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Underwater Seismic Blasting Puts Arctic at Risk

Underwater Seismic Blasting Puts Arctic at Risk

The Arctic’s Baffin Bay and Davis Strait region is home to seals, bowhead whales, polar bears and up to 90 percent of the world’s narwhals. The area’s marine waters also provide habitat for 116 species of fish, such as Arctic char, an important dietary staple for Nunavut’s Inuit communities. Aboriginal groups in the Nunavut community […]

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    Canada Focuses on Food Security With Seed Diversity Initiative

    Canada Focuses on Food Security With Seed Diversity Initiative

    The Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security aims to fortify Canada against the negative impacts of climate change on food security by developing a stronger domestic seed industry. Canadian Seed Security initiative will help Canada achieve food security. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock The five-year, US$5 million initiative began in February 2013 and is hosted […]

    Enbridge to Double Carrying Capacity of Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline

    Enbridge to Double Carrying Capacity of Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline

    By Heather Libby In its largest capital project in history, Enbridge plans to do what Transcanada so far can’t—ship more than half a million barrels of heavy oil across the U.S. border without President Barack Obama’s direct approval. Graphic courtesy of Enbridge Late Monday evening, Enbridge announced plans for its largest capital project in history— a $7 billion […]

    Neil Young Stands With First Nations on Anti-Tar Sands Tour

    Neil Young Stands With First Nations on Anti-Tar Sands Tour

    By Emily Saari Rock legend Neil Young launched a week long concert tour in Canada this week in solidarity with First Nations fighting against oil sands development in their territories.  Neil Young’s latest tour, Honor the Treaties and also featuring Diana Krall, is a music tour with a political message. [youtube //www.youtube.com/embed/h5wueetIZn0?rel=0 expand=1] Young is using his […]

    Did Canada Just Have the Largest Coal Slurry Spill in Its History?

    Did Canada Just Have the Largest Coal Slurry Spill in Its History?

    A scary thing happened on Halloween near Hinton, Alberta. Canada had what may be the largest coal slurry spill in its history when a dam failed at the Obed Mountain coal mine and 264 million gallons (1 billion litres) of waste water contaminated at least 25 kilometers of the Athabasca river. Ten municipalities located downstream […]

    Fossil Fuel Industry Continues to Squash Renewable Energy Age

    Fossil Fuel Industry Continues to Squash Renewable Energy Age

    TomDispatch By Michael T. Klare When it comes to energy and economics in the climate-change era, nothing is what it seems. Most of us believe (or want to believe) that the second carbon era, the Age of Oil, will soon be superseded by the Age of Renewables, just as oil had long since superseded the […]

    Americans Unite to Sue EPA Demanding Protection of Bees

    Americans Unite to Sue EPA Demanding Protection of Bees

    By Laura Beans Last week, the beekeeping industry filed legal action against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approving a new bee-harming pesticide.  According to Beyond Pesticides, the petitioners—including the National Pollinator Defense Fund, American Honey Producers Association, National Honey Bee Advisory Board, the American Beekeeping Federation, and beekeepers Bret Adee, Jeff Anderson and […]

    The Toxic Legacy of Waste Injection Wells

    The Toxic Legacy of Waste Injection Wells

    DeSmog Canada By Elizabeth Hand Early scientific analysis predicted that the risks associated with hazardous waste injection wells would be negligible. Unfortunately, experience has indicated that disposing of hazardous waste deep underground has been linked to water contamination, destroyed ecosystems, toxic leaks and earthquakes. Now we are learning that there is a difference between scientific […]