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Tar sands pollution to spread east, says report
Oil production in the Albertan tar sands could have an adverse effect on the Great Lakes Basin region, 1,700 miles to the east, according to a report from the University of Toronto. The Program on Water Issues, part […]

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We also recommend Andrew Coyne’s column If not Kyoto, what? of May 24, 2006. We haven’t advanced a whole lot since then.
5 September
Canada Opposition Liberals Adjust Carbon Tax Plan
(Reuters/Planet Ark) WINNIPEG, Manitoba - Canada’s opposition Liberal Party responded to criticism of its carbon tax plan on […]

See also Global Treaty on Climate Change
August 13
Elephant seals join fight against climate change
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Elephant seals swimming under Antarctic ice and fitted with special sensors are providing scientists with crucial data on ice formation, ocean currents and climate change, a study released on Tuesday said.
The seals swimming under winter sea ice have overcome […]

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For several years, Wednesday Nights have witnessed often passionate discussions on the validity of M. King Hubbert’s prediction of the early depletion of (easily accessible - ‘cheap’) fossil fuels. With current rising oil prices, Hubbert’s Peak has become a familiar term far beyond the circles of energy experts. […]

July 27
Thomas Friedman
What would happen if you cross-bred J. R. Ewing of “Dallas” and Carl Pope, the head of the Sierra Club? You’d get T. Boone Pickens. What would happen if you cross-bred Henry Ford and Yitzhak Rabin? You’d get Shai Agassi. And what would happen if you put together T. Boone Pickens, the green […]

July 10
After Applause Dies Down, Global Warming Talks Leave Few Concrete Goals
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
(NYT) The sobering reality behind the G-8 summit was that it ended without an agreement on firm targets on reducing greenhouse gases, some experts said.
Division at G-8 Over Climate Goal
RUSUTSU, Japan — Rich nations and emerging powers on Wednesday declared climate […]

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Happy Fête nationale to one and all!
This week we are very pleased that Guillaume Lavoie, a seasoned international observer and consultant in government relations has offered to come to Wednesday Night to discuss his recent trip to Iraq, and more particularly, Iraqi Kurdistan.
He “got to […]

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Canada & the Climate Change Conference (Bali)

June 17
Feds under fire over Kyoto Protocol in court and at UN
(National Post) OTTAWA — The Harper government is fighting off challenges in court and at the United Nations for allegedly not meeting its obligations under the […]

June 9
China Issue to Live on After US Carbon Bill Death
(Planet Ark/Reuters) NEW YORK - The US climate bill may be dead but one thorny element of it — possible tariffs on energy-intensive imports from rapidly developing countries like China — will fester as lawmakers form new greenhouse legislation.
Introduced to the US Congress by industrial […]

June 3
A monster dressed up as a market
Terence Corcoran, National Post
Ahh, finally. It’s all coming together, the form and substance of the great cap-and-trade carbon enterprise taking shape before our eyes. In Washington, debate began yesterday over the Lieberman-Warner carbon control program, dubbed the “cap and spend” program by The Wall Street Journal on account […]