Oil majors pumping cash into reinvention of image

IT'S energy without carbon emissions — almost — and BP is spending a mint telling us all about it. Big oil is puzzled about its future that the story is garbled. Perhaps the strange advertising is an early warning, beamed this time from Houston: "World, we have a problem."

December 24, 2005 [International]

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Storing Carbon to Combat Global Warming May Cause Other E...

Growing tree plantations to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to mitigate global warming -- so called carbon sequestration -- could trigger environmental changes that outweigh some of the benefits, a multi-institutional team led by Duke University suggested in a new report. Those effects include water and nutrient depletion and increased soil salinity and acidity, said the researchers.

December 22, 2005 [U.S.]

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Oilpatch welcomes new B.C. licensing plan

Industry backs 'one-window' permit process

December 22, 2005 [B.C.]

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WWF-Canada Hails Decision on Arctic Refuge

ANWR Caribou Maternity Ward Safe from Oil Drilling, For Now

December 21, 2005 [Canada]

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Two massive pipelines proposed

Soaring energy prices and profits have revived plans for two massive pipelines — the biggest private construction projects in North America — to bring natural gas hundreds of miles south from the frozen Arctic Ocean, through vast untouched forests and under wild rivers, to the United States.

December 20, 2005 [International]

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Monitors cut energy usage, study finds

Instant display helps owners try to save energy - Results surprise Hydro One after 500-home test

December 17, 2005 [Canada]

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NDP vows to fight offshore oil

Federal NDP leader Jack Layton says his party will fight to strengthen a 30-year moratorium on oil and gas exploration along B.C.’s coast.

December 16, 2005 [B.C.]

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New Today's News

The time is past to pretend that any nation can stand alone,' PM tells conference

December 8, 2005 [Canada]

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Building Hydro Dams To Fight Climate Change Destroys The ...

December 8, 2005 [Canada]

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Layton launches ambitious environmental plan

NDP leader Jack Layton made his first campaign stop in Montreal on Tuesday, using the backdrop of a United Nations conference on global warming to unveil four proposals to clean up drinking water, crack down on polluters and meet Canada's Kyoto targets.

December 6, 2005 [Canada]

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Canada Digs Oil Out of the Ground for U.S.

Making oil from tar sands produces two or three times more greenhouse gases than producing conventional oil.

December 2, 2005 [International]

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New Today's News

Countries meeting at U.N. environmental conference adopted the rules for limiting emissions of greenhouse gases under the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol.

November 30, 2005 [International]

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Sierra Club urges responsible mining

Coal harvesting can damage groundwater and soil, but environmentalists say the right methods can preserve resources

November 30, 2005 [U.S.]

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"Black Gold": managing the environmental impacts of oil s...

November 29, 2005 [Canada]

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BC PROPOSES TOXIC WASTE TO FERTILIZE CROPS

Local groups, including the Crofton Airshed Citizens Group (CACG) and Reach for Unbleached (RFU), today condemned the most recent effort by the provincial government and local pulp mills to offload toxic waste to the environment and risk human health.

November 28, 2005 [B.C.]

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Oil port proposals a threat, says Anderson

Retiring Victoria Liberal MP David Anderson warns that proposals for oil ports in Vancouver and Kitimat are more imminent threats to B.C.'s marine environment than offshore oil and gas exploration.

November 25, 2005 [B.C.]

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Oilsands projects must be cleaner, pay higher royalties: ...

Increasing environmental damage in Alberta's oilsands needs to be mitigated by forcing new projects to meet performance hurdles and ending "incredibly low" royalty rates, the Pembina Institute said Wednesday.

November 24, 2005 [Canada]

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Oil Tankers Are Coming to the BC Coast

November 24, 2005 [Lower Mainland]

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Conference Organizers Take Measures to Reduce Delegates' ...

Eco-friendly transport, recycled paper, and composting leftovers are just some ways the COP MOP is attempting to make an influx of over 10,000 conference-goers more environmentally sustainable

November 23, 2005 [Canada]

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NGOs, Industry Advocates Will Do Their Best to Influence ...

Though they don't have official delegate status, many environmental organizations on both sides of the Kyoto debate will be in Montreal to make contacts and get the latest news.

November 23, 2005 [Canada]

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PEN CENTRES HONOUR MEMORY OF KEN SARO-WIWA

On 10 November 2005, PEN Centres in 28 countries joined free expression advocates around the world to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the death of Ogoni leader and writer Ken Saro-Wiwa.

November 23, 2005 [International]

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Goldman Sachs spells out eco-friendly policy

The big investment banking firm just announced a policy that details how its 24,000 employees - be they bankers, analysts or purchasing agents - should promote activities that protect forests and guard against climate change.

November 22, 2005 [B.C.]

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Provinces ramp up wind power deals

"This is the year that wind energy has moved mainstream in Canada," said Robert Hornung, president of Canadian Wind Energy Association of Ottawa.

November 22, 2005 [B.C.]

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Alternative energy sources potentially rich in jobs

Waning supplies of oil and natural gas will trigger the need for other sources of energy, a report says

November 22, 2005 [B.C.]

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Corporate Canada's Change of Heart on Global Warming

Better late than never. As if they've seen the light on the road to Damascus, Canada's business leaders last week demanded tough action from the federal government on dealing with climate change.

November 22, 2005 [Canada]

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