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Background on UN Convention of Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
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June 27
Exclusive: No ice at the North Pole
(The Independent) It seems unthinkable, but for the first time in human history, ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole […]

U.S. firm lays claim to ‘potentially vast’ Arctic oil resources
Randy Boswell, The Ottawa Citizen
Friday, March 21, 2008
A U.S.-based company that has controversially laid claim to nearly all of the Arctic Ocean’s undersea oil said yesterday that new geological data suggest a “potentially vast” petroleum resource of 400 billion barrels.
That figure is backed by a respected […]

Rising temperatures will damage even strong economies and pose a global threat to security, top officials say.
Extreme climate conditions provoked by global warming could lead to “unprecedented” international security threats, with “serious security risks” even if climate change is contained within the European Union’s target of a temperature rise of 2°C above pre-industrial levels, […]

15 August 2007
Canada’s Northwest Passage: Tension in the high Arctic

By Cleo Paskal, Special to The Suburban

A classic example of the “if it’s not exclusively mine, it should at least be open to everyone” approach to the seas can be found […]

This Wednesday we will sadly say farewell to Anne Sophie Coleman, who leaves Montreal for an exciting new post in Washington where she will be dealing with issues relating to China and intellectual property rights. Probably even more challenging than the role she has occasionally had to assume on Wednesday Nights! She will be sorely […]

 
More on Canada, Russia and the Arctic
Whose Pole?
National Post Editorial
 
July 28, 2007
Moscow cannot unilaterally declare Santa Claus a Russian citizen. Yet that is what the government of President Vladimir Putin appears to be attempting with its launching this week of an expedition that will plant a flag on the seabed 4,200 metres beneath the […]

 
April 15, 2007
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It’s a bit too early to wish the locals Merry Christmas - we don’t put OUR tree up until the 15th or so. But we can offer a simmering seasonal potpourri for your enjoyment.
We have unwrapped a series of early Christmas presents with the outcome of the Liberal Leadership convention (discussed extensively at last Wednesday’s […]