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The Carbon Bubble: Another Flaw With the All-Oil Strategy

Keith Brooks | Posted 04.25.2013 | Canada Business
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The evidence keeps coming in: Ottawa's all-oil economic strategy is seriously flawed. According to a report released last week, we could be headed for another financial crisis as a result of over-valued energy stocks that are giving rise to a growing "carbon bubble." This means that we should be breaking with our economic reliance on oil, rather than increasing it.

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How Big Is Canada’s Oil Subsidy To The U.S.?

The Globe and Mail | Posted 01.07.2013 | Canada Business
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Do the math on some 2 million barrels a day of heavily discounted oil exports and suddenly you’re talking about an enormous wealth transfer from Can...

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Oilsands Must Cut Environmental Risks: Ethical Investors

CP | Bob Weber, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.21.2012 | Canada Business
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An international group of ethical funds with investments in Alberta's oilsands is concerned the industry's environmental performance could be creating...

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Special Interest Groups: We Need To Get Canadian Oil To Asia

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 08.06.2012 | Canada Business
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VANCOUVER - Canada needs to explore development of a public-private energy transportation corridor to export oil and gas to the Asia-Pacific region, s...

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Mulcair Pitting West Against The Rest, Tories Argue

HuffingtonPost.com | Althia Raj | Posted 05.11.2012 | Canada Politics
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The Conservatives continued to hammer NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair Friday, suggesting he is pitting the Prairies against Ontario and Eastern Canada. ...

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Canada To EU: Quit Hating

CBC | Posted 05.14.2012 | Canada Politics
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There is plenty of oil sands oil for all buyers and it's not dirtier than any other type of oil, Canada's Natural Resources Minister told...

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Feds' Environmental Report Slammed As 'Fictitious'

CBC | Posted 05.13.2012 | Canada Politics
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A report from the Commons environment committee has government MPs calling for the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act to be "modernize...

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Tories Target Anti-Oil Sands Charities

CBC | Posted 05.06.2012 | Canada Politics
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Conservatives in the Senate want to change the tax laws regarding environmental groups in Canada who protest energy projects. ...

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McGuinty Speaks Out Against Oil Sands

CP | Keith Leslie, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.28.2012 | Canada Politics
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TORONTO - Alberta Premier Alison Redford says Ontario counterpart Dalton McGuinty is being simplistic for suggesting a booming oilsands is bad news fo...

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Minister Slams Europe Over Oil Sands Ban Plan

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.17.2012 | Canada Politics
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CALGARY - Federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver is calling a European effort to bar oil imports from Alberta's oilsands nothing more than gran...

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PM's Office Accused Of Calling Environmental Charity 'Enemy Of The State'

CP | Bob Weber, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.25.2012 | Canada Politics
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A former employee of an environmental group critical of a proposed oilsands pipeline says the Prime Minister's Office threatened a funding agency if i...

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Canada Blasts EU In Oilsands Trade Spat

CBC | Posted 12.24.2011 | Canada Politics
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Canada's natural resources minister is criticizing the European Union over its plan to discriminate against Canadian oil derived from Alb...

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