Alberta, the Other Oil Disaster
Oil sands ads urge tourists to avoid Alberta
The Canadian Press
Alberta is famous worldwide for its stunning mountain vistas and wide open spaces, but a U.S. environmental group wants oil-soaked birds to be the image that sticks out in tourists' minds.
San Francisco-based Corporate Ethics International launched a new ad campaign Wednesday that urges would-be visitors to "rethink" planning a trip to Alberta.
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What Should Canada do?
U.S. uncertain about oil sands: How should Canada respond?
Danielle Droitsch, Montreal Gazette
A vigorous debate is occurring in the U.S. over the use of oil from oil sands and particularly about a proposed pipeline, the Keystone, that would transport that oil from Alberta to the U.S. Gulf coast. As the debate unfolds, an appropriate question to be asking is: How should Canada respond?
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This Week in Canada's Climate Change Calendar
July 17th marks the Climate Change Impacts Day for both Taiwan and Ukraine.
It takes only 198 days for the average Canadian to produce as much greenhouse gases as the average Taiwanese and Ukrainian will produce over the course of the entire year.
Canada's Climate Change 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. The website describes the impacts of climate change on more than 170 countries found on the Calendar.
Click for more information on the impacts of climate change in Taiwan and Ukraine.
Tell Stephen Harper and other world leaders to Put Solar On It!
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"On 10/10/10, thousands of communities will join together to celebrate climate solutions. All over the world, we’ll be putting up solar panels, installing wind turbines, digging community gardens, and more.
Will you join us? Install solar panels on your roof, and then enact legislation to make it possible for everyone in your country to join you in the clean energy future. We need you to act symbolically—and then we need you to act for real."
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