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Posts by Andy Rowell

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  Tar Sands Makes Climate Change “Unsolvable”

  Andy Rowell, May 17, 2013
  One of the world’s leading climate scientists Dr James Hansen has warned British MPs that exploiting the tar sands and oil shale would make the problem of climate change “unsolvable”.
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  Our Oil Addiction Ignores CO2 Milestone

  Andy Rowell, May 14, 2013
  Last week we reached an unwelcome milestone which should send alarm bells ringing in every capital across the globe.
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  Canadian Scientist “Betrayed” Over Tar Sands

  Andy Rowell, May 13, 2013
  Mark Jaccard, one of Canada's leading energy economists, from British Colombia’s Simon Fraser University, has said that the Canadian government's campaign of aggression and name-calling over the tar sands is not winning it any respect. "I feel betrayed as a Canadian,” he says.
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  Al Gore Tells Obama to Cancel KXL

  Andy Rowell, May 8, 2013
  Love him or loath him, you can say one thing Al Gore at the moment. He is certainly winding the Canadians up into a right old rage. Yesterday I blogged how he had called the tar sands to an “open sewer”. Gore then went on to give a public interview with The Globe and Mail....
  Continue reading 'Al Gore Tells Obama to Cancel KXL'.
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  Canada’s “Sewer Salesman” Heads to Europe

  Andy Rowell, May 7, 2013
  One of Canada’s most senior politicians is back in Europe on yet another lobby tour to try and bully politicians there to ditch their landmark climate legislation as it discriminates against the dirty tar sands.
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  Facebook Bans Ad Criticising Mark Zuckerberg’s Pro-KXL Stance

  Andy Rowell, May 1, 2013
  Here’s a question for you. What have one of the world’s richest companies and one of the world’s richest men got in common? The answer: They have both censored adverts criticising their actions on climate-related issues.
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  Canada’s “Hollow Promises” on Tar Sands

  Andy Rowell, April 30, 2013
  The Canadian environmental watchdog, the Pembina Institute, publishes a report arguing that “very little progress" has been made on 19 key recommended policy improvements for Canada's dirty tar sands.
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  Climate Activist on Day 29 of Hunger Strike

  Andy Rowell, April 29, 2013
  A young climate activist is on the 29th day of a planned 30 day hunger strike. For nearly the last month, all he has consumed is water, salt and potassium.
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  EPA: tar sands “significantly more intensive than other crudes”

  Andy Rowell, April 24, 2013
  The EPA slams the State Department review of Keystone XL pipeline, arguing that, from a climate perspective, “oil sands crude is significantly more GHG intensive than other crudes, and therefore has potentially large impacts.”
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  BP and Shell Targeted in Arts Protests

  Andy Rowell, April 23, 2013
  Both BP and Shell’s cynical “reputation-cleansing” via sponsorship has once again been challenged by activists.