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Kiewit Recognized As A Best Workplace In Canada For Fifth Consecutive Year
2015-04-13 08:15:57| chemicalonline Home Page
Today, for the fifth consecutive year, Kiewit, one of North America’s largest and most respected construction, mining and engineering organizations, is being recognized as one of this year’s Best Workplaces in Canada. The list, compiled by Great Place to Work Institute Canada, will appear in a special national report in today’s The Globe and Mail
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Canada: Feds request provincial input to devise national climate plan
2015-04-12 23:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: This week could mark a turning point in Canada's struggle to shed its international image as a climate-change laggard, but could also lay bare the fault lines running through the country's attempts to deal with what many would argue is the defining environmental struggle of the century. While Ontario will join Quebec in implementing cap and trade, British Columbia has instead opted for a simpler carbon tax. Saskatchewan, meanwhile, is looking to new green technologies. Alberta, for its part, is...
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Canada: Beneath the tar sands is even dirtier oil, industry is salivating
2015-04-12 17:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The price of crude oil has slumped to its lowest point in six years, and that has sent some major oil companies scrambling to get out of expensive tar-sands projects in Alberta, Canada. Shell has pulled out of one of its largest lease applications, and Petrochina is attempting to get rid of its tar-sands assets. Environmentalists have watched the slowdown with great hope. Yet at the same time, some of those very same companies are positioning themselves to tap into an even more dirty and expensive...
Thousands March In Canada To Call For Action On Climate Change
2015-04-12 17:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Thousands of Canadians took to the streets of Quebec City, Quebec on Saturday to call on their country to curb tar sands growth take action to address the threat of climate change. The march, which was organized by the environmental and social coalition Act on Climate, drew about 25,000 participants from across Canada, including representatives from First Nations, environmental groups, unions, and student groups. The protesters` march comes a few days before Canada plans to host a provincial summit...
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Canada: Activists rally Quebec City, calling for climate action ahead premiers meeting
2015-04-12 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Thousands of climate change activists snaked through the streets of Quebec City on Saturday to demand action from Canadian premiers who are in town to discuss environmental issues next week. The crowd at the Act on Climate Change march included representatives from First Nations, environmental activists and political groups, said journalist Yasmine Hassan, who was there covering the event for Ricochet. "It was very festive. There were children, there were adults, there were older people, there...
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