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Canada: No one knows how to stop these tar-sands oil spills
2013-07-22 21:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Thousands of barrels of tar-sands oil have been burbling up into forest areas for at least six weeks in Cold Lake, Alberta, and it seems that nobody knows how to staunch the flow. An underground oil blowout at a big tar-sands operation run by Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. has caused spills at four different sites over the past few months. (This is different from the 100-acre spill in Alberta that we told you about last month, which was caused by a ruptured pipeline.) Media and others have...
Hyundai Canada Chooses ScreenScape to Power Video Displays in the Showroom
2013-07-22 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Place-based media network expected to reach more than 100 dealerships by 2014<br /> <br /> MARKHAM, ON, and CHARLOTTETOWN, PE - Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. (Hyundai Canada) announced today it is partnering with ScreenScape Networks ("ScreenScape"), the leading provider of network-centric digital signage solutions, to power video displays in Hyundai showrooms and parts & service waiting areas.<br /> <br /> "We find video to be a very effective way to share the experience of driving and owning a ...This story is related to the following:Network Management Software | Sales & Marketing Software
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Canada needs to up conservation game, preserving half of boreal forests: paper
2013-07-22 04:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Windsor Star: A group of top international scientists says Canada needs to dramatically up its conservation game to ensure its vast northern forests remain healthy in the face of increasing industrial pressure. In a paper to be presented today at the International Congress of Conservation Biology in Baltimore, Md., its authors argue that Canada needs to preserve about half of its boreal forest. That's significantly more than the 10 per cent level researchers previously thought was necessary to conserve natural...
Canada: The Greening of Canadian Campuses
2013-07-21 07:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Athletes at the University of Toronto shower with water heated by solar panels. Hundreds of elderly Montreal residents eat meals prepared from food grown by students on a McGill University campus. Sustainability has become more than a fashionable buzzword on Canadian campuses; it has become enshrined both in university policy and in daily student life. McGills Sustainability Projects Fund, for example, imposes a student fee of 50 Canadian cents per credit that is matched by the university. Thats...
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Canada: Nobody Understands Oil Spills at Alberta Tar Sands Operation
2013-07-20 20:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: Oil spills at a major oil sands operation in Alberta have been ongoing for at least six weeks and have cast doubts on the safety of underground extraction methods, according to documents obtained by the Star and a government scientist who has been on site. Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. has been unable to stop an underground oil blowout that has killed numerous animals and contaminated a lake, forest, and muskeg at its operations in Cold Lake, Alta. The documents indicate that, since cleanup...
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