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Al Jazeera English does a story on the Northern Gateway pipeline. Once again it appears that the world’s media is doing a story on Kitimat without actually coming here. Interviews and standup shot in Vancouver, Youtube video of Douglas Channel, but sign off in Kitimat. No interviews of anyone in Kitimat.
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Canada’s pipeline a pipe dream?
At first glance, the small Canadian town of Kitimat may not have a lot to offer. The town, on the coast of British Columbia, has seen a p…0
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Washington Post sums up the Canadian pipeline battle
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Canadian government overhauling environmental rules to aid oil extraction
The government of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is rewriting the nation’s environmental laws to speed the extraction and export …0
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Pipeline toll battle focuses on future of TransCanada’s Mainline
It has all the makings of a bare-knuckle brawl, as corporate giants from across the country line up to fight for their interests. More Re…0
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Oil spills
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Rainbow Lake spill pegged at 22,000 barrels
Crews are working to clean up an estimated 22,000 barrels of water and oil that spilled onto muskeg when a waste disposal line sprung a l…0
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Crews continue to clean up oil spill
For the second time in a year, a major oil spill in remote northwestern Alberta has clean-up crews scrambling. Just what caused an estima…0
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Study: Oil spills a frequent risk to inland areas of Midwest
That’s especially true near pipelines, suggests a study in the current issue of the journal Risk Analysis that looks for places particula…0
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Shell’s Battle of the River Plate: largest ever oil spill in fresh water – Royal Dutch Shell plc .com
The court will fine Shell 100,000 pesos (US$28,000) for each day it falls behind in the clean-up operation, the paper reported. Protests …0
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Now you can track marine degbris on your iPhone or Android
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Blackout Speakout
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Hundreds of websites go dark to decry Tory budget bill
More than 500 organizations – green advocates, church groups, political parties, social justice associations, first nations and private c…0
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500 groups shut down websites for a day in protest * Government wants to speed process for approving pipelines * Ministers fan out across…0
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All-star group of protesters decry federal bill as environmental threat
Opponents to current Conservative federal government omnibus legislation Bill C-38 assembled Monday on the banks of False Creek to call o…0
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GATINEAU, QUEBEC – Today the Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, and Harper Government Ministers throughout Canada are …0
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Science
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Science out of context – The Boston Globe
Late last week, we reluctantly handed over more than 3,000 confidential e-mails to BP, as part of a subpoena from the oil company demandi…0
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BP accused of attack on academic freedoms after scientists subpoenaed
Oceanographers say they fear erosion of scientific process after they were forced to turn over emails related to BP oil spillA pair of sc…0
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In the 18 years he’s been an atmospheric chemist at Purdue University, Paul Shepson has visited the Arctic many times, and through many c…0
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Salmon and fisheries
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Federal Fisheries Act amendments could spell disaster
Fish species do not simply live in isolation from other fish species. That is why the amendments in the federal Fisheries Act in the 452-…0
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Faked Alaska: Is genetically modified salmon coming soon to a table near you?
After six months of relative media silence, GMO salmon are back. Since last fall, AquaBounty Technologies, the breeders of the fish – whi…0
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