid sparks energy security debate PetroChina Athabasca Oil Sands Corp |
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TORONTO - If you bought a TV in Ontario there’s a good chance the extra $26 you paid in eco fees was wasted. That’s because Ontario’s struggling electronic waste recycling program - which collected $71M from consumers last year - has not been able to recycle all of the toxic materials it promised to keep out of landfill. (Toronto Star) Suzuki's non-profit takes a political stand 300 miles of new pylons to link UK grid MPP stands to cash in on green energy Moratorium on off-shore wind farms Hydro pulls plug on solar plans Climate bigger threat than terrorism: Poll Call for tougher climate change targets |
Economic model not sustainable Wind farm health risks downplayed Wind farm health risks claimed in $1.5M suit MPP 'misspoke' over carbon tax Betting Ontario's money on energy gamble Something 'fishy' about Green ads UN's environmental housekeeping in chaos Top ten bioethics stories of the decade Increase in Polar bear population Fraud attorney seeks climategate whistleblowers 'This will be the warmest winter in living memory' China sees green in carbon trading Court ruling hits EU carbon market |
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Green hijacking of the Met Office LONDON - By far the biggest story of recent days, of course, has been the astonishing chaos inflicted, to a greater or lesser extent, on all of our lives by the fact that we are not only enjoying what is predicted to be the coldest December since records began in 1659, but also the harshest of three freezing winters in a row. (Telegraph UK) Botched environmental forecasts Vintage trains deployed to handle snow No kids, better than the carbon tax Limit population to fight global warming Planes 'threaten climate targets' More than 2 children 'irresponsible' Sustainable Development Commission Having more than 2 children ‘irresponsible’ Politicians rush to back junk science Meat may not cause climate change Eating meat adds to global warming |
Lobbyists cleared Climategate academics What happened to global warming? $779M for carbon capture project 'Green' federal cash to upgrade pulp mill Going green a licence to lie, cheat, steal Coming soon to a government near you Carbon tax to aid nuclear reactors Fewer Emitter, Lower Emissions, Less Cost Carbon tax to help 'save the human race' SourceWatch: Optimum Population Trust Canadian beer drinkers threaten planet 'Beer fridges' present a gassy problem Fat people cause global warming 1970s lifestyle 'protects planet' |
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OTTAWA - A provocative public awareness campaign is hitting the streets in 20 hotly contested federal ridings, urging voters to pressure the Harper government to do more to fight climate change on the eve of a major international summit in Copenhagen. The campaign is spearheaded by several environmental groups that have analyzed election results to identify key neighbourhoods inside the ridings in Ontario and Quebec. They are also targeting young families with radio ads that feature a child who uses some colourful language to ask why parents aren't doing more on climate change. (CanWest)Driver should pay per mile to save the planet |
'Green shift' trademark infringement 'Dion is more articulate than a blob of goo' Dion touts 'green shift in taxation Dion begins selling carbon plan Carbon tax would 'screw everybody' Harper uses Stampede to attack |
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LONDON - The government has unveiled detailed plans for transforming the UK to a low-carbon economy and meeting its targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The measures, which touch on all aspects of life, from home insulation and power generation to electric cars and high-speed trains, are designed to achieve emissions cuts of 34% by 2020 compared with 1990 levels. (Guardian UK) |
Carbon Trust funding cut by 40% Countryside told to accept new wind turbines 7M homes given a 'green energy makeover' Low carbon way 'to reshape lives' Homeowners will be able to sell electricity back Strategy will push more into poverty |
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EU's carbon tax 'windfall for power companies' BRUSSELS - Europe's big power companies could make profits of up to $71B from the EU's scheme to curb carbon emissions, according to a report. Environment group WWF says the European Union Emission Trading Scheme (ETS), which allocates firms a fixed number of free carbon permits, does not work. (BBC) |
China to increase its carbon emissions EU leaders reach new climate deal Gore praises China's contribution EU carbon market sets up another round of windfall profits for dirtiest power generators |
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Global carbon emissions steady Greenhouse gas emissions from rich countries fell a record 7% in 2009 because of the recession, but the cut was entirely nullified by steep increases from fast-growing China and India, according to one of Europe's leading scientific research groups. (Guardian UK) Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency |
EPA admits cap & trade will fail Africa's starving could treble Divisions emerge over G8 climate change goals Harper puts onus on China, India |
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MONTREAL - For the first time in Canadian history, gasoline companies have been found guilty of fixing prices at the pump. The country's Competition Bureau brought criminal charges against 11 companies and 13 people tied to those companies in Sherbrooke and three nearby cities. Three companies pleaded guilty. For the eight companies that pleaded not guilty, the case will go to criminal trial in Quebec Superior Court. (Gazette) |
Price-fixing scandal fuels uproar Pot calling the kettle black Gas Taxes Regulations cause carbon blow-backs How speculators are causing the cost of living to skyrocket Commodity prices threaten economic growth, G8 warns |
