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Pope weighs in on climate change, saying man “continuously slaps nature in the face”
Posted by Quartz: None Given on January 19th, 2015
Quartz: Wrapping up his visit to the Philippines this week, Pope Francis stirred up controversy by taking an unequivocal stance on climate change and calling on the international community to step up during United Nations climate talks in November.
"I don`t know if it is all (man`s fault) but the majority is, for the most part, it is man who continuously slaps nature in the face," he told reporters. "We have in a sense taken over nature." Scripted remarks that the Pope did not read out go on to say, "As...
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Francis moving Church from pale green to deep green
Posted by Global Pulse: Paul Collins on January 19th, 2015
Global Pulse: There is one area where the last three popes have been right on the ball: the issue of care for the environment. John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis have been far ahead of most politicians on this issue. It's widely expected that Pope Francis will issue an encyclical on the environment and climate change early this year in time to influence the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Paris in late 2015. He is already being hailed in the The Guardian, Bloomberg and Fairfax Media as "rattling' and "upsetting'...
Falling Oil Prices Pose Another Delay B.C. Pipelines
Posted by Globe and Mail: Mike Hager on January 19th, 2015
Globe and Mail: Analysts say that kind of instability hasn't yet changed the economic imperative for Canada's oil industry to open up its first major conduit to Pacific markets, but most agree that a months-long downturn in oil prices could slow investment in oil sands expansion, which in turn could decrease the supply of oil available to any future pipelines.
Werner Antweiler, an energy economics professor at the University of B.C.'s Sauder School of Business, said the gap of "almost $30" a barrel that existed...
TransCanada Again Sued by Nebraska Landowners Over Keystone Path
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 19th, 2015
Bloomberg: TransCanada Corp. (TRP) was sued by Nebraska landowners in a new bid to block the Keystone XL pipeline a week after the state’s highest court rebuffed an attempt to void the approved path across the state, a leg that would complete the route from Alberta tar sands to Gulf Coast refineries.
Dual complaints were filed Friday against the Calgary-based company in state courts in York and O’Neill, Nebraska, by David Domina, the lawyer whose prior effort to halt construction of the 1,179-mile (1,897-kilometer)...
U.K.’s Shale Gas Revolution Falls Flat Just 11 New Wells Planned 2015
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 19th, 2015
Guardian: The UK government’s planned shale gas revolution has barely got out of the starting blocks with just 11 new exploratory wells for shale gas and oil due to be drilled this year even before the impact of plunging oil prices has fully begun to impact on the industry.
David Cameron has said the government is going “all out for shale” but just a handful of new wells are in line to be created in 2015 and just nine wells – eight new and one existing – have been announced as candidates for fracking. ...