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UN ruling on Australia's continental shelf
April 22, 2008, 1 Comment

How may this affect the positioning of the nations claiming the Arctic? We note that the UN body involved in this decisi ...

China’s finance policy
April 18, 2008, Comments Off on China’s finance policy

18 April 2008 PBOC chief says China’s reserve growth ‘not desirable’ By Taimur Ahmad (Emerging Markets) -Zhou Xiao ...

The Generations Pact/Pacte des générations
April 3, 2008, Comments Off on The Generations Pact/Pacte des générations

3 April 2008 La ministre Line Beauchamp était de passage à Montréal pour annoncer l’octroi d’un montant de 250 00 ...

Bush's border fence destroys wilderness
April 3, 2008, Comments Off on Bush's border fence destroys wilderness

GETTY IMAGES Completion of the 670-mile fence on the US-Mexican border would harm endangered species and ‘pristine ...

Iraq 5 years later
March 24, 2008, Comments Off on Iraq 5 years later

The $3 Trillion War, Josephy Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes (Vanity Fair, April 2008) After wildly lowballing the cost of the ...

US firm claims Arctic oil resources
March 21, 2008, Comments Off on US firm claims Arctic oil resources

U.S. firm lays claim to ‘potentially vast’ Arctic oil resources Randy Boswell, The Ottawa Citizen Friday, Ma ...

EU paper warns of climate chaos
March 20, 2008, Comments Off on EU paper warns of climate chaos

Rising temperatures will damage even strong economies and pose a global threat to security, top officials say. Extreme c ...

Carbonating India by Cleo Paskal
March 18, 2008, Comments Off on Carbonating India by Cleo Paskal

There is now widespread scientific consensus that human-produced carbon emissions are contributing to global climate cha ...

Why carbon capture is an illusion
March 18, 2008, 1 Comment

BRUCE COX, Executive Director of Greenpeace Canada Globe and Mail March 18, 2008 On March 10, Environment Minister John ...

Wednesday Night #1358
March 12, 2008, 3 Comments

It seems we are stuck in a topic rut and not only in terms of frequency, quantity and quality of snowfall. The news appe ...