]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/stephen-harper Blog Articles Tagged with 'stephen-harper' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/152964?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty announced that the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario would provide up to C$4 billion (US$3.3 billion) in loans payable to General Motors of Canada Limited (up t... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/152964?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:18:23 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/151187?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper Just after the Canadian election last month we imagined the Liberal leader going to the Governor General and saying: Climate change is too important for petty politics. The four parties with strong pro-environment, pro-Kyoto platforms got 61% of the ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/151187?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:22:16 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/150206?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper 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=stephen-harper Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:40:55 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/150019?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper 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=stephen-harper Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:09:58 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/148765?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper When economy and environment are pitted against each other (a la Stephen Harper) we are manipulated into thinking that we must sacrifice one in order to achieve success with the other. In fact, our economies depend on the environment without the ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/148765?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:46:41 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/148086?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper 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=stephen-harper Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:30:05 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/147672?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper 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=stephen-harper Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:04:54 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/147464?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper Taken alone, I should be happy that my federal government wants to begin serious talks with the United States about establishing a continental cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions. Fact is, I was expecting this kind of knee-jerk reaction from my... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/147464?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:57:27 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/147435?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper 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=stephen-harper Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:26:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/147346?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper One day after the United States voted Barack Obama as their next president, Canadian government officials are saying that the time is ripe for a continent-wide solution to global warming. Sounds good, but unfortunately there are some major gaps betwe... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/147346?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:10:45 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/147394?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper One day after the United States voted Barack Obama as their next president, Canadian government officials are saying that the time is ripe for a continent-wide solution to global warming. Sounds good, but unfortunately there are some major gaps betwe... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/147394?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:10:45 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/142866?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper There's a tendency during times of economic trouble to cast eco-friendly policies as risky, expensive, dangerous and reckless, and this is exactly what Prime Minister Stephen Harper did in the lead-up to last week's Canadian federal election. Thanks ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/142866?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:01:28 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/142828?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper Which is more important: climate change or the global economic crisis? The answer for Europe is both. So important is tacking global warming in Europe that leaders have pledged to stick with their carbon cutting agendas, even while dealing with the ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/142828?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:41:42 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/142635?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper CBC video news segment reports Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged government of Canada to give $100 Million of aid to developing nations particularly vulnerable to climate change. The announcement came during Harper's close of the Sommet ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/142635?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:11:43 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/142781?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper CBC video news segment reports Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged government of Canada to give $100 Million of aid to developing nations particularly vulnerable to climate change. The announcement came during Harper's close of the Sommet ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/142781?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:11:43 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/142424?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper Word is that Stephane Dion is going to hold a press conference on Monday and resign as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. Why? Who says Stephen Harper gets to form the next government? What if Dion made a different announcement? What if he got up... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/142424?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:01:54 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/142803?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper Word is that Stephane Dion is going to hold a press conference on Monday and resign as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. Why? Who says Stephen Harper gets to form the next government? What if Dion made a different announcement? What if he got up... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/142803?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:01:54 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/141647?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper Congratulations today to Stephen Harper, who has convinced a critical plurality of Canadians that he is more capable of leading the country through difficult economic times than Liberal leader Stephane Dion would have been.Returning to belligerent re... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/141647?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:44:27 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/141397?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper Live-blogging the Canadian election. Above: Stephane Dion11:00 EDT: Stephen Harper called this election to get a majority and didn't get it. The Liberals, under Stephane Dion, were running a campaign based on very strong environmental positions that ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/141397?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:34:34 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/the-green-skeptic/140913?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper Image by Getty Images via DaylifeFor Canadian Thanksgiving (and because I'm busy with consulting work today and it's a holiday here in the States), I'm going to reblog one of my favorites Canadians Tyler Hamilton's assessment of the Canadian politica... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/the-green-skeptic/140913?rsstype=tag&tag=stephen-harper Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:33:00 -0400