Keystone XL: Wildlife in the Crosshairs
The Keystone XL pipeline is a veritable grab-bag of controversial issues, but with so much debate over energy security, jobs, and politics, the most urgent problems of tar sands development are put on...
View Article#NOKXL: US & Kerry excused ('bullied') by China and (!)Canada?
Can we allow ourselves a ray of optimism from the perspective of personal legacy, international influence or even playground-style "bullying" memes?One of the more ridiculous spectacles in...
View Article10 Reasons Canada's Tar Sands Suck
Canada's right-wing Prime Minister is in New York today trying to convince lawmakers that the tar sands are okay, and that the Keystone XL pipeline should go ahead.At the same time, Canada's...
View ArticleThe Quintessential Question in Canadian Politics
I saw NDP leader Thomas Mulhair speak at Melrose Cafe & Bar in Calgary a few months back. I didn't have the opportunity to ask him a question but if I did, I'd have asked him the same question I...
View ArticleHow did Canada become 'a rogue, reckless petrostate'?
Remember how, when times were really bad in the U.S., we could always at least imagine taking refuge in Canada? Easy—just pack a coat and cross over the border. Well, things are different now. Andrew...
View ArticleSorry About All This, Eh
It wasn't too long ago when Canadians were shouting at the top of their lungs about George Bush, the Iraq War, Guantanamo Bay, Gay Rights and a myriad of other "American" issues.But the tides have...
View ArticleIs the Canadian government involved in the shutdown? XL Pipeline?
According to a story running in WC Native News and in Huffington Post Canada, billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer has written a letter accusing Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper of meddling in...
View Article"Canada is the dirty old man of the climate world" and Censors Its Scientists
“In stark contrast to its cuddly international image, Canada is the dirty old man of the climate world.”http://www.theguardian.com/... I had long viewed Canada as America's sane neighbor but their...
View Article"On Employees Who Take Too Much Initiative" (Advent Canticle, Dec. 15)
For Brigette DePapeThis memo's to apologize Regarding last week's hassle; On Stephen's Day, just past sunrise, I gazed out from my castle. It was a lovely day, in brief; I almost had to sing; How...
View Article"Like a Book Burning" The Canadian government is closing scientific libraries...
"Paranoid ideologues have burned books and records throughout human history to try to squelch dissenting visions that they view as heretical, and to anyone who worships the great God Economy...
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? Neil Young Rocks Tar Sands; Polar Bear Cub Rocks Cradle
My Cousin Ray Sixkiller is back for his weekly scamper though the news from an American Indian point of view.As usual, I appreciate likes from those who in fact like it and forwards to people who have...
View ArticleWho Elected Neil Young?
It feels so right that I found the op-ed below had published right after opening the New York Times and learning I have to say goodbye to Pete Seeger.It's a little hard to type as I'm literally...
View ArticleThailand’s state oil producer plans to speed up oil sands development
According to newly breaking news from The Globe and Mail. Thailand's state oil producer is planning on going full steam ahead with plans to speed up development preparations for the Albertan Tar...
View ArticleCanada's Harper sure to try twisting Obama's arm on Keystone XL in Mexico...
Although its formal name is the North American Leaders’ Summit, media are calling it the Three Amigos Summit. But while it may be all friendly public smiles and mutual praise in sunny Toluca, Mexico,...
View ArticleReadout of President Obama's calls with President Hollande and Prime Minister...
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 1, 2014Readout of President Obama’s calls with President Hollande and Prime Minister HarperPresident Obama spoke separately this...
View Article5 Ways That Harper and Big Oil Have Tried to Ease the Enbridge Opposition &...
The November 16 No Enbridge rally in Vancouver, BC, brought thousands out to oppose Enbridge's toxic tar sands pipeline. Photo credit: Flickr/Mark KlotzBlog post by Nikki Skuce (@nikkiskuce), Senior...
View ArticleBreaking: Harper approves Northern Gateway Pipeline - UPDATED
#NorthernGateway Pipeline will originate in Alberta and cross the entire province of British Columbia from east to west. It will carry bitumen from the tar sands across Alberta and British Columbia,...
View ArticleFrom Alberta to California, a Common Struggle to Find Healing
Blog post by Ethan Buckner (@ethanbuckner), US Organizer, ForestEthics5th Annual Tar Sands Healing Walk, Fort McMurray, Alberta. Photo: Ethan Buckner, ForestEthics Last weekend, I traveled further...
View ArticleOregon Refused Coal Export Facility - Vancouver Port Will Ship It Instead
In our globalized world trade system, if the environment destroyers are stopped from doing bad things in one place, they can always find another place that's willing to do their dirty work. Days after...
View ArticleThe War on Science: A Canadian Horror Story
"I don't care." Of all the nefarious things that our Conservative government has done to our Country, possibly the worst is its war on Science. We have witnessed it for years. Recently a report (pdf in...
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