By Andrew Nikiforuk - The Tyee
The oil sands, the world’s largest energy project, will face severe or even catastrophic water shortages due to declining glaciers and snowpack in the Rocky Mountains, warn Canadian water researchers. Details here.
SMOKE BLANKETS SIBERIA. (PHOTO - EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY) ACCORDING TO THE WORLD WEATHER ATTRIBUTION CENTRE, THE 2020 HEATWAVE THERE WAS "ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE" WITHOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. IN THE FIRST 6 MONTHS, SIBERIA RECORDED A RECORD-BREAKING 38 DEGREES C. IT LED TO WILDFIRES, LOSS OF PERMAFROST AND AN INVASION OF PESTS.
Monday, 28 November 2011
Climate Conference 2011: Canada Says Kyoto Protocol 'Biggest Blunder,' May Withdraw
Tom Zeller Jr. - Huffington Post
Global climate talks got an inauspicious start in Durban, South Africa, on Monday with reports that Canada planned to withdraw fully from the Kyoto Protocol, Details here.
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