]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/alberta Blog Articles Tagged with 'alberta' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/151129?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Some other stories from the nuclear industry you may have missed:Tennessean.com: Foes slam nuclear waste plan A Bush administration project aimed at reprocessing nuclear waste in a global sharing arrangement is bringing opposition that's not always ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/151129?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:56:24 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/151138?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Some other stories from the nuclear industry you may have missed:Arabian Business: UK poised to play key role in UAE nuclear energy The UK is poised to play a key role in the development of civil nuclear energy production in the UAE as the country s... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/151138?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:06:16 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/150506?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Rice, the world's most important staple crop, recently was the subject of a tremendous speculative boom-and-bust cycle, with prices going through the roof a few months ago, and collapsing today. This volatility leaves both small farmers and entire st... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/150506?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:46:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/150508?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Nexterra Energy Corp. announced that is has been selected by Kruger Products Ltd. to supply a biomass gasification system for its tissue mill in New Westminster, British Columbia. The new system will be the first of its kind in the pulp and paper ind... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/150508?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:36:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/150206?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Prime Minister Stephen Harper, recently re-elected, gave his Throne Speech today and reiterated the Conservative party's campaign promise of having 90 per cent of Canada's electricity come from non-emitting sources by 2020. The media have chara... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/150206?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:40:55 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/150019?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta The Global and Mail reported last week:Less than 24 hours after the election of Barack Obama, Canadian cabinet ministers begin calling for a pact that would keep emissions down while protecting Alberta's oil sands projectsThis is Canada's version of ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/150019?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:09:58 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/149650?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Canada's Melancthon EcoPower Centre opened on October 30 after three years of construction. The country's largest wind farm is located near Shelburne, Ontario and has a capacity of 199.5 MW.The developer of the project, Canadian Hydro, expects the 1... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/149650?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:35:01 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/148086?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper is proposing to strike a joint climate-change pact with president-elect Barack Obama, an initiative that would seek to protect Alberta's oil sands projects from potentially tough new U.S. climate-change rules b... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/148086?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:30:05 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/147672?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Canada moves to protect U.S. market for dirty oil The world enjoyed the first environmental dividend of an Obama presidency yesterday when a worried Canadian government proposed a joint North American action plan to address climate change. Although... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/147672?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:04:54 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/147435?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta The Globe and Mail reports that Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper is proposing to strike a joint climate-change pact with president-elect Barack Obama. The initiative would seek to protect Alberta's oil sands projects from US climate-change rules ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/147435?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:26:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/146852?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta photo: WWF-UK, from the report Unconventional Oil: Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel?Environmental Defense has called Alberta's tar sands the most destructive project on earth', but perhaps the UN's senior advisor on water, Maude Barlow, says it b... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/146852?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:44:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/146588?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta One of Canada's most prominent environmentalists toured the oil sands in northern Alberta recently and had one word to express what she saw: Mordor. Maude Barlow, who was recently appointed to advise the UN on water issues, said her visit to the oil... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/146588?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:17:58 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/earth-911/146403?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta By 2010, Alberta Environment intends to establish a program to recycle construction and demolition waste, according to the Calgary Herald. This program will be the first of its kind for a Canadian provinceEstablished through a partnership with the pr... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/earth-911/146403?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:25:22 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/146206?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta As expected, investment in Alberta Tar Sand (what the industry likes to refer to as oil sands ) developments are being cut back a bit; but tar sands developers still expect to remain profitable, even if oil hits US$60/barrel. Suncor Energy Inc., whi... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/146206?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:22:14 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/145841?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Financial Times. Royal Dutch Shell has delayed a decision on the second phase of the expansion in its Athabasca oil sands project....Jeroen van der Veer, the chief executive, said the company would wait for costs to cool down...before any new inve... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/145841?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:41:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/144026?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Well, not so white as in snowy yet, but certainly north. And Great, I should add. It is, however, starting to getting pretty cool these days. Maybe it's because the federal Conservatives were re-elected? Hmmm Below is a wrap-up of news fro... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/144026?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:11:21 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sierra-club/143406?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Anchorage, AK -- The McCain-Palin ticket keeps getting more entangled while trying to explain its energy policy. Energy independence was the big deal -- hence drill, baby, drill and John McCain's abandonment of his long-standing opposition to off... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sierra-club/143406?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:56:35 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/143234?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Is there a conservation lesson in the oil price collapse?This trend may not be fully reflected at the gas pump yet, but the cost of oil is plummeting right along with the stock market. Starting in mid-summer oil prices slumped a bit, then slumped s... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/143234?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:01:54 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/142404?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta This story contains additional media. Click here to view the media.From our friends at ZapRoot: Farmers take it to the extreme to protect their crops. The Auto Alliance has jump on the green bandwagon. These Guys are Full of **it returns.Links for th... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/142404?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:57:35 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/141300?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta By Mindy S. Lubber The fiscal crisis on Wall Street is a painful lesson in how entire industries can delude themselves into ignoring the most fundamental issues -- in this case, the hidden risks from easy sub-prime mortgages. It also reveals the vast... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/141300?rsstype=tag&tag=alberta Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:25:47 -0400