Canada

Environmental groups want Alberta to form independent oilsands panel

By Keith Gerein The Vancouver Sun June 18, 2011 EDMONTON — A collection of environmental groups from the United States and Europe is calling on the Alberta government to form an independent panel of experts to assess concerns with a new provincial land-use plan for the oilsands region. The 16 groups, including the National Wildlife […]

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Canada confirms it will reject new Kyoto Protocol

Rueters By Staff June 8, 2011 BONN, Germany (Reuters) – Canada confirmed on Wednesday that it would not support an extended Kyoto Protocol after 2012, joining Japan and Russia in rejecting a new round of the climate emissions pact. The current Kyoto Protocol binds only the emissions of industrialized countries from 2008-2012. Poor and emerging

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