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          <title>What We May Never Know About Vancouver’s English Bay Oil Spill</title>
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          <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2014 18:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
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          <title>U.S. Joins Canada and Oil Industry&amp;#8217;s Lobbying Offensive To Keep Europe Open to Oilsands Imports</title>
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          <dc:creator>Derek Leahy</dc:creator>

          
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          <title>Federal Government&amp;#8217;s Flashy “National Conservation Plan“ Lacks Plan, Conservationists Say</title>
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          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

          
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          <title>Government Cuts Leaving Forests Unwatched, Say Former Federal Scientists</title>
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          <dc:creator>Raphael Lopoukhine</dc:creator>

          
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          <title>Federal Regulator Acting &amp;#8220;Impermissibly in Favour&amp;#8221; of TransCanada&amp;#8217;s Energy East Pipeline, Says Lawyer</title>
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          <dc:creator>Derek Leahy</dc:creator>

          
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          <title>New Federal Regulations Allow Fisheries and Environment Ministers to Authorize Pollution in Fish-Bearing Waters</title>
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          <dc:creator>Madeline McParland</dc:creator>

          
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               Anna Johnston               </category>
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               budget bill c-38               </category>
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          <title>&amp;#8220;Our Fate Rests With This Appeal&amp;#8221;: First Nation Takes National Energy Board to Court Over Line 9 Approval</title>
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          <dc:creator>Derek Leahy</dc:creator>

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          <dc:creator>Derek Leahy</dc:creator>

          
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          <title>Provinces Take Action on Carbon Emissions Reductions Where Federal Government Is Failing, Says Report</title>
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          <dc:creator>Derek Leahy</dc:creator>

          
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