Tag: News
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Tar Sands Industry Eyes Great Lakes for Cheap Shipping
As tar sands extraction continues and proposals for expanded pipelines from Canada into the U.S. form a backdrop, the Great Lakes themselves could become the next frontier for moving crude oil to a vast Midwest refinery network. [caption id="attachment_313072" align="alignnone" width="464"] Tar sands crude refiners in the U.S. Midwest[/caption] The region faces a critical choice…
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EMerge Alliance Launches Residential DC Power Initiative
The EMerge Alliance – an open industry association leading the rapid adoption of safe direct-current (DC) power distribution standards for buildings — announced the launch of a new residential DC power standards initiative to advance the use of DC power in […] — Solar Builder magazine
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140 International Organizations Call for End to Biodiversity Offsetting Plans
At the opening of the World Forum on Natural Capital in Edinburgh, Scotland yesterday, 140 organizations from all over the world released a statement to say “No” to biodiversity offsetting. The statement was launched in a counter forum on Natural Commons taking place in Edinburgh at the same time. [caption id="attachment_313032" align="alignnone" width="500"] In a released statement,…
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First Nations Furious Over Mishandling of Canada’s Largest Coal Slurry Spill
Imagine for a minute that for generations, you and your family lived on ancestral lands abundant with wildlife and a beautiful river running through it. Like every youngster born in your family, one of your elders took you out to the river and patiently taught you how to swim and fish in the warm summer…
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Mass Walk-Out at UN Climate Talks Protests Lack of Progress
By Paul Brown It is first time in 19 years of tortuous annual negotiations over targets and timetables for saving the Earth’s climate from overheating that the non-governmental organizations have felt sufficiently frustrated to take such a step. [caption id="attachment_312963" align="alignnone" width="500"] Organizations frustrated with the pace and progress of the UN climate talks in…