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Another Setback in Landmark Fracking Case as Lawyers Pull Out | The Tyee

Jessica Ernst has spent 12 years and $400,000 pursuing a lawsuit against the Alberta fracking industry and its regulator.

Now her Ontario lawyer has let go most of his staff and given up the case.

In 2007, Ernst, then an oil patch consultant with her own thriving business, sued the Alberta government, Alberta’s energy regulator and Encana. She alleged her well water had been contaminated by Encana’s fracking and government agencies had failed to investigate the problems.

August 8, 2019

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Green Party unveils plan to transition oil, gas workers to renewable energy jobs | CBC News

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May has unveiled a multi-pronged
plan to help workers in the gas and oil sector transition to a renewable
energy economy, working to allay fears that her climate action plan
would bleed jobs as she ramps up pre-election campaign efforts.

The
Green worker transition plan, which includes skills retraining programs
and massive retrofit and cleanup projects designed to create
employment, fleshes out details from the Green Party’s climate action plan called Mission: Possible, that was released in May.

Making
the announcement in Vancouver on Wednesday, May said she understands
the anxiety among workers in the fossil fuel industry and wants to take
an “all-hands-on-deck” approach to transform Canada’s economy.

August 8, 2019

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Kenney pledges ‘I will never give up on Canada’ while stoking Alberta separatist sentiment | rabble.ca

Maybe Canada needs a Clarity Act for pollsters’ questions intended to
gauge the level of support for provincial secession from Canada.

The Clarity Act,
of course, is the federal law passed in 2000 in response to the scary
1995 Quebec sovereignty referendum that came within 1 per cent of
destroying Confederation based on a murky question.

Among other things, the law states that any question not solely
referring to secession was to be considered unclear, and to be valid the
referendum question on independence must be clear. It also says all
provinces and First Nations must be part of any separation negotiation,
and that an undefined clear majority of eligible voters within the province must support secession.

August 7, 2019

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Oil prices could crash by $30 if China buys Iranian crude: BofA

What will Kenney do?

China slammed the US decision to target Zhuhai Zhenrong and its chief executive, Youmin Li, and urged the Trump administration to reverse course.

“We are opposed to the US bullying behavior of wantonly cracking down, suppressing and sanctioning Chinese companies and individuals based on US domestic law. We are firmly opposed to it and strongly condemn it,” said Hua Chunying, spokeswoman for China’s foreign ministry, at a regular press briefing in Beijing.

“We strongly urge the US to immediately rectify its wrong behavior, and stop imposing illegal sanctions against Chinese companies and individuals. China will take all necessary measures to firmly preserve the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies and individuals,” she added.

August 5, 2019

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Parents and students fret as all Alberta scholarship applications put on hold | CBC News

Students heading to university in Alberta in September may not be able to rely on provincially funded scholarships to pay tuition or housing, as the entire scholarship application system has been put on hold until late fall.

Scholarships aren’t the only provincially funded student program on hold.

The Serving Communities Internship Program, which provides $1,000 grants to students who complete short internships for non-profit organizations, has been delayed for the 2019-2020 school year.

August 5, 2019

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