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Canada files to define outer limits of expanded Atlantic continental shelf; preliminary filing on Arctic, targeting North Pole

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Legal context. The process is part of a compromise reached when states negotiated the Convention. Legal certainty and international recognition is vital to developing our potentially immense resources. 2001 Russian claim for the Lomonosov Ridge. —Minister Baird. —Canadian submission.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Navigant suggests that, since the automakers have already designed the vehicles that they will be selling in 2018, they will become more vocal in 2014 to push for changes; the firm expects the dispute to escalate, perhaps resulting in legal action. The ICE is also likely to get efficiency improvements from electric oil and water pumps.

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Canada seeking to strengthen oil tanker safety system

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Each year, 80 million tonnes of oil are shipped off Canada’s East and West Coasts. Oil tankers have been moving along Canada’s West Coast since the 1930s. Oil is moved mostly via the ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert and Kitimat. million tonnes of oil was shipped out of Vancouver. Tankers and Canada. In 2009, about 8.4

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EPA blocks Pebble copper mine in Alaska to protect Bristol Bay salmon ecosystem

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Since 2001, Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. NDM) and subsequently the Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP) have been conducting data collection and analysis as part of efforts to pursue the development of a large-scale mine at the Pebble deposit. As such, the next step will likely be to take legal action to fight this injustice. …

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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9 ] In addition, the complex, deliberate, and lengthy publishing cycle of the IPCC’s Assessment Reports—which have so far been produced in 1990, 1995, 2001, and 2007—has not kept pace with the abrupt acceleration of many key indicators of climate change. “ We are not aiming to let anyone off the hook.

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