Canadian High Commissioner’s Visit to Oxford Tarred by Local Protest | No Tar Sands | UK Tar Sands Network

Canadian High Commissioner’s Visit to Oxford Tarred by Local Protest | No Tar Sands | UK Tar Sands Network: "The High Commissioner was put on the defensive by a series of questions from both British and Canadian students invoking Canada’s refusal to acknowledge opposition on tar sands. “Brand Canada” took another bash when one speaker admitted to being “embarrassed” by Canada’s persistent undermining of both domestic and international climate legislation. Campbell was clearly uncomfortable when pushed on the Idle No More uprisings and reacted aggressively to challenges from another member of the audience regarding the need to radically change overall energy use patterns."

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Global Temperatures Highest in 4,000 Years, Study Says - NYTimes.com

Global Temperatures Highest in 4,000 Years, Study Says - NYTimes.com: "Global temperatures are warmer than at any time in at least 4,000 years, scientists reported Thursday, and over the coming decades are likely to surpass levels not seen on the planet since before the last ice age."

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Arctic Ice in Death Spiral, Thaws Permafrost — Risks Climate Catastrophe | Stephen Leahy, International Environmental Journalist

Arctic Ice in Death Spiral, Thaws Permafrost — Risks Climate Catastrophe | Stephen Leahy, International Environmental Journalist: "The carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels have melted the Arctic sea ice to its lowest volume since before the rise of human civilisation, dangerously upsetting the energy balance of the entire planet, climate scientists are reporting."

#tarsands only make money because true public health and environement costs are deferred [externalized].

If the true costs of #tarsands were being paid, it would be an energy-losing enterprise, as well as money-losing.

Confirmed: Tar Sands Toxic Liquid Waste Contaminating Local Waterways – EcoWatch: Uniting the Voice of the Grassroots Environmental Movement: "As tens of thousands of people gathered in Washington, D.C. yesterday to urge President Obama to reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, more evidence emerged that the public isn’t getting the full story of the environmental impacts of tar sands."

IPS – Thawing Permafrost May Be “Huge Factor” in Global Warming | Inter Press Service

Crack patterns in Arctic permafrost as viewed from a helicopter. Credit: Brocken Inaglory/cc by 3.0

IPS – Thawing Permafrost May Be “Huge Factor” in Global Warming | Inter Press Service: "UXBRIDGE, Canada, Feb 14 2013 (IPS) - Thawing permafrost is emitting more climate-heating carbon faster than previously realised. Scientists have now learned that when the ancient carbon locked in the ice thaws and is exposed to sunlight, it turns into carbon dioxide 40 percent faster."

Tarsands poisoning paradise

Olivia Chow, MP » Blog Archive » End Gridlock, Get Canada Moving: Olivia on Transit

Olivia Chow, MP » Blog Archive » End Gridlock, Get Canada Moving: Olivia on Transit: "Spread the word – mobilize! Get moving! It can be done. Together, we can move Canada forward with fast, reliable, accessible transit. We can end the gridlock – we can get moving. And don’t ever let them tell you it can’t be done!"

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USD 600B spent on gas and oil exploration and production in 2012

Majority of Oil, Gas and Coal Reserves Too Dangerous To Use – International Energy Agency (IEA) « Stephen Leahy, International Environmental Journalist: "In 2012, more than 600 billion dollars will be spent worldwide on oil and gas exploration and production, according to a Harvard University study titled “Oil: The New Revolution”.  That study forecasts a boom in fossil fuel production that could push global heating of the planet to a catastrophic eight degrees C higher, according to Oil Change International, a U.S.-based NGO."

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Tar Sands Blockade Oklahoma action #NoKXL #IdleNoMore

First Nations actions are for all of humanity

"everything you know about Aboriginal people is wrong"

@WinnipegJules: "So in conclusion white people, once you accept these things: This isn't your country, you've been lied to your whole life, and everything you know about Aboriginal people is wrong, you'll be able to thrive as a Nation and Canada will be better for it. And once that happens, you can join us Aboriginal people in reality, and we can all work together for a better society and find answers that suit ALL of us. After all, we have to share this land you named Canada.

And hurry up will you? We've been waiting 400 years. "

Mass marches for #idlenomore

Oh, Canada, your home on native land... #idlenomore

Idle No More: A crucial call for justice | Amnesty International Canada:
Grassroots rallies across Canada under the banner 'Idle No More' have put the spotlight on a federal legislative agenda that is trampling the rights of Indigenous peoples set out in  domestic and international law.

Idle No More: Canada’s Growing Indigenous Rights Movement, Fast Going Global — The International

Idle No More: Canada’s Growing Indigenous Rights Movement, Fast Going Global — The International: "In October 2012, four women from Saskatchewan, Canada decided that it was time to address damaging legislation against the nation’s aboriginal peoples, lands and waters. Their movement, Idle No More, started as a simple campaign against Bill C 45, a bill which many claim violates Canada’s Indian Act. The bill is seen to limit Indigenous rights granted by previous treaties and the Indian Act regarding sovereignty over aboriginal lands, their resources, and government decisions concerning them. Yet the movement has grown, now representing all fights for indigenous sovereignty, cultural respect, and the rights of all Canadians to a healthy environment."

Letter-writing and peaceful rallies have not worked - #idlenomore

Idle No More spreads beyond border as aboriginal activists ramp up pressure: ""We did letter writing and phone calls and trying to talk to MPs and, you know, we took that route and it didn't work," she said.

"Then we had to move up to peaceful marches and rallies, and that didn't work. So now we're doing all these flash mob round dances, which are more about working hand in hand with Canadians and also keeping the focus on the media. But now you see blockades.""

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Mad dash for arctic oil -- throwing caution to the wind

Oil ship runs aground in Alaska | Environment | guardian.co.uk: "The ship, the Kulluk, broke away from one of its tow lines on Monday afternoon and was driven, within hours, on to rocks just off Kodiak Island, where it grounded at about 9pm Alaska time, officials said."

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