Global Warming Deniers Get More Desperate by the Day

By David Suzuki and Ian Hanington.

The Heartland Institute's recent International Climate Change Conference in Las Vegas illustrates climate change deniers' desperate confusion. Details here.

Huge Environmental Disaster at a British Columbia Gold Mine Follows Years of Government Warnings

CBC News

The operator of the Mount Polley mine, Imperial Metals, was warned as recently as a few months ago that levels of wastewater in its tailings pond were too high! Details here.

Protesters' Blockade Halts Work on Eastern Canada's Enbridge Pipeline

Common Dreams

“We hope to stay here indefinitely,” says activist. Details here.

How a 20-Year-old Patent Application Could Upend Canada’s Biggest Trade Deal

The Hill Times online

If the pharmaceutical giant succeeds, it will have effectively found a mechanism to override the Supreme Court of Canada and hold Canadian taxpayers liable for hundreds of millions in damages in the process. The cost to the health-care system could be enormous as the two Eli Lilly patents may be the proverbial tip of the iceberg and claims from other pharmaceutical companies could soon follow. Details here.

Please also read: Free Trade: Path to Prosperity - or Back Road to Corporatism? - by Larry Powell

Emails Show Secrecy on Federal Oilsands Probe in Alberta, Canada.

thestar.com

Proposed answers from Environment Canada to questions about a 2013 oilsands leak triggered emails suggesting the department “limit information” given to media. Details here.

Two States and Several Canadian Provinces, Including Manitoba, Gear Up A System To Cut Carbon Emissions - Is a Carbon Tax in the Wind?

ClimateProgress

Massive highway repair and infrastructure renewal in Manitoba (above), 

clearly show the need for some sanity aimed at controlling emissions. PLT photo 

Washington State is poised to join California and several Canadian provinces, including Manitoba, in a carbon trading system, according to a Monday memoranda from the governor’s office. Details here.