Tag: climate action network canada

Concerned Canadians Debunk Tar Sands Misconceptions Via Lobby Busting Tour of EU Embassies

Andrea Harden-Donahue – The Council of Canadians, Hannah McKinnon – Climate Action Network Canada and Clayton Thomas-Mueller – the Indigenous Environmental Network have been meeting with Ottawa-based European Union Embassies to counteract Canadian lobbying against an important European climate policy – recorded for Straight Goods News by Samantha Bayard on Tuesday, February 7, 2012, for your…

February 9, 2012
Canada’s Tar Sands Dirty Oil Received Europe’s Higher Greenhouse Intensity Value Than Other Fuels

This is an update to my previous blog, Calling Canadians to Urge Obama to Protect the World from Deadly Tar Sands Oil. Climate Action Network Canada informs us that Europe strikes a blow against tar sands dirty oil in Alberta as follows: The European Commission (EC) is “getting ready to finalize its Fuel Quality Directive, that…

October 21, 2011
For Budget 2011: Canadians Want an End to Tax Breaks to Oil and Gas Companies

Climate Action Network Canada News Release February 17, 2011 Canadians want an end to tax breaks to oil and gas companies (Ottawa) A new poll shows that 7 out of 10 Canadians, including half of Albertans, want to see an end to the billions of dollars of tax breaks that the government gives to the…

February 21, 2011