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Tar Sands and Solving Global Warming – Compatible with Strong Commitments?

February 18, 2009

Posted by Jake Schmidt in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
canada, climatechage, copenhagen, dirtyfuels, globalwarming, tarsands

Well the anticipated trip of President Obama to Canada is just about to begin.  The Canadian press has been reporting for a while that Prime Minister Harper will raise tar sands when President Obama makes his first international trip.  And,...continued

Bad global warming deal proposed by Canada

November 7, 2008

Posted by Jake Schmidt in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
canada, changeinwashington, climatechange, climatechangenegotiations, globalwarming, highcarbonfuels, kyoto, lowcarbonfuels, oilsands, tarsands, UNFCCC

There was a news story coming out of Canada as reported in the Globe and Mail that Ottawa swoops in with climate-change offer.  As reported by the Globe and Mail: Prime Minister Stephen Harper is proposing to strike a joint...continued

Jake Schmidt
Jake Schmidt
International Climate Policy Director
Washington, DC
I'm the international climate policy director at Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).  I recently joined...
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