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Oil spill - Gulf of Mexico
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Facts - provides both general and highly specific information about the spill and its aftermath
No sign of oil after Gulf platform fire: Coast Guard
(Reuters) - An oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy burst into flames in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, but the […]

Forced Migration Online
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund
In Search of Shelter: Mapping the Effects of Climate Change on Human Migration and Displacement
This report explores how environmental shocks and stresses, especially those related to climate change, can push people to leave their homes in search of ‘greener pastures’… or just to survive. This report offers: empirical […]

(Sierra Club) Environmental Impacts of Tar Sands Development; (Pembina Institute) Tar Sands Watch; Oil Notes on WednesdayNight.com; (National Geographic March 2009) The Canadian Oil Boom - Scraping bottom; More on oil & tar sands

The tar sands consist of a mixture of silica sand, minerals, clay, water, and most importantly, crude bitumen. The process of converting bitumen […]

Munk Debates 2009: Climate change is mankind’s defining crisis, and demands a commensurate response.
December 2009 Munk Debate on Climate Change “Be it resolved: climate change is mankind’s defining crisis, and demands a commensurate response.” George Monbiot and Elizabeth May took the affirmative; Bjørn Lomborg and Lord Nigel Lawson the negative. [Watch the debate]
Lomborg […]

More on Biofuels and clean energy
Race for biofuels heats up in Africa
The drive to produce crops such as sugar cane and palm oil that can be converted into biofuels is spurring land grabs across Africa that may contribute to food shortages and deforestation, Friends of the Earth says in a new report. […]

China and the world economy ; China, energy & economy ; China on Wednesday-Night.com
15 Facts About China That Will Blow Your Mind
(Business Insider) Despite all the wild stories you have already heard about China, expect the nation to keep blowing your mind. That’s because not only is China enormous and highly diverse, but most importantly, […]

Canada 2010: G8 & G20 ; At Issue panel on The National (CBC)
No politics please, we’re nation-building: PM
WHITEHORSE - He stood astride an ice flow, F-18 jets roaring overhead for a perfect photograph, reannounced feel-good government initiatives and gave a rousing speech to party faithful warning of the evils of an opposition coalition.
But Prime Minister […]

Lessons from the Green Revolution ; Green Revolution: Curse or Blessing? ; Agriculture & Food ; (International Food Policy Research Institute) Agriculture and climate change: An agenda for negotiation in Copenhagen ; Global Treaty on Climate Change ; Climate Change (that is, Global Warming) and Sub-Saharan Africa (2005)

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Genome breakthrough heralds new dawn for […]

…the first principle of Arctic sovereignty is: Use it or lose it
- Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Resolute Bay, August, 2007

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Background
CBC archives: Creation of Nunavut
On April 1, 1999, the new territory of Nunavut was born. It meant the Inuit gained self-rule and control over their own institutions.; Canadian Arctic Sovereignty prepared by […]

The end of suburbia
UN Habitat
Sustainable Cities
Habitat for humanity
Urban World: Innovative cities: Why learning is the key to urban development
The Urban Vision profiles best practices and the finest thinking in the key components of city building –Urban Design, Architecture, infrastructure planning, policy strategies ….

 
China and India: A tale of 2 megacity styles
China […]