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Alberta in Talks on Climate Policy With Eye to Keystone Approval
2015-02-26 14:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Alberta is in talks with other Canadian provinces and U.S. states to cooperate on climate and environmental policies as it seeks to improve the reputation of its oil sands and win approval of TransCanada Corp.s Keystone pipeline. The oil-rich province is in discussions with governments in North America and overseas, as well as institutions, to coordinate policies aimed at lowering carbon emissions, Premier Jim Prentice said in an interview on Wednesday from Edmonton. The government plans to provide...
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Is there a cancer cluster around the Alberta Tar Sands
2015-02-26 13:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vox: In 2006, Canadian doctor John OConnor made a startling realization. Specialists had diagnosed three of his patients in the northern Alberta village of Fort Chipewyan with cholangiocarcinoma -- a deadly cancer of the bile duct. The same cancer had killed his own father years earlier in Ireland. Only about one in 100,000 Canadians contracts this type of cancer, so the likelihood of three cases in a town of about 950 was minuscule. OConnor suspected pollution from Albertas tar sands, 100 miles...
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Plunge in oil price seen as opportunity for Alberta biotech sector
2015-02-26 06:38:22| Biotech - Topix.net
Alberta's biotechnology sector could benefit from plunging oil prices and the flow of investment away from the energy industry. The province has long courted companies involved in high-tech health and drug development, only to see them leave for the U.S. or other provinces.
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Sharp drop in MLS sales in January hits most Alberta real estate markets
2015-02-26 00:59:01| Real Estate - Topix.net
A Welcome to Fort McMurray sign stands on the side of Highway 63 on the south end of Fort McMurray, Alta. on June 19, 2013.
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Tales from an oil-sands slide: angst amid bravado in Alberta
2015-02-25 08:14:00| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
In the midst of the price swoon, many executives and workers remain confident the oil-sands industry will pull through. Photo / Thinkstock The pain of crude's collapse is beginning to bite in Alberta, from the oil-sands boomtown of Fort McMurray to the corporate boardrooms of Calgary.
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