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Canada pipeline report may help unlock federal fundsDec 31, 2009- Reuters CALGARY - A regulatory panel's conditional support for the Mackenzie gas pipeline in Canada's Far North could kick-start plodding talks between Ottawa and the project's backers over an expensive fiscal support package, a top Northwest Territories minister said on Thursday. |
California's renewable pipeline hits nearly 70 GWDec 30, 2009- Reuters LOS ANGELES - Renewable energy projects proposed in California total nearly 70 gigawatts (GW), Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Tuesday, a large pipeline that could help the state meet its renewable energy goals. |
Alberta tries to stop pine beetles from spreadingDec 30, 2009- Canadian Press EDMONTON - Crews armed with chainsaws and fire are fanning out across Alberta this winter, facing the almost impossible task of stemming the eastward spread of the voracious mountain pine beetle. Some scientists believe global warming and drought have made pine forests more susceptible to infestation and put the boreal forest at risk. No longer available |
Bright future for lighting with glowing OLED wallpaperDec 30, 2009- Guardian WALES - Wallpaper that can glow with light and bendable flat-panel screens are a step closer thanks to research into organic LEDs (OLEDs), which are widely hailed as the next generation of environmentally friendly lighting technology. |
N.D. likely to sue Minnesota over carbon taxDec 29, 2009- Bismarck Tribune BISMARCK — North Dakota’s attorney general said he expects the state to sue Minnesota over a plan there to tax carbon created by electrical generation. |
Quebec brings in tough new emission rulesDec 29, 2009- Montreal Gazette MONTREAL — Environmental and consumer groups are welcoming the news that Quebec’s new fuel efficiency standards officially take effect in mid-January, meaning automakers will face stiff fines if they sell too many gas-guzzling vehicles in the province. |
A huffy Canada shuts down 'Yes Men'Dec 29, 2009- Seattle PI OTTAWA - Stung by a satire at the Copenhagen climate conference, Canada's government has shut down two parody Web sites criticizing the Great White North's glacial policy on global warming. |
China's Green Leap Forward is the futureDec 28, 2009- Shanghai Daily OPINION - Even had there not been a climate change summit in Copenhagen, China would still set itself on a path of low-carbon development if its growth model is to remain competitive. |
Methane’s growing dangersDec 28, 2009- Boston Globe OPINION - Exxon-Mobil’s recent acquisition of a major natural gas producer is just the latest sign of the country’s transition away from coal, which emits twice as much carbon dioxide as gas. But the growing role of gas makes it all the more important for the Obama administration to move aggressively to regulate emissions of the greenhouse gas methane, which often occur in natural gas production. |
The good news from Copenhagen: Manitoba praisedDec 22, 2009- Winnipeg Free Press WINNIPEG - The global climate change deal may have been a bust, but controversy surrounding Canada's climate change policies did not stop several provinces, including Manitoba, from garnering positive reviews. |
UN agrees to reform climate processDec 22, 2009- Financial Times UN - The United Nations bowed to intensifying pressure yesterday to start sweeping reforms of its processes for reaching agreement on climate change. |
Lessons From the Copenhagen Climate TalksDec 21, 2009- Time COPENHAGEN - Although many will remember the Copenhagen climate summit as an unmitigated disaster, that's too simple an assessment. The real value of the Copenhagen summit may lie in what it teaches us about dealing with climate change — and much more. |
EnCana wants natural gas stations on 401Dec 21, 2009- CBC News OTTAWA - EnCana said Monday it is in talks with the federal government about a plan to encourage gasoline and diesel retailers to add natural gas fuelling stations along Highway 401, Canada's busiest roadway. |
Copenhagen’s one real accomplishment: getting some money flowingDec 20, 2009- New York Times COPENHAGEN - The Copenhagen Accord set no goal for conclusion of a binding international treaty, leaving months, and perhaps years, of additional negotiations before it emerges in any internationally enforceable form. But money in notable quantities should, in principle, start flowing next year. |
Heated debate in Nova Scotia over harvesting trees for energyDec 20, 2009- Canadian Press HALIFAX, N.S. - A debate is brewing between the Nova Scotia government, focus groups and environmentalists over the sustainability of harvesting trees and burning low-grade wood to meet the province's energy needs. |
Analysis: Obama climate 'accord' is thin, toothless, but may prove small step on long roadDec 19, 2009- Associated Press COPENHAGEN - A furious final two days of climate diplomacy and presidential brinkmanship produced 2 1/2 thin pages called the Copenhagen Accord, a deal vague at times in meaning, rejected by some, lacking any teeth. No longer available |
Ottawa and environmentalist disagree on final Copenhagen agreementDec 19, 2009 - Canadian Press MONTREAL - The federal government wasted no time Saturday trying to take some of the sting out of criticism that it failed to play a meaningful role in global climate change talks in Denmark that produced a shaky agreement. No longer available |
