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New Report Names Alberta Oilsands as Highest Cost, Highest Risk Investment in Oil Sector A total of $1.1 trillion USD earmarked for risky carbon-intensive oil sector investments need to be challenged by investors, according to a new report released today by the Carbon Tracker Initiative. The...

Republicans block energy bill, forfeit Keystone vote WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday blocked an energy-efficiency bill backed by manufacturers and environmentalists, forfeiting a chance to vote on the long-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline. On a nearly...

Some good questions (and answers) in here... I am Steve Paikin, host of TVO's The Agenda. Ask Me Anything. : CanadaPolitics Q: Hi Steve, there was a lot of coverage of Mr Hudak's campaign slip up on the weekend where he didn't clear an event with the TTC and then had his event shut down. How...

Crazy Climate Economics Everywhere you look these days, you see Marxism on the rise. Well, O.K., maybe you don’t — but conservatives do. If you so much as mention income inequality, you’ll be denounced as the second coming of Joseph Stalin; Rick Santorum has declared that any use of the word...

Mock wedding for National Day of Action held at legislature steps Several dozen people gathered at the front steps of the Alberta Legislature on Saturday afternoon to witness a unique ceremony. A red carpet was rolled out for a mock wedding between the oil industry and the government as part...

A 'free market' Con job? Ja don't say... Ford brothers accused of mixing their political jobs with a private company There are allegations Mayor Rob Ford and his brother, Councillor Doug Ford, intervened with staff at city hall on behalf of a company that buys product from the Ford family...

Why the Tories’ latest attack ads aren’t working These are difficult days for the Harper Conservatives. They have suffered second place in the polls behind the Liberals for over a year. The Supreme Court has handed them three successive defeats. They have had to retreat on the Fair Elections...

White House solar panels power up Barack Obama will on Friday unveil several new initiatives intended to expand the deployment of solar power on Friday, as officials confirmed that a set of solar panels on the roof of the White House was now operational. Obama will – once again – bypass a...

Economy loses 28,900 jobs, jobless rate stays at 6.9 per cent OTTAWA -- The latest labour-market data says the Canadian economy unexpectedly lost 28,900 net jobs in April, suffering its biggest employment drop since December 2013. Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey found the unemployment...

Arizona will get non-stop clean energy from hot air drafts Many green energy sources only generate power in a narrow range of conditions. Solar panels won't work when it's dark, for instance, and wind turbines are useless when everything is still. If Solar Wind Energy Tower has its way, though...

Keystone Pipeline Is A 'Relic Of Bush Energy Policy,' Finds New Book WASHINGTON -- A new e-book looks at the historical context for the Keystone XL decision and argues that there is a clear-cut case for why President Barack Obama should reject the proposed pipeline. Keystone and Beyond, from...

Federal government is ‘creeping’ your Facebook page The government that characterized the long-form census as unduly intrusive is increasingly lifting Canadians’ personal information from their social networking websites, according to the federal privacy watchdog. In a letter to Treasury Board...

Canada falling in governance rankings because of Harper majority, report finds When it comes to good government, Canada is just average, and slipping, according to a new report. Among the key reasons: the Senate expenses scandal, weakened environmental laws, and a lack of commitment to...

Fossil Fuel Subsidies Cost some $2 Trillion Annually, According To IMF Science informs us about the environmental cost of our global fossil fuel habit – the IPCC recently reported that CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes contributed around 78 per cent of the total...

Climate change not fully to blame for melting sea ice: study A newly published paper says climate change caused by humans could be responsible for as little as half the wholesale melting of sea ice in the Canadian Arctic and Greenland that has amazed and alarmed scientists. The finding...

How the Tea Party came to love solar energy Last month, I wrote about a proposed Oklahoma law to levy a new fee on those who generate their own energy through solar equipment or wind turbines on their property, and sell it back to the grid. The law was trumpeted by utility companies — who are...

Rob Ford isn’t taking rehab seriously Who knew battling the demons of addiction could be so easy? “Rehab is amazing” – a lot like football camp, according to Mayor Rob Ford. Between therapy sessions at an undisclosed location, Toronto’s disgraced chief executive has been working the phones...

The Solar Powered Death Spiral For Utilities Begins – In Hawaii A solar powered death spiral for utilities and conventional power has already begun. Solar power is proving to be more disruptive, more quickly than anyone imagines. People think “Solar needs to get to grid parity before it’s...

Rob's rehab must be grrrrrrrreat now lol Toronto's public health authority is spending $25,000 to distribute 288,000 condoms to bars, clubs, hotels, gyms and clinics in the city for World Pride week. The prophylactics are branded as "condomTO" or "Toronto condoms," and, of course, in a city...

Harper’s disrespect for the Supreme Court harms the workings of government The recent comments by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, claiming that the Chief Justice of Canada attempted an inappropriate conversation with him, demonstrate a disrespect by the executive branch for the judicial branch...