Extreme weather will cost us billions
TD Bank says weather disasters will cost Canada up to $43 Billion a year by 2050, but GDP and other measures ignore the economic impact ... [click title to continue]
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Which industry is worst for the climate?
Oil and gas production is now Canada's biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions, passing transportation ... [click title to continue]
Alberta tries to block fracking lawsuit
Government lawyers fear that an anti-fracking suit would open a floodgate of litigation against the province. ... [click title to continue]
Meetings across Ontario condemn Energy East pipeline plan
Andrea Harden-Donahue of the Council of Canadians reports on the "Our Risk, Their Reward" campaign of protest meetings against the Energy East pipeline plan. ... [click title to continue] What’s behind the fossil fuel expansion drive?
Video: Roger Annis of Vancouver Ecosocialist Group speaks on capitalism's drive to increase production of oil, tar sands, coal, and natural gas ... [click title to continue]
Vancouver seeks independent oil spill risk assessment
The city of Vancouver is seeking an independent assessment of the region's readiness for possible oil spills ... [click title to continue]
Oil in Eden: Stop the attack on BC’s coast
The people of Kitimat have voted overwhelmingly against the Northern Gateway pipeline. This video, produced in 2010, explains why. ... [click title to continue]
Energy East pipeline: How much oil is that?
TransCanada wants to build the largest oil pipeline in North America, to carry tar sands crude 4600 km across Canada. This is how big it would be ... ... [click title to continue]
Six Nations council gives Enbridge an earful
"I don't really want to get into the phrases of your PR. There are these spills in our territory. I want to hear what you're doing about that." ... [click title to continue]