Throughout early June. Events include:

bentART 2010
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Alberta group makes case for oil sands

A delegation of business leaders is attempting to dispel falsehoods and
make the case for the oil sands to politicians in Ottawa

Nathan VanderKlippe
Globe and Mail
May. 13, 2010

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BP was aware of equipment problems aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig hours before the explosion pumped millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, a congressional hearing was told yesterday..."[I]t appears the companies did not suspend operations, and now 11 workers are dead and the gulf faces an environmental catastrophe..."

One of the most controversial mines in Canadian history is under review in British Columbia. Losing Ground?

We are appoaching all the wrong limits at blowout speed. The choices are do nothing (crash) or "degrowth" (planned radical contraction). Speeches from 1st North American Degrowth Conference.

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By Nathan Crompton - May 11, 2010

[Vancouver] Mayor Gregor Robertson’s recent homeless count shows a 12% increase in homelessness since 2008, the year of his election to office. While Gregor ran on a platform to end homelessness, he and the Vision caucus have responded to this increase with the unaccompanied strategy of millions of dollars for increased policing. Now, as of April 20, the vast majority of the promised low-income units in the Olympic Village are being handed over to the police and other “essential” City workers.