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SDTC awards Canada Lithium up to $6.5M for lithium metal pilot plant
2013-02-16 15:30:19| Green Car Congress
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Canada: Coal lobby stresses jobs, economics as export terminal controversy heats up
2013-02-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vancouver Sun: The Coal Association of Canada has released a special report on the industrys economic impact in British Columbia as the battle heats up over coal exports from Port Metro Vancouver. Arguing that coal is a catalyst for economic development, trade and employment, coal association president Ann Marie Hann said economics has been missed in the discussion over coal exports. Opponents of Vancouvers growing role as a coal exporting centre cite coals high greenhouse gas emissions and the health...
Canada: Rinkwatchers and citizen climate science
2013-02-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Living on Earth: Backyard skating rinks are as common in Canada as basketball hoops in the United States. But now, global warming is threatening this Canadian tradition. In response, a group of scientists has started a website called Rinkwatch.org. Living on Earth's Emmett FitzGerald reports on this effort to turn backyard skaters into citizen scientists and make climate change relevant to every day Canadians. Transcript CURWOOD: And now, some Canadian scientists are turning skaters like those into citizen...
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Canada: Keystone for climate: Could Obama craft a horse trade?
2013-02-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fuel Fix: President Barack Obama`s pledge to combat climate change - even as his administration weighs a verdict on the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline - has some analysts buzzing about a possible horse trade. The possible deal could go down like this: First, Obama`s EPA proposes greenhouse gas emission standards for existing power plants, to the delight of environmentalists who note that the largest single stationary source of pollution is from coal-fired facilities already in use. Then, the...
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Obamas climate talk may galvanize action in Canada
2013-02-16 12:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Consternation is the order of the day in Ottawa and Alberta. U.S. President Barack Obama has rediscovered climate change as a priority. The federal and Alberta governments have been caught flat-footed. Neither has assigned a high priority to climate change. They assumed that, since the issue was scarcely raised in the U.S. election campaign, Mr. Obama shared their lack of enthusiasm. Wrong. In his inaugural speech and the State of the Union address, Mr. Obama spent many paragraphs pledging...
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