Greenpeace
campaigners have evaded a huge security operation and have scaled Cairn Energy's controversial oil rig in the Arctic seas off Greenland, shutting it down.
Edinburgh
-based company Cairn Energy is actively drilling in the Arctic and holds eight oil exploration licenses off western and southwestern Greenland right in the middle of the Davis Straits
- better known as 'iceberg alley'. Companies like Cairn and BP are desperate to pursue the last drops of oil on Earth, even if that means risking our environment and climate in the process.
Arctic drilling has got to stop! Tell Cairn's boss, Bill Gammell to stop drilling now.
campaigners have evaded a huge security operation and have scaled Cairn Energy's controversial oil rig in the Arctic seas off Greenland, shutting it down.Edinburgh
-based company Cairn Energy is actively drilling in the Arctic and holds eight oil exploration licenses off western and southwestern Greenland right in the middle of the Davis Straits - better known as 'iceberg alley'. Companies like Cairn and BP are desperate to pursue the last drops of oil on Earth, even if that means risking our environment and climate in the process. Arctic drilling has got to stop! Tell Cairn's boss, Bill Gammell to stop drilling now.
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describe their bid in Quebec Superior Court as an emergency move, while that same court prepares to hear the request they filed in 2009 for a permanent injunction.
says the project, located near Labrador in the 
, could be completed by 2020 and add more than 1,500 megawatts to the grid.
City Council would forward a motion to Queen’s Park requesting the implementation of voter recall legislation in the city.
has shone a light on the far reaching consequences that our a
is having on the natural world and on the 
. Instead of chasing the last drops of 
we need to kick-start the clean energy age. We have one planet, and if we’re going to protect it, everyone - from local communities, to businesses and governments - will need to come together to go beyond oil. 
Rob Ford voted to start negotiations for another sole-source, long-term lease, with a company that runs food concessions along the western waterfront and in High Park. 
to raise awareness of the issues facing the homeless, especially the elderly demographics which are on the rise as our population ages.
and photographer Nir Bareket. 
resident was not impressed with the 'vague response' she received from 
give Rob Ford a vague response at the polls on 
has focused largely on human factors. Yet the planet has also shaped history since the dawn of time - but how, and to what extent? This series reveals for the first time on television how geology, geography and climate have had a far more powerful influence on mankind than has previously been acknowledged. 
, this engaging and visually stunning series offers a new and original version of human history. Discover how the forces of the planet have shaped everything from the birth of agriculture to the 
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and Divers/Cité. This is the video from the Quebec City portion of the trip. We had planned to go to St. Anne Canyon, but it is 40km outside of the city and unfortunately there was no convenient 
. It is really a must see in 
. Of course there are also the street performers and the massive nightly 
but there are many small boutique hotels as well as large chains to choose from, depending on your preference. We stayed at the 
is a group of Toronto citizens who are concerned about the massive impact of the 
's annual Canadian International Air Show on civic life. 