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Canada Won't Meet 2020 Carbon Emission Targets, Report Says
2013-10-25 10:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Canada is falling well short of its international commitment to reduce greenhouse gases and will need major new action to offset rising oil industry emissions and meet the 2020 target adopted by the Harper government, Environment Canada said Thursday. In its annual update, the government projected that, without new measures, the country's GHG emissions in 2020 will total 734 megatonnes, virtually unchanged from 2005 level of 737 megatonnes. It said the federal and provincial government policies...
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Exclusive: In rare China sale, Sinopec seeks partner for Canada shale
2013-10-25 09:54:07| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Sinopec Group wants to sell half of its two biggest shale gas acreages in Canada to spread costs and accelerate their development, as the Chinese energy company focuses increasingly on return of investment, an executive said.
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Canada: Keystone XL and Canadian tar sands are incompatible with solving climate change
2013-10-25 07:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The exploitation of the tar sands in Alberta, Canada - which may contain more oil than the entire world has consumed to date has attracted considerable controversy lately. Massive expansion of tar sands operations are planned, but this cannot happen if many new pipelines out of landlocked Alberta are not built. Two such pipelines Enbridge Northern Gateway and Kinder Morgan Transmountain would cross through British Columbia and have ignited such fierce opposition that they have little prospect...
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Canada: Environmental NGOs Launch B.C. Oil-Spill Study
2013-10-25 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: In coming weeks, more than a thousand small, yellow cards will traverse the waters around Vancouver and the Gulf and San Juan islands, washing up along the shores of the Salish Sea. Those who stop to pick them up will see a simple message: "This could be oil." The cards are part of an oil-spill study launched Thursday by members of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation and the Georgia Strait Alliance. By dropping hundreds of the small pieces of bright yellow marine plywood from boats into...
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Consolidation in Canada as Telus buys out rival
2013-10-25 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Industry minister approves transfer of spectrum from low-cost player; deal still requires Competition Bureau go-ahead.
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