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U.S. Offers Wind-Power Leases Offshore Three Atlantic States
By Andrew Herndon - Nov 30, 2012 2:54 PM ET Bloomberg News The Obama administration will offer leases next year for wind-energy development off the coasts of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Virginia, the Interior Department said. The agency, which oversees energy development in federal waters more than 3 miles from shore, set aside 277,550 acres divided into two wind-energy areas on the
Tar Sands Oil Boom Drives Push for A Northern Pipeline
The rapid development of Alberta’s tar sands has spawned a new proposal for a 731-mile pipeline that would transport oil to the British Columbia coast. The project is strongly opposed by conservationists and First Nations leaders, who fear the environmental risks it would bring. Ed Struzic environment360 The Great Bear Rainforest is
A low carbon future is the one we must all fight for
Decarbonisation is being lead by the Europeans, in spite of the fossil fuel industries’ war on life. UN negotiations in Doha are just a sideshow. The real climate change battle is being staged elsewhere Michael Jacobs The Guardian An innocent observer could be forgiven for thinking that the United Nations climate
Student activism is alive and well
By Bill McKibben The Boston Globe I MET with students at Northeastern University recently, and they were gung-ho about going to work on climate change: They’d gone way past their old focus on recycling to start demanding that the college divest its holdings in fossil fuel companies. They were nerving themselves up for a
Undercover footage shows Chris Heaton-Harris admitting to having seen no research to support his anti-wind criticisms
Thursday 15 November 2012 17.22 GMT Damian Carrington Undercover footage shows Chris Heaton-Harris admitting to having seen no research to support his anti-wind criticisms Heaton-Harris states in a public video that turbines harm birds, despite having admitted in private to seeing no research on this. Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian Conservative
Sacred Economics and Sacred Law: Polly Higgins and Charles Eisenstein
Conscious Media YouTube A discussion between two visionaries of the new world – both who share the belief that all life is sacred. Hear them speak intimately about their life paths and their visions for the future. This was an evening of stimulating dialogue to support humanity’s evolution. Polly Higgins Eradicating Ecocide
Green groups want assurance Rice will dump oil sands stocks
A slight conflict of interest perhaps? By Ben Geman and Zack Colman The Hill STATE OF PLAY: Environmentalists are pressing the White House to ensure that Susan Rice dumps shares in oil sands-related companies if she’s nominated for secretary of State. “The White House has gotten the message that people are very concerned about this,” said
Bureaucrats told Peter Kent reforms could undermine environmental protection
The Harper government’s sell-out to the fossil fuel industry is exposed in this story. BY MIKE DE SOUZA POSTMEDIA NEWS OTTAWA – Oil and gas companies were pushing for a weakening of conservation laws that could undermine the federal government’s ability to protect the environment, bureaucrats warned Environment Minister Peter Kent more than
Enbridge Bid to Dismiss Landowners’ Lawsuit Fails, Pipeline Case to Continue
Landowner group wants to force Enbridge to follow local regulations; the pipeline company says the group has no legal standing to sue. Lisa Song Inside Climate News A lawsuit against pipeline company Enbridge Inc. was returned to Michigan state court on Tuesday, after a judge ruled that a group that is trying to
Court rules against Texas landowners in pipeline case
Inside Climate News Bloomberg TEXAS – TransCanada Corp. can use eminent- domain law to seize Texas land to build the Keystone XL pipeline to transport Canadian tar-sands crude to Gulf Coast refineries, an appeals court said Thursday. Texas landowners opposing Keystone XL claimed that TransCanada doesn’t meet the definition of a “common carrier” under
Outgoing Mexican President’s Environmental Legacy Questioned
By Emilio Godoy IPS “A Canadian firm wants to extract minerals in our area; it will harm the environment and use up water needed by the community,” complained Hipólito García, who lives in Tetlama, 110 kilometres south of the Mexican capital. Similar complaints are echoed around the country. García’s protest is aimed at two
Action Alert: Is a big gas-fired peaker plant coming to Guelph?
Angela Bischoff Ontario Clean Air Alliance What’s the best way to meet Guelph’s electricity needs? Is it by building a new high voltage transmission line and a $500 million gas peaker plant that would waste more than 60% of the gas it burns heating up the atmosphere? Or would it be better to fully
Tri-National Campaign Launched in Opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership
By Stuart Trew Council of Canadians Press Release For Immediate Release Contact: Kristen Beifus, 206-227-3079 or kristen@washingtonfairtrade.org Tri-National Campaign Launched in Opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Activists Announce Goal of 1,000 North American Groups against “NAFTA Expansion” Blaine, Wash. - Activists from Canada, Mexico and the United States are unveiling a new tri-national unity statement opposing
NEWS: Ontario Liberal leadership candidate urges united front against Harper agenda
By Brent Patterson Council of Canadians The Globe and Mail reports, “Kathleen Wynne, a front-runner in the race to become the next premier of Ontario, says she wants to forge a united front with her provincial colleagues to extract a fairer deal from Ottawa. …If the provinces were to become one big squeaky wheel, it would
