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Oilsands Report Response
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010By: CBC News Environment Minister John Baird talks about the Oilsands Advisory Panel report that is critical of the government for not doing enough to monitor the environmental impact of oilsands development in Alberta. Watch Full Video. Source: http://video.ca.msn.com/watch/video/oilsands-report-response/16a0c0476?from=gallery_enca_News_Topstories_CBC
Oilsands Panel Calls for Critical Fixes
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010By: CBC News A high-level scientific panel has sharply criticized the water quality monitoring system in Alberta’s oilsands, going so far as to say ‘there is no system’ Read Full Article. Source: http://video.ca.msn.com/watch/video/oilsands-panel-calls-for-critical-fixes/16a0zsg6w?from=gallery_enca_News_Topstories_CBC
Polly Higgins
Saturday, December 18th, 2010Polly Higgins from Felix Gonzales on Vimeo. At the moment our environmental laws and international climate negotiations are based on laws that protect only the interests of business. Instead we could adopt the international principles of the Planet Earth Trust, which would not only protect the planet but give us the ability to restore the [...]
Hillary Clinton at TED-Women December 2010
Friday, December 10th, 2010The US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, made a surprise appearance at TEDWomen on Wednesday, Dec. 8. “The United States,” she begins, “has made empowering women and girls a cornerstone of our foreign policy.” In the 16-minute talk above, she details why it’s of vital international importance that every girl in the world get [...]
James Cameron and Avatar Cast Shine Spotlight on Real Battles to Defend “Pandoras on Earth”
Friday, August 27th, 2010Timed with the re-release of Avatar in theatres today, highly acclaimed director James Cameron has teamed up with Amazon Watch to produce a short feature “A Message from Pandora.” The documentary spotlights the battle to stop the massive Belo Monte Dam on the Xingu River in the Brazilian Amazon, which thousands of local Indigenous people [...]