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Why Canada's Oil Sands Industry Wants the CO2 Tax That Harper Hates
2013-02-04 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has vilified political opponents who support a tax on carbon-dioxide emissions. The oil-sands industry, Canadas fastest growing CO2 polluter, says hes out of step. The contradiction of an industry seeking a new tax on itself has emerged in energy-rich Canada because producers are concerned the crude they process from tar-like sands will be barred from foreign markets for releasing more carbon in its production than competing fossil fuels. Oil companies...
Why did Steve MacLean leave Canada's space agency for a job in Waterloo?
2013-02-02 06:24:10| IT Services - Topix.net
The recent announcement from Steve MacLean that he's stepping down as head of the Canadian Space Agency has industry-watchers speculating that it might be tied to government inaction in the space sector.
Construction Begins On Canada's Largest Radio Telescope
2013-01-31 03:40:59| rfglobalnet News Articles
Construction is now under way in Penticton, B.C. on Canada’s largest radio telescope – and the first research telescope to be built in the country in more than 30 years.
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Moody's downgrades six of Canada's banks on consumer debt, house prices
2013-01-30 12:00:48| Grocery - Topix.net
Moody's Investors Service downgraded six of Canada's major financial institutions on Monday on concerns over high levels of consumer debt among Canadians and elevated house prices.
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Canada's Finance Minister Flaherty Less Optimistic on Keystone XL Prospects
2013-01-26 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.S. President Barack Obama's emphasis in his inaugural address on fighting climate change may not bode well for the contentious project to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline, Canada's finance minister said on Friday. The Canadian government has been an enthusiastic supporter of TransCanada Corp's (TRP.TO) plan to build the $5.3 billion pipeline, which would open up a huge new market on the U.S. Gulf Coast for crude derived from oil sands in Alberta. Washington faces a decision in the next...
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