Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Damian Carrington reports on the Harper Cons’ sad efforts to prevent the European Union from accurately accounting for greenhouse gas emissions from the tar sands, offering in particular a look at how Canada’s actions look to our global neighbours who don’t operate from
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Environmental Law Alert Blog: The fast and the furious – Coming changes to environmental laws speed up process for industry and are an accident waiting to happen for the public and our environment
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 The federal government seems set on further gutting theCanadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA), and is expected to introduce “sweeping” regulatory changes to CEAA and related legislation in the House of Commons in the coming weeks. These changes could affect upcoming proposals for pipelines, tar sands projects,
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Oops! HDI is more of an uncle to Taseko than a parent
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
In a recent story we reported that Mr. Jason Quigley, formerly of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and Fisheries and…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Hit Movie Red Dog and Its Mining Industry Funding
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WE’RE all used to a bit of product placement in today’s movie industry.
The latest mobile phone is pinned to the ear of an international spy. A popular brand of beer …
Excited Delirium: Avaaz Petition to Stop Massive Water Poisoning in Ontario
Stop a massive open-pit mine in Ontario. It threatens our farms, our water and our economy.
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Massey Energy Is Not The Only Mountaintop Removal Mining Villain
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This week, hundreds of protesters are marching to Blair Mountain in West Virginia to call for an end to mountaintop removal coal mining. The march commemorates the Battle o…
Continue readingSuccessful Slovakian No-Nukes Campaign (& More)
The Slovakian Parliament responded favourably to a petition from the people of Slovakia. Environmentalists organized a petition drive to give local citizens a stronger voice. This week the campaign was victorious when, in a momentous decision, the Sl…
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Not a lot of people liking President O’s greenwashing of nukes. This most excellent article in the Guardian dispels the myth that nukes are green. The argument that nuclear is “carbon-free” conveniently omits the entire process of m…
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