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Canada dodges bullet, but not BC The international trade in carbon credits, having proven ineffective at lowering carbon dioxide emissions, while raising consumer prices and riddled with the same kind of fraud, profiteering and reckless trading practices that led to the 2008 global recession, is now suffering its final indignity. Almost no one wants to buy carbon credits. (Toronto Sun) BC should scrap its useless Carbon Tax |
Avoiding Europe's Carbon trading missteps House passes cap-and-trade bill 20% increase in energy efficiency Premiers fail to agree on GHG-emissions plan Emissions debate still divides premiers Premiers defend carbon trading ME begins trading in emission credit futures Premiers announce carbon capture push $100B in carbon futures trading coming to AU |
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TORONTO - Hugh MacLeod, formerly a senior health ministry official, left his $320,695-a-year job as head of the government's climate-change secretariat Feb. 5 and starts Tuesday as chief executive of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute in Edmonton. (Toronto Star) Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Rising food prices 'a silent tsunami' Cereal prices hit poor countries Beer, pizza prices signal end of cheap food era Wheat board revenues highest in 10 years Spiralling grain prices drive up bakery costs Biofuels speeding global warming Crop prospects and food situation Oct. 2007 Spaced out view of controversy |
Eco-vehicles running on dirty fuel Rich countries 'must slash living standards' 'Biofuel key reason for high food prices' Biofuels go from saviour to villain Tesco green 'adds to climate change' Some biofuels "produce more greenhouse gas" EU biofuel policy is a 'mistake' UN: Biofuels ' crime against humanity' |
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LONDON - Britain could be fined up to Ł175M ($290M) by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) if it continues to break air pollution laws by the time the Games begin next August. The prospect of the air pollution penalty is becoming a major source of embarrassment to the government and Olympic organizers who set a goal of making the Games "the greenest ever", but have already watered down green measures planned for the event. (Guardian UK) |
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Globe Warming rivals Sponsorship OTTAWA - Many years ago, I warned Henry Hengeveld of Environment Canada (EC) that, if he thought it was difficult to convince ministers and MPs that global warming was due to human carbon dioxide (CO2) production, it would be twice as difficult to change their minds once they were convinced. After all, it would be very dangerous for a bureaucrat to go back to those same politicians with the message that their political positions were wrong because they were based on wrong information. (Tim Ball) |
Natural Resources Stewardship Project (NRSP) Climate fight must be won in developing countries Harper dismisses Kyoto compliance law Study finds human influence on precipitation Canada's forest don't aid climate Canada can't meet Kyoto targets: Harper |
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China clearly overtakes US China has now clearly overtaken the US as the world's leading emitter of climate-warming gases, a new study has found. The increasing emissions from China - up 8% in the past year - accounted for two-thirds of the growth in global greenhouse gas emissions in 2007, the study found. Global CO2 emissions through 2007 |
750,000 a year killed in China World's largest producer of carbon dioxide China will pass US as polluter China's pollution cuts local rain Global warming to eclipse international terrorism Ethanol-blend emissions no greener Global impact of Asia's pollution |
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A report shows the Open Society Institute funded James Hansen to the tune of $720,000 and carefully orchestrating his entire media campaign. OSI, a political group which spent $74 million in 2006 to "shape public policy," is funded by billionaire George Soros. (Daily Tech) |
NY Times calls MoveOn ad a mistake Putting the movies on moveon.org Man, the mind and the money behind Moveon |
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Tories reject green panel's advice OTTAWA - The Harper government on Monday rejected an advisory panel's recommendation to implement a carbon tax while its rivals opened the door to the idea in response to advice that the levy could lead the way to deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from Canada. The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, a panel of Canadian experts from environmental groups and the business world, concluded Canada could achieve a 65-per-cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 by acting as soon as possible. (CanWest) |
Canada's Boreal forest the Fort Knox of carbon Do carbon credits make a difference? Creators of carbon credit scheme cashing in Ministers to assess climate cost of all decisions Death threats over climate debate Scientists have inconvenient news for Gore Hot button issues brings out worst in people Gore's massive energy consumption |
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BC's prices to increase even more VICTORIA - Cap-and-trade regulations will apply to emissions from stationary assets while the carbon tax would apply to transportation fuel such as diesel for large mining trucks. (Vancouver Sun) Vancouver taking climate change stance Carbon tax adds to health cost woes Carbon tax expect to collect $2.3B Industrial cap-and-trade system not on agenda The 21st century Pardoners Tale Vancouver changes emission fee rules BC government introduces carbon tax Wreaking havoc on global economies |
Eco version of credit default swaps US cap & trade plans put on ice Anger builds over carbon trading Company tries to cash in on carbon currency BC NDP backs off opposition to carbon tax Feds unveil plans for carbon market BC NDP promise end to carbon tax Green legislation hike energy costs BC joins 'carbon credits' trading market So how do you like our green world? Overtaxes consumers need relief |
