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Federal Envoy Offers Blueprint Better Engage First Nations on Pipeline Projects
2013-12-06 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vancouver sun: Prime Minister Stephen Harpers envoy to First Nations on western energy projects concluded there has not been constructive dialogue with aboriginal communities -- something the federal government must take drastic steps to change if it expects to win support for the projects. That was the blunt assessment delivered Thursday by Douglas Eyford, appointed eight months ago by Harper to engage with First Nations, industry and governments to figure out a way forward on issues of aboriginal rights...
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Federal panel says time to upgrade tanker ship oil spill rules as traffic jumps
2013-12-04 19:49:19| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Potential polluters should be prepared for a worst-case scenario and face unlimited liability in the case of an oil spill from one of their tanker ships, a government-appointed panel recommends.
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Bannister Federal Complex coming down in 2016
2013-12-04 19:14:22| Railroads - Topix.net
The Bannister Federal Complex, a massive defense plant built in World War II to manufacture warplane engines and continued into the Cold War and beyond making nuclear weapons parts, is expected to be demolished beginning in 2016 and prepared for future redevelopment.
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Federal study warns of sudden climate change woes
2013-12-03 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Hard-to-predict sudden changes to Earth's environment are more worrisome than climate change's bigger but more gradual impacts, a panel of scientists advising the federal government concluded Tuesday. The 200-page report by the National Academy of Sciences looked at warming problems that can occur in years instead of centuries. The report repeatedly warns of potential ''tipping points'' where the climate passes thresholds, beyond which ''major and rapid changes occur.'' And some of these quick...
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Taseko requests Federal Court review of New Prosperity environmental assessment
2013-12-02 19:57:56| Telecom - Topix.net
Taseko Mines Ltd. has formally requested a judicial review of a critical environmental assessment for the proposed New Prosperity copper-gold mine in the B.C. Interior.
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