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NSW Liberals call for national debates on climate change science
2016-03-08 07:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Changes to economic policy and the involvement of women are key to fighting climate change says Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The NSW Liberals have formally called on the Turnbull government to conduct public debates about climate change - including whether the science is settled - in a stark reminder of the deep divisions within the party over the issue. A motion passed at the party's state council calls on the government to "arrange and...
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Liberals won't rule out imposing a national carbon price, Catherine McKenna says
2016-03-05 01:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Canada's environment minister says all jurisdictions in Canada need a price on carbon, and she won't rule out imposing a national price if provincial leaders drag their heels. "What is really clear is that every jurisdiction needs to have a price on carbon, and the premiers have all recognized that a price on carbon is part of the solution [to fight climate change]," Catherine McKenna said in an interview with Chris Hall on CBC Radio's The House. Trudeau and the provincial premiers announced...
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Liberals: Stop Your Climate-Change Hectoring
2016-01-12 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Good news for climate advocates: Researchers have new clues about what's stopping the public from caring more about global warming. Bad news for climate advocates: They're part of the problem. The December issue of the Journal of Environmental Psychology focuses on how to encourage "pro-environmental behavior." In example after example, researchers show how governments, politicians and companies have framed climate change and its solutions in ways that seem intuitive but often fail -- and can...
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Canada's Liberals plan fresh start on energy after rejection of Keystone pipeline
2015-11-08 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Barack Obama has formally rejected the Keystone XL pipeline project after seven years of review, saying that importing "dirtier crude oil" from Canada would tarnish the United States' reputation for fighting climate change. The U.S. President's decision on the oil sands pipeline, while not unexpected, puts pressure on Justin Trudeau's new Liberal government to rehabilitate Canada's international image as a responsible energy producer and find new routes to get crude to foreign markets. Foreign...
Provincial Liberals lost $61 million on sale of Ontera
2015-09-29 23:33:49| Telecom - Topix.net
Newly released public documents show the Ontario government paid consultants and lawyers $6.5 million to advise them on the sale of a Crown agency that sold for only $6 million. The documents show the Liberal government lost $61 million when it sold Ontera, the telecommunications arm of the Ontario Northland Corporation, to Bell Aliant.
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