Dutch disease: another taboo in the Conservative world that joins other terms like ‘accountability’ and ‘digital strategy’. – Syndicated from http://www.exciteddelirium.ca

Koch Facts.png Authored by Connor Gibson, cross-posted with permission from PolluterWatch.org For those who missed the deep investigative piece published by InsideClimate News last week documenting a half-century of Koch Industries involvement in t…

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Authored by Connor Gibson, cross-posted with permission from PolluterWatch.org

For those who missed the deep investigative piece published by InsideClimate News last week docume…

I went to a demonstration yesterday, one that started April 30 in Jasper AB, but wound up here in Toronto in front of the King Eddie hotel. The annual Enbridge shareholders meeting was underway.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enbridge:
“Using data from Enbridge’…

The high-and-mighty vitriol which greeted Tom Mulcair’s comments last week about the downside of oil-powered currency appreciation is lamentable (repeating the over-the-top reaction to Dalton McGuinty’s similar comments a few weeks ago). Mulcair made t…

This show includes multiple report backs from the April 28th Walk, Rally, and Potluck for Peace, Respect, and Friendship that was held in Grand River territory of the Six Nations (respecting the Two Row Wampum and the Haldimand Proclimation); followed…

Well kids, here is another example of a left wing nut blowing things out of all proportion just to make a point. Yes, there are some environmental concerns with using ‘tar sands’ oil, but it hardly means the end of the world, folks. A guy with a job as a NASA scientist should know better [...]

On May Day, Noam Chomsky urges activists to focus their attention not simply on the economy and the environment, but how the market system underlies the fiscal and environmental crisis. Clayton Thomas Muller discusses the diverse strategies of First Pe…

The New York Times announces that the game is over for climate. NASA scientist James Hansen’s op-ed is a startling indictment both of Alberta’s mostly foreign-owned tar sands and Obama’s laissez-faire attitude towards Canada’s exploitation of the sands. In the president’s words, Harper and the oil juggernauts will do what it takes to expand "regardless of what we do."

It’s a sobering

Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Martin Papillon offers up some lessons for the NDP in Francois Hollande’s French presidential victory:Being ideological does not have to mean being radical. It means anchoring your platform in a clear…

Thomas Mulcair worries that we’re suffering from Dutch Disease.
NDP leader Thomas Mulcair said…

This week the Yinka Dene Alliance and their supporters will pay a visit to Enbridge’s annual shareholders meeting, which will be held Wednesday, May 9 in downtown Toronto.
The energy giant’s shareholder meeting is the final stop of the Freedom Train 20…

On May Day, Noam Chomsky urges activists to focus their attention not simply on the economy and the environment, but how the market system underlies the fiscal and environmental crisis. Clayton Thomas Muller discusses the diverse strategies of First Pe…

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Warren Buffett, the third wealthiest man on the planet (net worth: $44 billion), often referred to as the "Oracle of Omaha," is the target of a May 5 acti…

In April, Kinder Morgan announced that they were planning to expand an existing pipeline that carries crude oil from Edmonton to Burnaby, B.C. The new pipeline would mean a tanker a day would be navigating the waters of the Burrard Inlet. Ben West is…

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As the controversy surrounding Canada’s proposed wolf cull in Alberta grows, the provincial government is attempting to limit criticism directed at the country’s polluti…

Others have already pointed out last week’s news that oil-sands operators are pulling out of a major carbon capture and storage project. But it’s worth taking a closer look at their explanation, and how it compares to the Cons’ claim …

Others have already pointed out last week’s news that oil-sands operators are pulling out of a major carbon capture and storage project. But it’s worth taking a closer look at their explanation, and how it compares to the Cons’ claim to have the slight…

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