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Proposed coal plant avoids crucial emissions regs

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Maxim Power Corp. receives final approval for a new coal fired plant and effectively a 45-year free pass to pollute. NUPGE NewsOttawa (12 August 2011) – More than 40 diverse civil society organizations from across Canada have signed a letter calling on federal Environment Minister Peter Kent to protect the integrity of Canada’s forthcoming coal regulations by ensuring that this proposed new ... [click title to continue]

Mark Ruffalo Supports the Tar Sands Action

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Tar Sands ActionActor Mark Ruffalo, who has been an outspoken activist on fracking in his home state of New York and across the country, is lending his support to the Tar Sands Action in Washington, DC this August. To join the action, click here to sign up.Nearly 2,000 people are already registered to take part in an ongoing sit-in at the White House this August 20 – Sep 3 to pressure President ... [click title to continue]

Canada’s Climate Change Policies a Sham – Report

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Linton NightingaleClimate Action3 August 2011The effectiveness of climate change policies put forward by the Canadian government has been wildly overestimated, according to a government-appointed think tank.The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE), responsible for the analysis of governmental climate change policies, published their analytical response last week and in the ... [click title to continue]

Bureaucrats urged Kent to take global warming seriously

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By Mike De SouzaPostmedia NewsAugust 1, 2011 “Climate change is the most serious environmental issue facing the world today and carries with it significant impacts on human health and safety, the economy, natural resources, and ecosystems in Canada and throughout the world,” say the briefing notes, which were prepared for Environment Minister Peter Kent. Peter Kent OTTAWA — Global warming is ... [click title to continue]

A Tar Sands Partnership Agreement in the Making?

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By Macdonald StainsbyCanadian Dimension August 1st 2011Campaigns against tar sands production have grown rapidly over the last four years. From the relative obscurity in Alberta to an international lightning rod for people trying to address all manner of concerns from indigenous and community self-determination to peak oil and climate change – criticisms of the largest industrial project in human ... [click title to continue]

Canada being sued for NAFTA violation by private American wind energy company

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Local procurement rules in Ontario Green Energy Act threatened. PublicValues.ca July 21, 2011An Texan wind power firm is taking advantage of a NAFTA clause that lets companies sue the Canadian government if provinces do not comply with the agreement. Shawn McCarthy of the Globe and Mail explains why the Ontario Green Energy Act is being targeted, and what the Ontario Liberals are doing to defend it."Ontario's ... [click title to continue]

Tar Sands Protest in DC

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Elizabeth RandolphPortsideJuly 23, 2011On August 20, 2011, we will begin our demonstration in front of the White House, practicing peaceful civil disobedience to oppose to the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. This is a challenge.We're already on our way to making this the largest collective act of civil disobedience in the history of the American climate movement - over 1,000 people have signed up to ... [click title to continue]

Canadian Delegation Talks Pipeline Impacts in Washington

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Fears over spills, environmental impact spur concerns on both sides of borderBy Trevor Kehoe The Dominion July 22, 2011VANCOUVER—First Nations and environmental representatives from Canada are ratcheting up the pressure against the oil sands by taking their campaigning to the United States. In late May, a delegation headed to Washington, DC, to lobby against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline expansion ... [click title to continue]

Groups urge provincial governments to clarify outcome of ministers meeting and support clean energy

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Climate Action Network CanadaJuly 20, 2011(Ottawa) As premiers gather today at the annual Council of the Federation meeting, leading non-governmental groups from across the country are calling on provinces to clarify their support for the Kananaskis energy minister’s national energy plan. This plan included using a scenario for energy demand that would spur catastrophic levels of global warming as ... [click title to continue]