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In Canada's Alberta province, oil sands boom is a two-edged sword

2013-10-21 09:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LA Times: In the Cree language, the word "athabasca" means "a place where grass is everywhere." Here in Alberta, the Athabasca River slices through forests of spruce and birch before spilling into a vast freshwater delta and Lake Athabasca. But 100 miles upstream, the boreal forest has been peeled back by enormous strip mines, where massive shovels pick up 100 tons of earth at a time and dump it into yellow trucks as big as houses. The tarry bitumen that is extracted is eventually shipped to refineries,...

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Stephen Harper ignores Canadas First Nations at own peril: Walkom

2013-10-17 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Toronto Star: Historically, the Canadian government has catered to aboriginals only when it needed them. It needs them now. Specifically, Prime Minister Stephen Harper needs First Nations on side if his government is to push through its ambitious resource development plans and reap the requisite political awards. British Columbias native communities have the capacity to tie up perhaps indefinitely Harpers proposed oil pipeline to the Pacific Coast. They have promised to do just that. Mining development...

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Molok's Marja Hillis makes W100 ranking of Canada's Top Female Entrepreneurs

2013-10-15 22:20:00| Solid Waste & Recycling magazine Headlines

Marja Hillis, CEO of innovative waste container company Molok North America Ltd., ranks No. 84 in the annual W100 ranking of Canadas Top Female Entrepreneurs, produced by PROFIT Magazine and Chatelaine.

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