New deal depends on Obama: delegatesDec 18, 2009- Canwest News Service COPENHAGEN - All eyes will be on U.S. President Barack Obama and dozens of other world leaders today as they try to pull some kind of consensus from climate talks plagued by monetary disputes and bureaucratic quibbling. |
Alberta premier defends his province's recordDec 18, 2009- Canwest News Service CALGARY - With Canada's oilsands under attack in Copenhagen, Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach went on an environmental offensive of his own Thursday with a national media blitz that assails other premiers and trumpets his province's green credentials. |
China transforms balance of power in Copenhagen's negotiating hallsDec 17, 2009- Guardian COPENHAGEN - Despite the huge differences that have emerged during the UN climate talks, one thing that almost everyone can agree on is that China has transformed the balance of power in the negotiating halls. |
Copenhagen police tackle 4,000-strong climate protestDec 17, 2009- Guardian (Video) COPENHAGEN - On a day when NGOs were given limited access to the Copenhagen summit, protesters marched on the Bella centre to reclaim the climate debate back to the people most affected |
Harper faces stalled climate talks, implicit criticism in CopenhagenDec 17, 2009- Canadian Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark - The Kyoto Protocol will live to fight another day. Despite calls from Canada and other rich nations to mothball Kyoto in favour of a new climate deal, the United Nations' top climate official announced Thursday that it's not going away just yet. No longer available |
Winnipeg climate activists push PM for swift actionDec 17, 2009- Winnipeg Free Press WINNIPEG - Local environmental activists protested in south Winnipeg on Wednesday afternoon to demand the federal government take swift action on climate change. About 20 people picketed outside Winnipeg South MP Rod Bruinooge's office to push the Harper government to commit to serious emission reductions at the Copenhagen climate change summit. |
Ocean flooding may be worse than expected: studyDec 17, 2009- Associated Press NEW YORK - Global warming in this century might raise sea levels more than expected in future centuries, says a study that looked at what happened when Neanderthals roamed Europe. Unless global warming is curbed or expensive measures taken to hold back rising water, the projected sea level rise could submerge about one-third of Florida, southern Manhattan, much of Bangladesh and almost all the Netherlands, for example, researchers said. |
Put warming on agenda for Ontario summits: U.K.Dec 17, 2009- CP / AP OTTAWA - Canada faces international pressure to feature climate change as the centrepiece of next year's G8 and G20 summits, as climate negotiations in Copenhagen stumble. Prime Minister Stephen Harper joins fellow leaders in the Danish capital Thursday in an effort to reach an agreement that might pave the way for a binding international treaty, still many months away, to reduce greenhouse gases. |
Day of mass protest in CopenhagenDec 16, 2009- Guardian COPENHAGEN - About 4,000 campaigners marched on the Bella centre in Copenhagen in an attempt to stage a "people's assembly" inside the summit, but were stopped by police. At least 260 protesters have been detained following clashes outside the Bella centre, said the Danish police spokesman, Per Larsen. |
U.S.-China showdown looms over climate talksDec 15, 2009- Associated Press COPENHAGEN - In a showdown between the world's two largest polluters, China accused the United States and other rich nations Tuesday of backsliding on commitments to fight global warming and the top American envoy declared the U.S. would not change its offer on cutting greenhouse gas emissions. |
Alberta smashes week-old power use recordDec 15, 2009- CBC News CALGARY - Chilly Alberta has already shattered a power use record set just last week. Albertans consumed a record-breaking 10,236 megawatts on Monday night during the supper hour. |
Tesla electric roadster going on roadtrip to prove range, durabilityDec 15, 2009- TreeHugger PALM SPRINGS - Starting Dec 17, a team of 16 Tesla Motors employees will be taking a 2,700 miles roadtrip from Palm Springs, CA to Detroit, MI. The goal is to demonstrate that the electric Roadster is tough in real-world conditions |
Merkel nervous about slow pace in CopenhagenDec 15, 2009 - Reuters BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that she was growing nervous about the lack of progress at the U.N. Climate Conference in Copenhagen. |
Schwarzenegger says states key to climate fightDec 14, 2009 - Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says countries cannot solve the problem of climate change without the help of local governments. No longer available |
Dispute stalls UN climate talksDec 14, 2009- Associated Press COPENHAGEN - China, India and other developing nations blocked U.N. climate talks on Monday, bringing negotiations to a halt with their demand that rich countries discuss much deeper cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions. |
Canada just ahead of Saudi ArabiaDec 14, 2009- Canwest News Service COPENHAGEN - Canada ranks just ahead of Saudi Arabia when it comes to progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, says an annual climate change performance report looking at 57 high-emitting countries. |
