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Canada: With Keystone In Limbo, Alberta Launches Carbon Contest
2013-02-22 20:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The Canadian province of Alberta is home to the country's booming oil and gas industry, and is a key power base for Canada's Conservative Prime Minister, Stephen Harper. The rapid development of unconventional oil and gas resources, also known as "oil sands,' in Alberta has turned that province into an engine of economic growth in Canada, and has led to controversy in the U.S. Domestically, Alberta is perhaps best known as the origin of the controversial Keystone-XL Pipeline, which would transport...
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New Study to Examine Health Impact of Alberta Oil Sands
2013-02-22 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Edmonton Journal: An independent study will soon be launched into the health effects of the oilsands on nearby communities. Partially funded by the provincial and federal governments, the study will be overseen by University of Calgary sociology professor Cora Voyageur and will re-examine cancer rates in Fort Chipewyan, a native community about 220 kilometres north of Fort McMurray. Links to other health issues, including autism, will also be explored as researchers try to determine if contaminants from industrial...
Altima Spuds Chambers Well In Alberta
2013-02-20 17:00:00| OGI
It is the first well drilled under Altima's participation agreement with Whistler Oil and Gas Pty. Ltd.
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Oil Sands Monitoring Program Stalled as Ottawa, Alberta Debate Details
2013-02-19 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canadian Press: The revamping of environmental monitoring of the oil sands was supposed to be the federal government's defence against suspicions of widespread damage. Now, a full year after Alberta and Ottawa unveiled a three-year plan to set aside their differences and keep a closer watch on the air, water and habitat in northern Alberta, there are still no formal results. The Conservatives are striving to shore up their environmental credentials in the wake of a public chiding from the federal environmental...
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Obama speech to let Alberta move faster on climate change: ministers
2013-02-14 12:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canadian Press: Alberta cabinet ministers are praising U.S. President Barack Obama's recent remarks on climate change. They say the president's state of the union address shows the U.S. is catching up to Alberta on the issue and allows the province to move even faster to combat the problem. Still, Environment Minister Diana McQueen says she has asked the group setting up a monitoring agency for the oilsands to speed up their work. She's also asked her staff to come up with a renewed climate change strategy,...
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