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UK indicates support for EU to import Canadian tar sands
2013-05-17 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Leaked reports seen by The Guardian show that the UK has rejected a proposal in European Union (EU) negotiations to classify oil from tar sands as highly polluting, giving a strong indication it wants to allow European countries to import carbon-inte
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Canadian government drops over $16 million on advertising its tar sands
2013-05-16 17:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Canadian government has nearly doubled its advertising spending to promote the Alberta tar sands in an aggressive new lobbying push ahead of Thursday's visit to New York by the prime minister, Stephen Harper. The Harper government has increased its advertising spending on the Alberta tar sands to $16.5m from $9m a year ago. The Canadian Press news agency, which first reported on the increase in advertising spending by the Department of Natural Resources, said the television advertising...
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Canadian Pork Producers Reboot
2013-05-15 14:52:00| National Hog Farmer
By Suzanne Deutsch Downsized hog industry is focusing on new global markets. The Canadian hog industry is back to recovery mode. Those who have weathered the drought are ready to take on new markets.When you look at the big picture, the industry has been incredibly resilient, notes Kevin Grier, senior analyst with the George Morris Centre, in Guelph, Ontario. The Canadian pork industry is about 25% smaller than it was in 2004, but the industry that survived is very competitive. read more
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ADM purchase plan includes Canadian malting firm
2013-05-14 01:17:04| Agriculture - Topix.net
Archer Daniels Midland offered to buy Australia-based grain company GrainCorp April 26 in a deal valued at $3 billion.a © GrainCorp acquired Canada Malting and other global malting assets in 2009 as part of a $714 million deal with United Malt Holdings.a © It owns nine country elevators in Western Canada as well as malting plants in ... (more)
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Canadian oil company threatens the survival of Perus Jaguar people
2013-05-13 12:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: Our leaders have fought with the Government many times, but they must be deaf or they just don't respect us The Yaquerana River in the Amazon rainforest marks the border between Peru and Brazil, but to the Matsés tribe, who live on both sides of it, this international border is meaningless. To them the streams, floodplains, and white-sand forests make up an ancestral territory that is shared by the entire tribe. Today they are at risk of losing their land to a Canadian oil company which plans...
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