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Harper to Lobby Obama On KXL at G8

Next week at the G8 meeting in Northern Ireland world leaders will focus on three main themes, summed up by 3 words beginning with T: trade, tax and transparency. But now you can add a fourth T to the list: tar sands.

UK Condones Canada’s “Cultural Genocide”

By inviting Harper to address its Parliament, the British government is explicitly condoning Harper's policy on extracting the dirty tar sands, which has recently been labelled as "cultural genocide".

China Enters Arctic Oil Race

The Chinese state oil company, CNOOC has become the first Chinese oil company to invest in Arctic oil.

Detroit’s petcoke pile helps a struggling coal plant stay in business…more to come?

The story of the Detroit petcoke pile should give the Obama administration some serious pause as they consider the Keystone XL decision.

The Golden State’s Fracking Wars

The State of California is fast becoming the front line in America’s fracking wars.

New White House policy admits social cost of carbon higher than they thought

The official policy of the Obama administration now asserts that the social cost of carbon emissions to society are 60% higher than they previously estimated.

Britain’s Fracking Hype Gathers Pace

The hype surrounding Britain’s impending fracking boom reached near fever pitch yesterday as one of the UK’s leading fracking companies vastly increased the estimate of its potential reserves.

BC Opposes Northern Gateway pipeline

The government of British Colombia has officially expressed its opposition to Enbridge’s controversial $6 billion Northern Gateway pipeline project, saying it fails to address the province's environmental concerns.

‘No’ KXL Threatens $9 Billion Tar Sands Investment

According to a report released yesterday, saying ‘No’ to KXL could put a massive $9-billion of tar sands investment at risk over the next seven years.

Is Shale Gas Britain’s New North Sea?

As a new report is published arguing that Britain's shale gas could become the "new North Sea", critics argue it is “wildly optimistic”, based on “mind-boggling” forecasts and “hopelessly misleading estimates of gas extraction.”