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September 21, 2009
Posted by Liz Barratt-Brown in Moving Beyond Oil
- Tags:
- canada, globalwarming, oilsands, primeministerharper, tarsands, UNspecialassembly
Today the Montreal Gazette reported that the lead climate scientist and recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize on behalf of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Rajendra Pachauri, said that until technologies are more advanced to address the carbon emissions...continued→
September 16, 2009
Posted by Liz Barratt-Brown in Moving Beyond Oil
- Tags:
- dirtyfuels, oilsands, presidentobama, primeministerharper, tarsands
You remember that old expression, the 800 pound gorilla in the room. Mirriam-Webster defines its meaning as: "one that is dominating or uncontrollable because of great size or power, e.g. like it or not, the 800-pound gorilla usually sets the...continued→
September 15, 2009
Posted by Liz Barratt-Brown in Moving Beyond Oil
- Tags:
- copenhagen, dirtyfuels, globalwarming, lowcarbonfuelstandard, oilsands, presidentobama, primeministerharper, tarsands
Prime Minister Harper is coming to Washington at a time of heightened concern about how tar sands oil is undermining U.S., Canadian and international efforts to curb global warming pollution. He is also coming at a time when all eyes...continued→
February 12, 2009
Posted by Liz Barratt-Brown in Moving Beyond Oil
, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
- Tags:
- climatepolicy, dirtyfuels, oilsands, presidentobama, primeministerharper, tarsands
The President will make his first foreign visit to Canada next week. This is a tradition and historically these meetings have been largely ceremonial. Not so this time. Canada is abuzz with speculation about what directions might be set -...continued→