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Alberta minister says ban on protests means 'great time' to build pipeline
2020-05-26 09:58:50| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Alberta's energy minister cites a ban on protests when asked about a controversial project in Canada.
Its a Great Time to Be a Prison Landlord, Thanks to the IRS
2018-08-09 22:28:56| National Real Estate Investor
The Internal Revenue Service allows CoreCivic Inc. and GEO Group Inc. to legally avoid paying taxes on their gains.
Time, BBC & others drive historic deal protect Canada Great Bear Rainforest
2016-02-27 16:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Earlier this month, a groundbreaking agreement was reached to prohibit logging in the majority of the 6.4m-hectare Canadian rainforest known as the Great Bear Rainforest a stretch of coastal ecosystem nearly the size of Ireland. The winners in the deal were environmental groups and the First Nations peoples who call the land their ancestral home. But there was also a less obvious contingent: an international assortment of business interests that used their influence to push for a deal. More...
Enbridges Aging Tar Sands Pipelines Beneath Great Lakes Are Ticking Time Bomb
2015-09-10 18:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The Straits of Mackinac is a narrow waterway that separates Michigan`s lower peninsula from its upper peninsula. The straights connect two of the Great Lakes: Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. But underneath this iconic part of the Great Lakes are two 62-year old pipelines. The pipelines have never been replaced, despite the well-documented risk of a rupture. "If just one of the pipelines ruptured, it would result in a spill of 1.5 million gallons of oil--and thats if Enbridge, the company that owns...
Kaleidoscope: Great time at Steel City museums
2015-08-05 08:41:38| Food - Topix.net
In my two days there over Memorial Day weekend, I visited some fantastic museums focusing on cultural arts, history and science. I dropped by the Fort Pitt Museum at Point State Park, Heinz History Center, Carnegie Science Center, Carnegie Natural History and Art museums and ToonSeum.