Topic: Earth Science
More regulation needed for Canada oil sands: report
Reuters Environmental Online Report
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Steam-driven projects to extract crude from Canada's oil sands, often held up as more environmentally friendly than mining, have major drawbacks of their own that require more stringent regulation to fix, an environmental think tank said on Wednesday. The Alberta-based Pembina Institute compared nine projects that ...
The quest for energy solutions
Stockhouse
The essential role of private enterpriseAfter a great deal of hype and hope, the Copenhagen climate summit produced no more than a vague promise to continue to work together. The only real point of consensus was to agree to meet again in November in Mexico to continue the discussions.
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Climate debated should be reframed: Malidives president
AFP Global Edition
The climate change debate should be reframed in economic and security terms ahead of a year-end UN summit in Mexico seeking a binding climate deal, the president of the Maldives said Wednesday. A price tag needs to be put on "the extent to which we destroy the atmosphere, the extent ...
Govt ads banned over climate change claims
AFP European Edition
Advertising watchdog has banned two government adverts for overstating the threat from climate change, it said on Wednesday. The adverts used nursery rhymes including "Jack and Jill" to highlight the impact of global warming, but the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said they exaggerated the risk. "Jack and Jill went up ...
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