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Dozens of Canada's tar sands projects on hold as prices fall, analysis shows

2015-05-29 01:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Oil companies have frozen dozens of projects in Canadas tar sands, amid falling prices and a rising tide of protest against one of the worlds most polluting fossil fuels. Some 39 projects containing 13bn barrels of oil are currently delayed or on hold, according to analysis by the campaign group Oil Change International published on Friday. The projects a combination of open-cast mines and drilling would pump 7.8bn tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere if they went ahead, the equivalent emissions...

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VIDEO: Canada's 'early adopter' looks back

2015-05-28 12:40:51| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney, described as "an early adopter" because of the reforms he made while in office, talks about his successes and failures.

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Melitron President and CEO Recognized as One of Canada's Top Entrepreneurs

2015-05-22 12:31:08| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

GUELPH, ON Boosting entrepreneurial talent is critical for our countrys future. Successful CEOs and business leaders from across Canada have just finished an intensive program at the Ivey Business School in London, Ontario. These entrepreneurs are on the way to taking their companies to the next level. Melitron...

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Wynne says Canadas future prosperity depends emissions cuts

2015-05-19 22:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Globe and Mail: With the greenest speech a Canadian politician has delivered in Washington in at least a decade, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne sought Tuesday to recast the bilateral conversation as something other than wrangling over Keystone XL. "You may be conditioned to expect a Canadian politician to come to Washington and talk mostly about the Keystone Pipeline," she said, referring to the contentious plan to funnel Alberta oil sands oil across the United States to Gulf Coast refineries. For years, Prime...

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