Press Room
Unclog the Pipeline Process
By Joseph Doucet, The Globe and Mail
The environmental review of Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline has ignited a fierce debate about the consequences of developing Canada’s oil sands. Debate is good, but unreasonable delays and continuing indecision, as with Keystone XL, show how broken the pipeline review process is.
EU bows to oil lobby pressure
By Presseurop
The European Commission proposal to label oil produced from tar sands as highly polluting has been vetoed by London and The Hague. However, Trouw argues that it is not too late to defend the public interest.
Secret memo warns oilsands damage may be irreversible
By Mike De Souza, Postmedia News, Calgary Herald
Collateral damage from Canada's booming oilsands sector may be irreversible, posing a "significant environmental and financial risk to the province of Alberta," says a secret memorandum prepared for the federal government's top bureaucrat.
World Environment Organization backed by 100 countries, French minister says
Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, France's ecology minister, says 100 countries support a French proposal to create a World Environment Organization.
Durban conference Union hampered by its own polluters
By Javier Salas
The EU has been unable in Durban to reach a common position on greenhouse gas emissions quotas after 2012. The veto of the former communist countries of the EU, who defended the current quotas that are so advantageous to them, is partly to blame.
Javier Salas