Ontario, Quebec wash hands of oilsandsDec 14, 2009 - Canwest News Service COPENHAGEN - Delegations from Ontario and Quebec wasted no time before differentiating their position from the federal government's after arriving Sunday at the climate change conference in Copenhagen -- declaring they weren't going to carry higher emission-reduction burdens for the sake of oilsands expansion in the Western provinces. |
No consensus on Manitoba's Kyoto goalsDec 12, 2009 - Winnipeg Free Press WINNIPEG - As Premier Greg Selinger flies to Copenhagen today to attend the international climate-change conference, Manitoba is on track to meet ambitious greenhouse gas emission targets it set last year, the government contends. |
EU nations commit $3.6 B a year to global climate fundDec 11, 2009- Associated Press BRUSSELS - EU leaders agreed Friday to commit C2.4 billion ($3.6 billion) a year until 2012 to help poorer countries combat global warming, as they sought to rescue their image as climate change innovators and bolster talks in Copenhagen. No longer available |
Doer going to CopenhagenDec 10, 2009 - Canadian Press 0TTAWA -- Canada's man in Washington is going to Copenhagen. The Harper government will dispatch Ambassador and former Manitoba premier Gary Doer to climate talks in the Danish capital, The Canadian Press has learned. |
1,700 UK scientists back evidence that humans are causing climate change, reject skepticsDec 10, 2009 - Associated Press WASHINGTON - At a critical time, the uproar over stolen emails suggesting scientists suppressed contrary views about climate change has emboldened skeptics - including U.S. congressional Republicans looking to scuttle President Barack Obama's push for mandatory reductions in greenhouse gases. No longer available |
Climate change worsened most years since 1980: reportDec 9, 2009 - Reuters COPENHAGEN - The impacts of climate change have worsened almost every year since 1980, according to a study on Wednesday inspired by the Dow Jones stock index that distils global warming into a single number. |
Historic climate debate opens, with boost from USDec 7, 2009 - Associated Press COPENHAGEN - The United States delivered a welcome boost Monday to a pivotal climate conference by saying greenhouse gases blamed for global warming should be regulated as a health hazard. No longer available |
Climate e-mails were hijacked 'to sabotage summit'Dec 7, 2009 - The Times NEW YORK - UN officials have likened the theft of e-mails from university climate researchers to the Watergate scandal, after claiming computer hackers were probably paid by people intent on undermining the Copenhagen summit. |
Mounties investigating how Greenpeace scaled Parliament BuildingsDec 7, 2009 - Canadian Press OTTAWA - The RCMP are investigating how 19 Greenpeace protesters in blue jumpsuits and white climbing helmets were able to scale two buildings on Parliament Hill undetected and unveil huge banners from the roof. No longer available |
Warm weather puts winter 'lifeline' for northern Manitobans at riskDec 6, 2009 - Canadian Press WINNIPEG - The cost of everything from milk to gas in northern Manitoba could be driven up as warmer winter weather threatens ice roads that stretch thousands of kilometres into the most remote communities. No longer available |
FYI: India resents pressure to slow developmentDec 5, 2009 - The Washington Post COMMENTARY - Subjects rarely stir up as much ire as India's stance on climate change. The topic has become a matter of national pride, a symbol of sovereignty and growing global clout. |
Canada won't bend at Copenhagen talksDec 5, 2009 - Canadian Press MONTREAL - The Canadian government says it will be following Barack Obama's lead at next week's Copenhagen climate summit - and will propose to do no more, no less. |
NATURE: Stolen e-mails have revealed no scientific conspiracyDec 3, 2009 - Nature EDITORIAL - Nothing in the e-mails stolen from the University of East Anglia undermines the scientific case that global warming is real — or that human activities are almost certainly the cause. |
University to probe whether scientists fudged global warming dataDec 3, 2009 - Associated Press LONDON - A British university said Thursday it would investigate whether scientists at its prestigious Climatic Research Unit fudged data on global warming. No longer available |
The dirty secrets of carbon tradingDec 3, 2009 - Time TORANGALLU, INDIA - While the residents of this mostly rural hamlet may not realize it, the same environmental problems they grapple with in their daily lives may well be on the table at the UN's Copenhagen conference, as attendees decide whether to overhaul an international carbon-trading mechanism designed to help developing nations cut greenhouse gases. |
Copenhagen climate change talks must fail, says top scientistDec 2, 2009 - Guardian NEW YORK- The scientist who convinced the world to take notice of the looming danger of global warming says it would be better for the planet and for future generations if next week's Copenhagen climate change summit ended in collapse. |
India reveals carbon emission targetsDec 2, 2009 - Guardian DELHI - India became the last of the "big four" polluters to reveal its opening hand in the negotiations today, ahead of the crucial climate change talks in Copenhagen next week. |
Emissions targets fall short, report saysDec 1, 2009 - Globe and Mail OTTAWA - Developed countries have promised only half the reductions in greenhouse gases that international scientists say are necessary to prevent climate catastrophe, with Canada bringing up the rear as a global laggard. |
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