Tag Archives: Canada

Smart messaging needed to avoid pipeline lobbying failure

Posted on April 7, 2013 by

Alberta premier must not support the climate scare when promoting her province’s hydrocarbon fuel resources in Washington DC this week By Tom Harris Introducing the International Climate Science Coalition video, “Alberta government feeding the fire that threatens to destroy Canada’s … Continue reading →

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Climate Craziness of the Week – Environmentalist ignores international moratoriums, dumps in the ocean

Posted on October 16, 2012 by

From the Toronto Star, an example of holier than thou environmentalism in the name of carbon sequestration. Environmental controversy erupts on Canada’s Pacific coast Raveena Aulakh Environment reporter The Pacific Ocean, just off Canada’s west coast, has a new suspect … Continue reading →

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‘Extreme weather is an integral part of the Earth’s climate’

Posted on July 10, 2012 by

Extreme caution best in assessing future weather By Madhav Khandekar. Published in The Starphoenix July 6, 2012 In the viewpoint article Extreme weather becoming norm (SP, June 28) Lidsay Olson, vice-president of the Insurance Bureau of Canada, provides a glimpse … Continue reading →

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Here we go again: row, row, row, your boat – Arctic edition

Posted on July 9, 2012 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I must admit, being an oceanic adventurer myself, I do love to read about outrageous voyages. The feats of Shackleton in the Endurance stir my blood. I’ve stood on the deck of the Gjoa, the … Continue reading →

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Dr. Bob Carter on Canada’s Sun News

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

Michael Coren and guest Bob Carter on why Canada stands above the rest when it comes to being honest about climate change. See the full interview here:

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Measurements of Carbon in the Arctic Ocean – “Carbon is the currency of life.”

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

New Study by WHOI Scientists Provides Baseline Measurements of Carbon in Arctic Ocean Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have conducted a new study to measure levels of carbon at various depths in the Arctic Ocean. The study, … Continue reading →

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Hansen’s ‘Game Over for the Climate’ op-ed

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

This op-ed appeared in the New York Times today, and since it was written by a government employee, using his NASA title at the end of the article, I consider it a public domain work reproducible here. I see what … Continue reading →

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Nunavut Government Study: “the [polar] bear population is not in crisis as people believed,”

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

From the Daily Globe and Mail in Canada: Healthy polar bear count confounds doomsayers The debate about climate change and its impact on polar bears has intensified with the release of a survey that shows the bear population in a … Continue reading →

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Canada yanks some climate change programs from budget

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

  Canadian federal budget a step forward on climate change Ottawa, Canada, March 29, 2012: “The International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC) congratulates the Government of Canada for removing from the federal Budget the misleading language of previous Budgets concerning clean … Continue reading →

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Earth Hour – Is it worth the effort?

Posted on March 10, 2012 by

Guest post by Russ Rodrigues On Saturday, March 31st at 8.30pm (local time) WWF is inviting you and everyone around the world to celebrate Earth Hour 2012 by turning off non-essential lights for sixty minutes to “protect the planet”. Now, … Continue reading →

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Give up Canada, you’re toast

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

From Simon Fraser University, a new paper says that the Canucks may as well just give up, because its going to warm up no matter what they do. Using powerful new geographic mapping tools on a big screen Mac and … Continue reading →

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Climate hockey stick threatens…pond hockey

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

From the Canadian Department of Redundancy and the Journal of Paleohockey comes this hilarious study via press release that I first thought was a spoof. Sadly it is all too real. This a candidate for the Dr. David Viner Award.* … Continue reading →

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Fake moral outrage translated to smear: media upset that students can choose to take an elective course on climate change at Carleton

Posted on March 3, 2012 by

More Fakegate fallout. On February 28, 2012, the report Climate Change Denial in the Classroom was issued by the Committee for the Advancement of Scientific Skepticism of the Centre for Inquiry (Canada) (CFI). The related news release, Climate Change Denial … Continue reading →

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Oh, Canada!

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

From Penn State: Environment Canada cuts threaten science, international agreements Recent cuts to the scientific workforce of Environment Canada, a government agency responsible for meteorological services and environmental research, threaten scientific research related to the ozone layer in the upper … Continue reading →

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What We Don’t Know about Snow

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

From Ellen Gray NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Predicting the future is always a tricky business — just watch a TV weather report. Weather forecasts have come a long way, but almost every season there’s a snowstorm that seems to … Continue reading →

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Climate change invites aliens into Canada

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

From the Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press) Climate change invites alien invaders – Is Canada ready? Ottawa, Ontario – A comprehensive multi-disciplinary synthesis just published in Environmental Reviews reveals the urgent need for further investigation and policy development to … Continue reading →

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Canadian Senate Testimony – Skeptic side now being heard in Canadian politics

Posted on January 1, 2012 by

Mark Thompson submits this story: Now that we have a majority Conserviative government in Canada and the past history of Liberal obfuscation is being erased, the Canadian and the broader world public is now getting a chance to hear the … Continue reading →

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Email from UNFCCC: “we won’t let Canada out of the Kyoto Convention responsibilities”

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

People send me stuff… UPDATE: See below for another interpretation Remember how this was phrased? “sign it, it’s just voluntary!” Recall Rio 1992 “Earth Summit” where the meme was “hey, it’s voluntary!…with a negotiating schedule attached”. Apparently, like a Roach … Continue reading →

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Kyoto – in the past for Canada

Posted on December 12, 2011 by
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BREAKING: Canada to pull out of Kyoto Protocol

Posted on November 27, 2011 by

CTVNews.ca Staff Date: Sun. Nov. 27 2011 10:08 PM ET Canada will announce next month that it will formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, CTV News has learned.

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