Coalition calls on panel to reject oil sands mine application

August 29, 2010 3:19 PM

Calgary - The Oil Sands Environmental Coalition -- composed of the Pembina Institute, the Toxics Watch Society of Alberta and ...

Edmonton's Carbon Environmental Boutique

August 27, 2010 3:59 PM

In the heart of historic downtown Edmonton, Alberta, Carbon Environmental Boutique is combining environmental ethics with a keen business sense. ...

Guilty verdict in Syncrude pond tailings case

June 25, 2010 10:07 PM

Calgary - Alberta provincial court's guilty verdict in the Syncrude ducks case confirms the need to eliminate toxic tailings ponds ...

Shrinking environmental monitoring budgets in Alberta

June 25, 2010 1:46 AM

Edmonton - On the eve of a verdict in the Syncrude trial into the 2008 deaths of 1,606 ducks on ...

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Riva's Eco Store grand re-opening party June 23

Shared on: June 18, 2010 7:08 AM

Riva's The Eco Store has moved! Our recent relocation into the heart of Inglewood has doubled our retail space and we are celebrating with a Grand Re-Opening Party! If you are new to Riva's, come and see what the excitement...

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Greenpeace marks Norwegian National Day at Statoil headquarters

Shared on: May 17, 2010 2:48 PM

Calgary - Greenpeace activists are "celebrating" outside Statoil headquarters in Calgary this morning in honour of Norwegian National Day, and demanding that Statoil get out of the tar sands. As Norway marks its independence from Denmark, Greenpeace asks the country...

Air & Climate

False Alberta Government claims highlight inadequate emissions regulations

Shared on: May 7, 2010 2:55 PM

The Government of Alberta yesterday made false claims about greenhouse gas emissions from the province's major industrial polluters. The claims were included in a government news release and backgrounder detailing results from provincial greenhouse gas regulations for the year 2009....

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Multinationals face investor skepticism on oil sands

Shared on: April 13, 2010 6:00 PM

As shareholders gather in London, UK, this week for BP's annual general meeting, American and British investors are coordinating a unique effort putting pressure on four major oil multinationals over their controversial investments in the Canadian oil sands. Investors from...

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Tar Sands Operations Killing More Than Ducks

Shared on: April 9, 2010 2:22 AM

Edmonton - An information request has forced the Alberta government to reveal that in addition to the infamous dead ducks, 164 animals, including 27 bears, were killed between 2000 and 2008 on operations in the Alberta tar sands. The Freedom...

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Healthy Families, Healthy Planet Report

Shared on: April 7, 2010 11:07 PM

Calgary's first Healthy Families, Healthy Planet Report will be released on Saturday April 10th by REAP, Calgary's only sustainable business association. "Regularly, I receive inquiries from concerned parents asking for information about how to detoxify their homes," says Stephanie Jackman,...

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Event: Food For Thought (April 11)

Shared on: April 2, 2010 11:46 AM

Shared by: Cody Torgerson - cody@reapcalgary.com Food For Thought Sunday, April 11 6:00 - 9:00 pm The Uptown Stage & Screen, 612 - 8 Avenue SW $15 admission (tickets online at reapcalgary.com/earthweek and Community Natural Foods locations) Engage your taste...

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