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Archive for July 15th, 2010
Nations & resources - July 15
-U.S. ads call for Alberta boycott
-Population explosion scrutinised as scientists urge politicians to act
-US Company Set to Ship Billions of Gallons of Water from Alaska to India
-The Drowned World
Oil sands cannot save us from peak oil
It’s quite nearly universally accepted that the easy-to-reach, cheap oil has been extracted – but is this also the case with Canada’s much-touted oil sands? The startling suggestion has been made by economist and author Jeff Rubin, blogging on the Globe and Mail business pages. He writes that the price of oil must rise in order for Albertan oil to be economically sustainable, as future expansion will be chasing supplies buried deeper underground and further from the available water supply.
New Weather Patterns Threaten U.S. Breadbasket
Climate change is expected to disrupt agriculture in the U.S.
Midwest, with high carbon dioxide promoting crop growth but
stronger storms, drought, floods and migrating yields
dampening yields.
Pacific Islands Criticise Stalled Climate Financing
Despite the creation of a High-Level Advisory Group on Climate
Change Financing (AGF), a group of hard-hit Pacific islands is
expressing doubt that aid will be delivered in a timely
manner.