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Shell and BP on course for extreme warming levels

Shell and BP base their business plans on projections of energy use that would lead to a disastrous 4-5 degrees centigrade of global warming

Massive Spill As Canadian Premiers Discuss Energy Strategy

Timing, they say is, everything. Canada’s Premiers are currently meeting at their annual summer gathering to discuss the so-called “Canadian Energy Strategy,” which will dictate the country's energy strategy for years to come.

Missed opportunities: Canadian premiers fail to live up to climate rhetoric

Canadian premiers are meeting this week to discuss the so-called Canadian Energy Strategy – an effort by Canadian provinces and territories to come up with a united front on energy in Canada.

Albertans Could be “Forced” to Pay for Tar Sands Clean Up

Often the debate about the ecological and cultural impact of the Canadian tar sands focuses on the day to day: the carbon intensity of the mining operations and routine air and water pollution impacting the First Nations and other local communities.

Shell to Drill in Arctic “Within Two Weeks”

As much of the world is pre-occupied with the Greek financial crisis, oil giant Shell is quietly carrying on with its plans to drill in the Arctic.

Kayaktavists Try to Stop Shell Igniting Arctic “Carbon Bomb”

As dawn broke over Seattle yesterday, dozens of kayakers paddled out to confront Shell’s vast Polar Pioneer drilling rig and tried to prevent it from leaving port.