Environment Canada opinion survey reveals skepticism of government action on...
OTTAWA — Not many Canadians can think of things the Conservative government has done to mitigate climate change and some feel the government has done more harm than good, suggests focus group research...
View ArticleNo more glory for former Olympic cities as climate warms
The planet is warming so quickly that a new report predicts Winter Olympic cities like Vancouver and Sochi will be out of luck in future. It says only six of the previous 19 Winter Olympic sites will...
View ArticleSix decades of climate change visualized by NASA
Put this in your pipe and smoke it until it turns into carbon emissions, climate change deniers. NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) released a report and stunning visualization last week...
View ArticleClimate change is increasing penguin chick deaths: study
A nearly 30-year long study has concluded that climate change is increasing the death rate for Magellanic penguins chicks on Argentina’s coast. The study, published in the journal PLoS ONE, tracked...
View ArticleEuropeans should get their house in order before taking Canada to task over...
Europeans have never been shy about calling out Canada for everything from the harvesting of baby seals to its treatment of aboriginal peoples to, of course, the great abomination of the moment, which...
View ArticleU.S. State Department raises no environmental objection to Keystone XL pipeline
WASHINGTON – A critical U.S. government environmental study states that the controversial Keystone XL pipeline will have no significant environmental or climate change impact, essentially giving U.S....
View ArticleWilliam Marsden: The real issue over Keystone is America’s addiction to oil
WASHINGTON – In the mishmash of speculation and assumptions that have driven the U.S. national debate over the Keystone XL pipeline, there is one undeniable fact no American wants to talk about....
View ArticleWilliam Marsden: Elizabeth May joins Obama prayer breakfast
WASHINGTON – Who could blame her? After decades of walking a landscape of empty promises on climate change, Elizabeth May is taking time off for prayer. The Green Party leader and MP from British...
View ArticleFeds need to do more to fight climate change, finds deputy ministers’ report
OTTAWA — A secret report from a committee of federal deputy ministers stresses the need for the federal government to further combat climate change and manage the risks that threaten Canadian...
View ArticleObama promises decision on Keystone XL in couple of months
WASHINGTON – After more than five years of often inflamed debate, U.S. President Barack Obama says he will decide on the fate of the troubled Keystone XL pipeline “one way or another in a couple of...
View ArticleGoogle Street View maps ‘Polar Bear Capital of the World’ in northern Canada
By Michael Oliveira Google Maps users can now virtually trek across the frozen tundra outside Churchill, Man., and spy on the local residents, who weren’t shy about posing for the cameras. Known as the...
View ArticleCanada needs stronger environmental credentials to achieve energy goals, top...
OTTAWA – Two of Canada’s leading conservative power players served notice Friday that Canada must do more to both strengthen and trumpet the country’s environmental credentials if it expects to fight...
View ArticleU.S. likely to force oil and gas regulations as price for Keystone pipeline,...
WASHINGTON – The United States will probably force Canada to agree to greenhouse gas emission regulations for its oil and gas industry in return for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, Saskatchewan...
View ArticleKeystone XL called powerful weapon against Putin
WASHINGTON — The Keystone XL pipeline would be a powerful weapon against countries like Russia that use their energy resources to intimidate countries such as Ukraine, according to retired Marine Corps...
View ArticleIn climate change battle, it’s time we started selling sustainability
By Bruce Philp For Postmedia News I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of being harangued by tweedy academics and tree huggers about global warming. David Suzuki’s baleful countenance seems to hover...
View ArticleClimate change expert sees ‘brighter, smarter’ future for planet
VANCOUVER — Tom Pedersen sounds almost upbeat about climate change, putting a positive spin on the decidedly gloomy subject. “You must never lose hope,” says Pedersen, executive director of the Pacific...
View ArticleNew U.S. ambassador Heyman focuses squarely on climate change
OTTAWA — The new United States Ambassador to Canada says developed countries must take responsibility for climate change, but — as a decision looms on the Keystone XL pipeline — he stresses that energy...
View ArticleNobel laureates condemn Keystone as climate-change trigger
WASHINGTON — Ten Nobel Peace Prize winners from as far afield as Yemen, South Africa and Argentina have signed a letter asking U.S. President Barack Obama to deny a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline...
View ArticleCanada’s threats, whining and naivete botched Keystone XL
WASHINGTON – Jane Kleeb was about as blunt as you can get. “TransCanada fumbled things from the beginning,” the Nebraskan activist said. “If they would have listened to the majority of Nebraskans they...
View ArticlePresident Barack Obama’s weather offensive (with video)
There’s a new storm front coming in across Washington’s Beltway – call it the Obama weather offensive. In a strange twist of out-of-the-box thinking, White House officials have taken the time to look...
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