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Tag Archives: regulation
Alberta suspends environmental monitoring rules for oil sands during pandemic
Oil goes into a tailings pond at the Suncor oil sands operations near Fort McMurray, Alta., September 17, 2014. Todd Korol/Reuters Carol Scott The Canadian Press Published May 14, 2020 The Alberta Energy Regulator has suspended a wide array of … Continue reading
Posted in News and politics, Oil and Gas, Sustainability
Tagged AB, AER, Alberta, bc, BITUMEN, Canada, Canadian, cancer, concerns, Conservative, contamination, covid, directive 74, ercb, First Nations, fish, food sources, government, health, imperial oil, indigenous, migratory birds, mines, monitoring killing, natural resources, Oil Sands, pandemic, peoples, polluting, ponds, reclamation, regulation, spills, suncor, tailings, tar sands, toxic, waterways
Alberta to rewrite oil sands tailings ponds regulations
Oil goes into a tailings pond at the Suncor tar sands operations near Fort McMurray, Alberta, September 17, 2014. Alberta’s toxic tailings ponds have become an emblem of what critics view as the energy industry’s disregard for the environment. © … Continue reading
Posted in News and politics, Oil and Gas, Sustainability
Tagged AB, AER, Alberta, bc, BITUMEN, Canada, Canadian, cancer, Conservative, contamination, directive 74, ercb, First Nations, fish, food sources, government, imperial oil, indigenous, migratory birds, mines, monitoring killing, natural resources, Oil Sands, peoples, polluting, ponds, reclamation, regulation, spills, suncor, tailings, tar sands, toxic, waterways
The CRTC is holding public consultations about the CBC’s content and news coverage
(Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press) We often hear from people about the quality of the journalism and reporting produced by the CBC. Many have expressed disappointment or frustrations with how the CBC covers political issues and the presence of bias in … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Entertainment and Leisure, Freedom of Press, News and politics
Tagged broadcast, Canadian, cbc, content, corporation, CRTC, digital, license, radio, regulation, regulator, renewal, streaming, television, TV
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Climate change science goes back decades — and so does rapid climate change skepticism, says historian
International director of the Norwegian Polar Institute Kim Holmen relaxes with a cup of tea as he travels past the Wahlenberg Glacier in Oscar II land at Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway, on Aug. 5, 2019. The northernmost town on the … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, History, international, Nature, News and politics, Oil and Gas, Science & Technology, Sustainability
Tagged carbon emissions, CO2, coal, denialism, environmentalism, fossil fuels, Freedom, gas, global average warming, government, koch brothers, left-wing, Liberal, liberty, oil, rapid climate change, regulation, right wing, scepticism
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Platform capitalism, digital technology and the future of work
(Shutterstock) CBC Ideas – The Massey Lectures 80+ % of the digital economy controlled by a very small number of giant corporations with monopolies and enormous influence over democracies. They pretty much get what ever they want. This happened in … Continue reading
The EU, Brexit and Public Trust Enforcement in the EU and elsewhere
July 25 2017 – Kevin Yaworski – Public Advocate The following article shows once again the EU is a defender and enforcer of public trust and is opposing corporate and government anti-trust and anti-democratic policies. Why are the public not … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, democracy, EU, European Union, North America, public trust, regulation, US, USA
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