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ACTION ALERT: Oppose Canada Pension Plan Investment in Dirty Tar Sands

This week, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) announced a $250-million private placement in a Calgary based tar sands company.

While the CPPIB celebrates the move in having “attractive returns over the long term,” communities surrounding tar sands development continue to deal with treaty rights violations, raising cancers and health problems and a devastated ecosystem.

People in Canada want to see us move towards a clean, just and green energy economy. Instead, the CPPIB’s investment of public funds into the tar sands is effectively increasing our dependence on fossil fuels and leaving us a toxic legacy for future generations.

Read more and take a stand against CPPIB’s investment in tar sands!

Key U.S. Lawmakers Oppose Canadian Pipeline

Lawmakers Oppose Canadian Pipeline
Elisabeth Rosenthal, The New York Times

Facing a decision on a proposed pipeline to bring Canadian crude oil to the United States, the Obama administration is confronting growing resistance from politicians who oppose the project or, at the very least, urge further study before approval.

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Have you seen Canada's Climate Change Calendar? Take a look and let us know what you think!

Climate change is not a problem of the distant future - it is happening now. Canada’s Climate Change Calendar describes the impacts of climate change on more than 170 countries, and draws attention to the inspiring actions that communities are taking to fight climate change at home.

The Calendar shows by when during 2010 the average Canadian citizen will have produced as much greenhouse gases as a citizen from another country will produce during the whole year. Check it out : Canada's Climate Calendar. We're looking for feedback!

Can you be a popular politician and fight climate change at the same time?

Climate Challenge
BBC, Science & Nature

Climate Change is a game where you are president of the European Nations. You must tackle climate change and stay popular enough with the voters to remain in office.

Apart from the primary goal of creating a fun game, Climate Challenge's producers aimed to:

Give an understanding of some of the causes of climate change, particularly those related to carbon dioxide emissions.
Give players an awareness of some of the policy options available to governments.
Give a sense of the challenges facing international climate change negotiators.