Hannah McKinnon
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Hannah joined Climate Action Network Canada in August of 2009, following three years of climate change adaptation work in El Salvador. Hannah has a M.Sc. in Science and Society from the London School of Economics and a B.Sc. Hon. in Biochemistry from Mount Allison University. She has been engaged in climate change activism for over eight years in Canada, the UK and Latin America. Hannah is the communications coordinator for Climate Action Network Canada and she feels very privileged to have the opportunity to work with and learn from such a diverse, experienced, and enthusiastic membership.

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Canada on Tar Sands: "Dig Baby Dig"

0 Comments | Posted March 6, 2012 | g:i A

Over recent years our best policy analysts, experienced strategists, technical experts, and campaigners have found themselves toiling with the never-ending barrage of attacks by the federal government to counter policies and actions that challenge the reckless expansion and exploitation of the Alberta tar sands.

The Canadian government, along with...

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The Truth About the EU's Position on the Tar Sands

7 Comments | Posted February 24, 2012 | g:i A

Fuel experts from the European Union have decided that the important decision to label high-carbon fuels (including tar sands) should be passed onto publicly accountable elected ministers. This probably wasn't a bad idea -- now ministers who have promised to take action on climate change will be more accountable as...

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Canada Should Fight a Pollution Battle Instead of a PR Battle

0 Comments | Posted November 24, 2011 | g:i A

In the lead up to the next round of UN climate talks, instead of taking responsibility for their own pollution problem, the Canadian Government is focusing on a full scale public relations and diplomatic campaign to ensure no door is closed to Canada's highly polluting tar sands. The cost of...

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Why I Will Be Risking Arrest Today

0 Comments | Posted September 26, 2011 | g:i A

Today I am going to participate in an event that will likely result in my arrest. I will be joining hundreds of other Canadians in non-violent civil disobedience to protest the Harper Government's inaction on climate change and demand that they stop the expansion of the Alberta tar sands.
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