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Canada: TransCanada: Pipeline would not affect climate
2013-02-19 21:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: In a shift in strategy, the company that wants to build an oil pipeline from western Canada to Texas said Tuesday that the project will have no measurable effect on global warming. Alex Pourbaix, TransCanada's president for energy and oil pipelines, said opponents of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline have grossly inflated its likely impact on emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. Canada represents just 2 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, Pourbaix said at...
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Plug-in Electric Car Sales in Canada For January 2013
2013-02-19 21:45:23| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Earlier this month, we covered January's plug-in electric car sales in the U.S., noting that sales fell by about half from the last few months of the prior year.
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Washington is right: Canada must confront its climate neglect
2013-02-19 13:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: U.S. President Barack Obama, through his ambassador to Canada, has every right to ask our federal government to do more to fight climate change. The United States is on track to meet its climate targets. Sunday in Washington, more than 30,000 people took part in the largest climate rally in U.S. history. Mr. Obama has committed more than $90-billion for clean energy. He recently made fighting climate change a major priority for his second term. What's happening in Canada? After U.S. Ambassador...
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Canada: Government Hones Oil Sands Message with Focus Groups
2013-02-19 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Focus-group testing on what the Harper government calls its Responsible Resource Development campaign found the advertising to be light on facts but uplifting and patriotic, according to a government-commissioned study. The fruits of that taxpayer-funded labour will again be on display this spring as a second wave of ads -- designed to persuade Canadians of "the importance and impact of Canada's energy sector" -- hits the air. Natural Resources Canada has budgeted $9 million in the current...
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Thales to install CBTC on new Evergreen Line in Canada
2013-02-19 01:00:00| Railway Technology
Thales has secured a contract from Partnerships British Columbia (BC) to install its SelTrac communications-based train control (CBTC) system on the new SkyTrain Evergreen Light Rapid Transit Line in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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