BusinessWeek
Q&A: Meet Adam Pervez, the Happy Nomad
BusinessWeek
He'd focused on corporate social responsibility and sustainability while in business school and realized he wanted to have a direct impact on poor people in developing countries, rather than help the developed world become more energy efficient.

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Globe and Mail
Oil sands shouldn't be pawn in climate change debate
Globe and Mail
Canada is justified in making very clear to the European Union that it may well start a World Trade Organization lawsuit, if there is a vote in favour of a proposed measure that would attach a special opprobrium to oil from the Canadian oil sands, ...
Canada threatens trade war with EU over tar sandsThe Guardian
Canada threatens EU with trade war over oil sands banCommodities Now
Why should you care about Canada's tar sands?Responding to Climate Change (press release) (blog)
CBC.ca -Morris Daily Herald
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Plains Justice reports Keystone XL operational date delayed until 2015
Examiner.com
Plains Justice provides legal resources to assist communities in the Northern Plains by facilitating the transition to a clean energy future. Also, Plains Justice is a valuable ally for people of the Midwest whose land will be affected by the ...

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Brisbane Times
Climate scientist admits duping skeptic group to obtain documents
Washington Post
Legislation to fight global warming has disappeared from Washington's policy agenda, but the battle over climate science continues to escalate. The latest skirmish culminated in the admission Monday night by Peter Gleick, a climate scientist and author ...
Peter Gleick Sets Back the Climate DebateForbes

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Globe and Mail
Canada Threatens EU with Trade War over Oil Sands Ban
OilPrice.com
Darek Urbaniak of Friends of the Earth condemned the letters as “further evidence of Canadian government and industry lobbying, which continuously undermines efforts to combat climate change. We find it unacceptable that the Canadian government now ...
Canada threatens trade war with EU over tar sandsThe Guardian
EU oilsands policy could spark trade complaintCBC.ca
Canada's oil sands: Not so dirty after allGlobe and Mail
Windsor Star -Morris Daily Herald
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Billionaires back controversial geoengineering methods
People's World
Geoengineering is a process in which artificial means are used to drastically change the earth's environment, in response to the growing threat of climate change. There are various implementations being considered, including using seawater to brighten ...

Why Obama's Cheerleading for the Fracking Industry Is So Alarming
AlterNet
He stated that he “will not cede” the wind, solar or advanced battery industries to China or Germany. He supported programs to reduce energy waste in buildings. And he used the words “climate change” once, which was one more time than he used it in his ...

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Mongabay.com
Earth First! activist Nathan Coe: radical cultural shifts required to stave ...
Mongabay.com
By Ryan King, special to mongabay.com Many ideals, actions, and movements considered as fringe or radical by the standards of mainstream culture have gained prominence as global biodiversity withers and the biogeochemical cycles of the entire Earth ...

Peter Gleick Sets Back the Climate Debate
Forbes
The news that scientist Peter Gleick obtained documents from the Heartland Institute by pretending to be someone he was not is terrible news, not just for Gleick, but for anyone who wants to have a real discussion about climate change.

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The Moral Liberal
Greener Than Thou
The Moral Liberal
Never mind that we depend upon oil, natural gas, coal, and a host of minerals and chemicals for that lifestyle, the absence of which caused people in earlier eras to live shorter, far more unpleasant lives. Oil, other than ust an energy source is also ...

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Canada threatens trade war with EU over oilsands
Windsor Star
Nevertheless, Canada - which is finalizing a free-trade deal with the EU - is particularly concerned that adopting the fuel standard would set a dangerous dirty oil precedent, damage the oilsands industry's global reputation and close future energy ...

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Taking the Earth's pulse: UBC scientists unveil a new economic and ...
Eureka! Science News
A growing world population, mixed with the threat of climate change and mounting financial problems, has prompted University of British Columbia researchers to measure the overall 'health' of 150 countries around the world.

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Toronto Star
Weaver causes media storm by stating the obvious -- coal is climate change bad ...
Edmonton Journal (blog)
Apparently, when a respected climate scientist states what many energy industry experts and business journalists have been saying for years. Namely, that Alberta's oilsands aren't the biggest, baddest carbon spewing badass on planet earth.
Oilsands in perspectiveOttawa Citizen
Scientists urge cut of fossil fuelsRegina Leader-Post
All fossil fuels must be cut to avoid global warming, scientists sayVancouver Sun
Toronto Star -International Business Times AU
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Globe and Mail
Canada's oil sands: Not so dirty after all
Globe and Mail
That research, published in the journal Nature and co-authored by one of Canada's most respected climate scientists, throws a wrench into the debate over an energy source whose reputed “dirtiness” has sparked fiery debate around the world.
Canada threatens trade war with EU over tar sandsThe Guardian
EU oilsands policy could spark trade complaintCBC.ca
Canada threatens retaliation if oilsands given black eyeCTV.ca
iPolitics.ca (subscription)
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Environmentalism - Greener Than Thou
NewsReleaseWire.com (press release)
Never mind that we depend upon oil, natural gas, coal, and a host of minerals and chemicals for that lifestyle, the absence of which caused people in earlier eras to live shorter, far more unpleasant lives. Oil, other than ust an energy source is also ...

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Obama, Fracking and 2012
Free Speech TV (blog)
He stated that he "will not cede" the wind, solar or advanced battery industries to China or Germany. He supported programs to reduce energy waste in buildings. And he used the words "climate change" once, which was one more time than he used it in his ...

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Taking the Earth's pulse: UBC scientists unveil a new economic and ...
Science Codex
A growing world population, mixed with the threat of climate change and mounting financial problems, has prompted University of British Columbia researchers to measure the overall 'health' of 152 countries around the world.

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Taking the Earth's pulse: UBC scientists unveil a new economic and ...
University of British Columbia
A growing world population, mixed with the threat of climate change and mounting financial problems, has prompted University of British Columbia researchers to measure the overall 'health' of 150 countries around the world.

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Globe and Mail
EU oilsands policy could spark trade complaint
CBC.ca
Under the directive, Canadian oil derived from oilsands would get a higher number than conventional oil because it uses more energy to extract and refine. The directive is part of Europe's attempts to reduce CO2 emissions by encouraging the use of ...
Canada threatens trade war with EU over tar sandsThe Guardian
Canada's oil sands: Not so dirty after allGlobe and Mail
Canada threatens trade war with EU over oilsandsWindsor Star
Morris Daily Herald -CTV.ca
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The Guardian
Canada threatens trade war with EU over tar sands
The Guardian
Darek Urbaniak, at Friends of the Earth Europe, which obtained the new documents, said: "These letters are further evidence of Canadian government and industry lobbying, which continuously undermines efforts to combat climate change.
Guardian: 'Canada threatens trade war with EU over tar sands'iPolitics.ca (subscription)

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