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Singapore threatens legal action against local firms blamed for smog from Sumatra
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 23rd, 2013
Agence France-Presse: Singapore said yesterday that it would pursue local firms found to be involved in starting forest fires in Sumatra, Indonesia, as Greenpeace said the blazes were on palm oil plantations owned by Indonesian, Malaysian and Singaporean companies.
Smog has engulfed the city state, with air pollution reaching a record high on Friday, although the level had dropped to "moderate" by yesterday afternoon.
Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam said Singapore would investigate possible legal action against domestic...
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Canada: Mackenzie River, ‘Amazon of North,’ under threat
Posted by Toronto Star: None Given on June 23rd, 2013
Toronto Star: Alexander Mackenzie kept a careful record of his troubles 224 summers ago, scribbling about torments like cold, driving rain and clouds of ravenous mosquitoes as he paddled a bark canoe north to the Arctic. For days on end in early June 1789, he journeyed along the shores of Great Slave Lake, blocked at each turn by ice, searching with native guides for a route to the river that would eventually take his name. Some 600 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle, lake ice was a constantly shifting barricade,...
What to Expect from the President’s Big Climate Change Speech
Posted by Atlantic Wire: Connor Simpson on June 23rd, 2013
Atlantic Wire: On Tuesday, President Obama will use a speech at the University of Georgetown to announce new, sweeping executive orders addressing climate change that will be designed to appease critics who have attacked the President for talking the green talk and not walking the green walk. Obviously, the White House is also hoping tackling climate change will get them some decent press in the wake of that pesky surveillance scandal.
After signalling he was ready to act during a speech in Berlin last week,...
Calgary, Canada’s Oil Capital, to Be Shut for Days After Flooding
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 23rd, 2013
Reuters: Southern Alberta braced for more disruption on Saturday from floods that killed at least three people, forced about 100,000 from their homes and blacked out the center of Canada's oil capital, Calgary.
Communities to the south and east of Calgary were on high alert as flood waters moved across the region. But with rainfall easing, a few residents began returning to damaged homes and authorities were hopeful that the worst might be over.
"It's morning in Calgary! Sunny, water levels are down,...
Flooding to close core of Canada’s oil capital for days
Posted by Reuters: Nia Williams on June 23rd, 2013
Reuters: Some residents began returning to damaged homes on Saturday after record-breaking floods in southern Alberta that killed at least three people, displaced more than 100,000 and will leave the core of Canada's oil capital, Calgary, without power for days.
Communities to the south and east of Calgary were on high alert as flood waters washed across the region. And even as Calgary lifted some evacuation orders, officials warned people not to become complacent.
"We have a situation across southern...