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Canada's oilsands are an environmental problem, not a public relations one
aggregated from: DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds
The companies' record on land reclamation speaks for itself. And only baby steps have been taken to date to develop carbon capture and storage technology. PR campaigns, advertising and websites will not take the oilsands where the petroleum producers hope to go, and where Canadians have a vested interest in seeing them go. So writes Vancouver Sun columnist Barbara Yaffe today in her piece, Action, not PR, will help make the oil sands look good. Blogger Craig Baird on About My Planet writes today that he is starting a boycott against Alberta, his province of birth, over the environmental impac...
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aggregated: 19 weeks 17 hours ago
topics: environmental, global-warming, technology

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White House Covers Up $2 Trillion Global Warming Benefit
aggregated from: DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds
The White House has been sitting on a document for a year and a half now that estimates a long term savings in excess of $2 trillion through 2040 if the federal government was to enact tougher greenhouse gas regulations for new automobiles. In the ...

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topics: emissions, environmental, federal-government, global-warming, greenhouse-gas
Ours to celebrate: Happy Firsta July!
aggregated from: Legislature Raids
. Happy Firsta July to Canadians everywhere! For a couple of decades, I've been hearing this drum-beat about poor, miserable Canada, and about how things are truly awful in Canada if only Canadians would wake up to some dismal facts. Boo Canada, t...

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Fire Fighting Technology
aggregated from: Langley Politics Dotcom
CivicInfo BC has a story on our new GeoSource - Fire initiative, which ensures our firefighters have access to up-to-date maps and plans for various buildings throughout the Township:The municipality's Information Technology department recently devel...

18 views | aggregated: 19 weeks 4 days ago
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