Tar Sands
Tar sands pipeline to be built to eastern Canada
Morning summary: With uncertainty over the Keystone XL pipeline project, TransCanada has announced it plans to built a pipeline to eastern Canada
Canada tar sands threatening biodiversity of Arctic circle wilderness
Mackenzie River Basin at great risk from climate change and a catastrophic oil spill according to a panel of nine Canadian, American and British scientists
Canada wears climate pariah label “with honour”
Despite more pleas this week for Canada to reconsider its position on climate change, the Government’s commitment to its tar sands oil resources is likely to win
Canada’s oil chief Joe Oliver slates climate expert James Hansen
Guardian: Outspoken politician says US scientist should be ‘ashamed’ of his ‘exaggerated rhetoric’ on exploitation of tar sands
Climate protesters converge on London ahead of G8 meeting
US Secretary of State John Kerry singled out as activists call for him to block Keystone XL
Hansen urges Obama to abandon Keystone XL pipeline
NASA climate science chief James Hansen says approval of tar sands pipeline would be a “crushing blow” to the climate
Canada’s First Nations lead battle against Alberta tar sands
Leader of Canada’s Indigenous peoples arrives in Europe to stop the tar sands industry which he says is destroying their way of life
EU climate chief calls on US to block Keystone pipeline
Rejecting tar sands project would represent a strong signal from Obama Administration of it’s climate change resolve
Greenpeace: 14 big oil megaprojects will set off carbon bomb
Huge new oil and gas developments would raise fossil fuel emissions by 20% and lock the world into dangerous levels of climate change, according to a report commissioned by Greenpeace
EU cautious on Obama climate change u-turn
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Pressure increases on Obama to block Keystone XL pipeline
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Obama boosts support for biofuels industry
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Canada’s lone Green MP says govt has damaged hopes of global climate deal
COP18: Elizabeth May says Canada’s decision to leave iconic treaty is a disgrace and calls on Parties to UNFCCC to register anger at Doha summit
Canada’s Alberta tar sands emit more carbon than previously thought
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EU to hold back 900m carbon credits in attempt to boost price
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Shell forced to abandon Alaska drilling without tapping any oil
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Canadian youth rise above dirty domestic policies and push for climate action
Youth Profile #15: The government may have walked out on the Kyoto Protocol but the country’s youth still has a strong voice pushing for climate action.
Twitter report: Chatham House climate change conference
Tweets, pictures and newslines from the 2012 Chatham House climate change conference
Splits emerging in EU over fossil fuels and climate policy as energy commissioner appears to back tar sands
Günter Oettinger hails US “industrialisation by fossil fuel” through deepwater drilling and tar sands exploration, contradicting ongoing work in Brussels decarbonise the economy.
Youth Profile #3: Canada’s climate coalition on taking on the Tar Sands lobby and fighting for Kyoto
In the third of RTCC’s Youth Action series, Amara Possian form the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition talks about youth empowerment, international negotiations and the creativity young people bring to the process.