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David Suzuki vs. Michael Crichton TORONTO - Last Thursday, environmentalist guru David Suzuki stormed out of a Toronto AM640 radio interview with host John Oakley because Oakley dared to suggest that global warming might not be the "totally settled issue" Suzuki insisted it was. (National Post) |
Jail politicians who ignore climate science Board of directors David Suzuki Foundation Do tempter tantrums cause global warming? Stripped of papers, ocean warriors to sail under Mohawk flag |
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TORONTO - The federal government will spend up to $225 million to help conservation groups fight urban sprawl by acquiring private lands considered ecologically sensitive, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Wednesday. The money will be available in matching grants for Nature Conservancy of Canada and such groups as Ducks Unlimited as part of a plan to persuade landowners to donate or sell their property. (CanWest) |
TORONTO - Canadians households will take a hit in the pocketbook under the Conservative government's plan to force industry to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 18 per cent by 2010. (CP) |
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OTTAWA - The city signed a 20-year contract with Orgaworld to guarantee a collection of 80,000 tonnes a year. The Green Bin program only collected 53,000 tonnes in 2010 which means taxpayers will have to shell out $2.5M to account for the contract shortfall. (CTV) |
Taxpayers pay tab for cancelled fees Green police target flat-screen TV Sniffing out methane emissions Scientists to track impact of Asian dust and pollution on clouds, weather, climate change China admits to climate failings |
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Historical and philosophical context of debate How the world was misled about global warming How UN structures were designed Wreaking Havoc on Global Economies FEMA: Declared disaster by year Canada to monitor pollution from China |
European Union Emission Trading Scheme World Bank Carbon Finance Unit (CFU) International Emissions Trading Association Tories defend Harper's Kyoto-bashing Asking the right questions about climate change Canadian Council of Chief Executives BC unveils laws to reduce emissions Global warming: the cold, hard facts? |
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The media snowjob on global warming Global Warming debate shifts to who pays 'Reef' tires create Ocean nightmare Kyoto Protocol: UN on climate change On Global Warming: Follow the money indeed Opposition pushes Kyoto bill through Commons PM says he will 'respect' Kyoto bill Kyoto bill may trigger lawsuit Tories put election engine in gear Ont. claims emissions below 1990 levels Top 10 Greenhouse gas emitters in Canada |
'Big oil' isn't a green cash cow Crucial summary lacks any scientific evidence Global warming is a theory, not scientific fact At the UN, the curious career of Maurice Strong CSIS report #2000/03 cult movements |
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Global warming caused by humans OTTAWA - Hundreds of climate scientists, gathered in Paris to review the work of more than 2,000 researchers - including skeptics, have predicted that global temperatures will rise faster in the 21st century than in the previous 100 years, with stronger increases for countries in northern regions such as Canada. (CanWest) Contributors without duplications |
Fuel standards will not reduce emissions Indigenous people double climate hit Emissions cap for China, India unlikely Alarmism fits fundraising agenda Water shortages are likely to be trigger for wars Fear, complexity in the 21st century |
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Convenient $$$$ for green Gore Green liars want to be the good guy Harper at odds with UN chief over Kyoto Pollution 'hits China's farmland' Que. introduces tax to pay for Kyoto Dion admits Liberals' Kyoto goal impossible Kyoto was always full of hot air Western premiers signal Kyoto done Ottawa's Kyoto plan wins backers in Bonn |
Climate change victims call for aid Alarmism fits fundraising agenda UN chief fails to win unified approach Kyoto would lead to economic collapse Meeting Kyoto 'bad economic policy' Baird UN climate agency, another deception The deceit behind global warming Thousands in Montreal protest global warming Canada's Kyoto Plan: Version 2005.04.13 |
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Investigation of 'Integrity issues' A federal wildlife biologist whose observation in 2004 of presumably drowned polar bears in the Arctic helped to galvanize the global warming movement has been placed on administrative leave and is being investigated for scientific misconduct, possibly over the veracity of that article. (AP) |
Arctic ice shelf collapse poses risk: expert Greenland glaciers losing ice at faster pace UN downgrades man's impact on the climate NASA: Arctic sea ice hitting major lows Arctic could be ice-free in summer in 15 years Heat is on for Northwest Passage Arctic heads into warmer future Remote sensing .pdf |
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Follow the money to greener future The population pattern in Canada's watersheds Report slams Canada over environment Two-thirds of Earth's ecosystems at risk: UN |
Stern review: Economics of climate change Pollution lawsuits loom, experts warn Commissioner Environment & Sustainable Development Population shifts raise disaster stakes |
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If the global warming is real side is using 1750 as the baseline for when the Earth was in balance, then (1750 - 800M est. World population) either the Butterfly effect doesn't matter or somehow we need to get rid of about 6 billion people (2006 – 6.5B est. world population) to bring that balance back. - Chris Children? Not if you love the planet | |
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