The Canadian Press Date: Monday Dec. 14, 2009 4:37 PM ET MONTREAL — Ottawa has been funding an asbestos lobby group that promotes the work of prominent climate-change skeptics. The revelation comes as Canada’s delegation struggles to avoid being cast as the villain at the Copenhagen climate conference, and environmentalists are urging the government to stop financing the [...]
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Climate-change skeptics gain from Ottawa funding The Canadian Press December 15, 2009 The federal government has been funding an asbestos lobby group that promotes the work of prominent climate-change skeptics. The revelation comes as Canada’s delegation struggles to avoid being cast as the villain at the Copenhagen climate conference, and environmentalists are urging the government to stop financing [...]
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Below is an article from the Globe & Mail by Rhéal Séguin. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/cancer-risk-to-town-unclear-in-report-on-asbestos-effects/article1398197/ Cancer risk to town unclear in report on asbestos effects Opponents and supporters of Thetford Mines operation use findings from health agency study to support their positions BY RHÉAL SÉGUIN, Globe & Mail Quebec —Dec. 12, 2009 A report shows that for the people of Thetford Mines, Que., [...]
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