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Koch Brothers' Activism Protects Their 50-Year Stake in Canadian Heavy Oils
Environment  (tags: Tea Party, Koch Brothers, Corporate Funding, Pipeline, Canada, environment )

Nancy
- 9 days ago - insideclimatenews.org
...At the top of the list are the Koch family's long and deep investments in Canada's heavy oil industry, which have been central to the company's initial growth and subsequent diversification since 1959.
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B.C. Economist Blocks Coal Trains In White Rock
Environment  (tags: climate-change, energy, fossil fuels, greenhousegases, Canada, US coal )

Lynn
- 19 days ago - huffingtonpost.ca
About a dozen protesters, including one of Canada's leading energy-environment economists, were arrested Saturday after setting up a blockade on train tracks in White Rock, B.C., aimed at stopping U.S. coal trains from reaching local ports.
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ACTIVISM IN CANADA: Standing Up for the Planet and the Future
Environment  (tags: activism, activists, Canada, world, GoodNews, environment, destruction, conservation, protection, nature, humans, ecosystems, forests, trees, politics, habitat )

Cal
- 21 days ago - ipsnews.net
What are you doing on Saturday? Peter Nix, a retiree, will be standing on a railway track on Canada's west coast blocking a coal train destined to ship U.S. and Canadian coal to Asia.
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Dare to Be Deep ACTION
Environment  (tags: Canada, ecosystems, marine life, wildlife, environment )

Nancy
- 24 days ago - thebigwild.org
The Big Wild is working with the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) to ensure 12 proposed marine areas are protected.
59 comments
Stop the New England Tar Sands Safety Cover-Up - Urgent Action!
Environment  (tags: petition, Enbridge, Canada, tar sands oil, Ontario, pipeline reversal project, secrecy, New England, water jeopardized )

Judy
- 37 days ago - secure.nrdconline.org
A Canadian pipeline company may be planning to funnel toxic tar sands oil through New England -- and trying to get out of telling the public what will happen to the drinking water when there is a spill.
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Lakotas Launch Hunger Strike Against Tar Sands Pipelines
Environment  (tags: tar sands, ecosystems, US, Canada, environment, world, nature, conservation, habitat, pollution, protection, politics, healthconditions, wildlife, research )

Cal
- 52 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
In the Dakotas, members of the proud Lakota Nation rose in protest this week to join a 48-hour hunger strike in opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline -- and all tar sands pipelines -- they say will destroy precious water resources and ancestral lands in
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End Government Handouts to Polluters ACTION
Environment  (tags: Harper, Canada, environment, destruction, ecosystems, pollution, $$$ )

Nancy
- 67 days ago - weshouldbefriends.ca
Anneke's link to Petition addressed to Prime Minister Stephen Harper to end handouts to reckless polluters who are some of the wealthiest corporations in the world.
57 comments
STUDY: Tar Sands Emit More Carbon Than Previously Estimated
Environment  (tags: tar sands, ecosystems, US, Canada, environment, world, nature, conservation, habitat, pollution, protection, politics, healthconditions, wildlife, research )

Cal
- 74 days ago - news.mongabay.com
Now, a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has found an additional source of carbon that has been unaccounted for: peatlands
28 comments
Kinder Morgan Pipeline
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, habitat, nature, Canada, protection )

Cher
- 76 days ago - sierraclub.bc.ca
Stopping the Kinder Morgan expansion is crucial to shifting Canada's energy sector away from dependence on fossil fuels and toward economic alternatives that protect communities and slow global warming.
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The True Cost of Oil
Environment  (tags: Canada, Keystone Pipeline, Boreal Forest, tar sands, environment, ecosystems, healthconditions )

Nancy
- 82 days ago - thebigwild.org
Time and again, we've featured the work of Canadian conservation photographer Garth Lenz and his breathtaking shots of the Flathead River Valley. Garth was recently invited to speak at a TEDx conference in Victoria, British Columbia, where he presented...
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'It's Going to Be War': First Nations Battle Canadian Tar Sands
Environment  (tags: Canada, First Nations, local municipalities, opposition to Northern Gateway pipelne, Harper, Enbridge, Northern Gateway Pipeline, Alberta Tar Sands, tar sands oil, Keystone XL Pipeline, TransCanada, British Columbia, environmental concerns, China )

Judy
- 94 days ago - commondreams.org
Canada's Harper-run government has lobbied hard on behalf of both the Keystone XL pipeline and Northern Gatway. First Nations and local municipalities, however, have refused to back down from their opposition.
34 comments
TAKE ACTION NOW! Only A Couple Days to Support European Union Labeling of Tar Sands as Highly Polluting
Environment  (tags: tar sands, ecosystems, US, Canada, environment, world, nature, conservation, habitat, pollution, protection, politics, healthconditions, wildlife )

Cal
- 94 days ago - climateark.org
Along with ending the use of coal, and protecting primary forests and restoring old growth forests, dismantling tar sands is a keystone response to achieving global ecological sustainability upon which all life is dependent.
65 comments
The Keystone Debate: Forget the Pipeline, This Is About the Oilsands
Environment  (tags: climate-change, climatechange, CO2emissions, energy, environment, Canada, Alberta, tar sands, oil sands, politics, pollution )

Michael
- 95 days ago - cbc.ca
When supporters of the Keystone XL pipeline tout the benefits of TransCanada's $7-billion plan to ship crude oil from Alberta to Texas, they have a long list.
20 comments
Tell Canada to Honour Its Commitments to Our Oceans ACTION
Environment  (tags: Canada, oceans, ecosystems, fish, habitat destruction )

Nancy
- 106 days ago - action.davidsuzuki.org
If a panel of doctors told you that you need to take better care of your health, would you listen? Canada just got that warning from 10 leading marine scientists: Take care of your oceans before it's too late.
63 comments
Stop the Threats ACTION
Environment  (tags: Harper, Canada, Enbridge Pipeline, environment, destruction, ecosystems )

Nancy
- 108 days ago - leadnow.ca
The Harper Government is privately threatening Canadian charities that are helping people participate in the public hearings about Enbridge's western pipeline and supertanker project.
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