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Canada’s Environment Minister Announces New Climate Change Initiative in U.S
Posted by Vancouver Sun: William Marsden on April 12th, 2013
Vancouver Sun: The rupture of a pipeline carrying heavy Canadian crude to Texas on March 29 highlighted to many Americans the potential danger of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.
The spill caused the evacuation of a neighbourhood in Mayflower, Ark., as more than 19,000 barrels of crude contaminated streets, a local creek, sidewalks and lawns – and it has renewed the challenge of persuading Americans that the Keystone XL, which will deliver 830,000 barrels of oil a day from Alberta to Texas, is a safe bet....
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Climate change rears head
Posted by Vancouver Sun: William Marsden on October 30th, 2012
Vancouver Sun: As America's financial and political capitals braced for what the National Weather Service has called a storm of historic proportions, the subject that politicians here dare not mention has suddenly been pushed to the forefront of public attention by the massive power of nature.
Both U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney suspended their campaigns Monday. Obama was at the White House where he was briefed on storm preparations. He said there is a potential for fatalities as...