Canada’s “Reckless” Expansion of Tar Sands Toxic Lakes
The tar sands industry wants to transform northern Alberta into the largest man-made lake district on Earth, with dozens of toxic tailings ponds.
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Time to Learn from Tobacco
Yesterday over 70 NGOs released a letter calling on the United Nations to implement new rules to safeguard the global climate talks from the undue influence of the fossil fuel industry.
CO2 Emissions Reach Record Levels
A report by the Global Carbon Project, published today has highlighted how global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels will rise to a record 36 billion tonnes this year.
Coal Industry Told to Leave Reserves in the Ground
At a Coal Summit in Warsaw today, the coal industry was told it had to leave most of the existing coal reserves in the ground
Poland’s Billion Dollar Bet on Coal
Irony: On the one hand you have the Polish government hosting the UN climate talks in Warsaw, where the talk is all about the emerging climate crisis being driven by fossil fuels. On the other hand, the Polish government is pressing ahead with building a $3.7 billion dirty coal plant which may never be profitable.
The “Corporate Captured” COP
They say history never repeats itself, but a year ago at the United Nations climate talks in Doha, a typhoon hit the Philippines, killing hundreds of people and leaving an estimated quarter of million people homeless.
“Still barreling down the highway to a dangerously warming world”
Not much was expected of the UN’s 18th conference on climate change in Doha, Qatar, and not much was delivered.
Golden Opportunity or Wasted Opportunity?
It is always difficult writing something positive about the UN climate change talks. So will the latest round of climate talks at Doha be any different?
