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First China, now India. Obama be steppin up his game. Obama backs India's solar goals, seeks support for climate talks NEW DELHI (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday offered to help finance India's ambitious solar energy target and sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's...

Panic in Ottawa: Why worry is setting in after one drastic change in Canadian monetary policy First, Ottawa delays the federal budget. Now, a surprise decrease in the rate of interest. It’s official: panic has settled in Ottawa. Something is going terribly wrong. The Bank of Canada’s...

Oceans are warming so fast that readings are now off the chart Friday, January 23, 2015, 5:25 PM - Oceans are warming at an accelerated pace -- forcing scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to re-scale its heat chart to account for the warming that occurred in...

Mitt Romney and Rand Paul Are Going to Make Climate Change a Real Issue in the GOP Primary It took one day for the party of climate change denial to rediscover science—a few of them, anyway. Mitt Romney, who is considering his third presidential run, told a Utah audience, “I’m one of those...

U.S. support for Keystone XL pipeline is softening, new poll suggests CALGARY – As senators in Washington D.C. prepare to vote Tuesday on “Buy America” and “no export” amendments for a bill that would approve TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline, support for the much-debated oilsands line...

These guys really need to find a new shtick. *yawn* ISIS gives Japan 72 hours to deliver $240 million — or it will execute two Japanese hostages CAIRO — The Islamic State group threatened to kill two Japanese hostages Tuesday unless they receive $240 million in 72 hours, directly demanding...

Harper portraying himself as economic safe haven when his whole strategy is in ruins It’s a considerable testament to Stephen Harper’s political skills that he remains in contention to win a fourth straight election later this year. It’s even more impressive that his party continues to retain...

Biofortification: The New ‘Green Revolution’ Of Genetically Engineered, More Nutritious Crops Credit: Goldenrice.org By XiaoZhi Lim, Genetic Literacy Project The Green Revolution that began in the 1940s and 50s brought about large increases in crop yields and saved millions of people from mass...

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Think 'approved’ homeopathic cold, flu remedies are safe? Even if we’re not yet at peak season for sniffles, coughs and colds, it sure feels like it. Maybe that’s just because every other commercial on TV these days is for some powerful medication that promises to knock any cold symptom into...

A TAX you say? *gulp* Alberta premier Prentice considers sales tax to fix ailing, oil-based economy EDMONTON – Alberta’s prideful boast of being the only jurisdiction in Canada without a provincial sales tax may soon be history. Premier Jim Prentice, after declaring for weeks that a sales...

Israel to demand apology for ‘anti-Semitic’ Netanyahu cartoon Israel is planning to demand an apology for a controversial cartoon that appeared in the British Sunday Times, Israel’s ambassador to London said Monday, while one minister mulled steps against the paper. One day after the...

Carbon pricing coming to Ontario, strategy to be unveiled this year The Ontario government is closing in on a plan to put a price on carbon emissions after nearly seven years of delays. The Liberals have promised to make corporations and consumers pay for burning carbon – an effective way to...

Poll: Support for mayor Tory ''sky high'', slim majority want 4th Scarborough A new public opinion poll shows the honeymoon is still on for mayor John Tory but there could be trouble down the line in Scarborough. Mainstreet Technologies polled over 2,300 Torontonians by phone on Sunday about...

Murdered and missing aboriginal women report 'groundbreaking,' advocates say Advocates for a public inquiry into murdered and missing aboriginal women and girls are welcoming as "groundbreaking" an investigation into the issue by an international human rights commission. The Inter-American...

I completely agree with the need to find out the underlying causes of violent radicals. US to Host Anti-terror Summit The United States said it will host a summit in Washington next month on preventing violent extremism, as European and American leaders call for stronger measures to...

Harper preaches pushback against Islamists, and sells weapons to the Middle East Only days before the murderous assault on Charlie Hébdo staff in Paris by heavily armed men claiming allegiance to Al Qaeda, Prime Minister Stephen Harper refused to support the global Arms Trade Treaty, which came...

NAFTA scrutiny of oilsands tailings ponds opposed by Canada Canada is trying to stop NAFTA's environmental watchdog from taking a closer look at the environmental effects of the huge tailings ponds produced by Alberta's oilsands, and it appears Mexico and the U.S. will go along with efforts to...

Apology for 'Muslim-only Birmingham' Steven Emerson on Fox News US terror commentator Steven Emerson was speaking to Fox presenter Jeanine Pirro An American terrorism commentator speaking on Fox News has been forced to apologise for describing Birmingham as a "Muslim-only city" where...

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