Shale Gas Issues From Various Jurisdictions .......................................................................................... 5 Foreword ............................................................................................................................................. 5 Calls for Moratoriums and Bans ........................................................................................................... 7 Minister signals ban on fracking to continue in Ireland ..................................................................... 7 Fracking company leaves province with the cleanup ....................................................................... 7 Contamination and Science ................................................................................................................. 8 EPA Watered Down Major Fracking Study to Downplay Water Contamination Risks ...................... 8 EPA Releases Final Report on Impacts from Hydraulic Fracturing Activities on Drinking Water ...... 8 Renewable Energy ............................................................................................................................ 10 Norway's Biggest Oil Company to Build Huge Offshore Wind Farm Off Coast of New York .......... 10 Wind and Solar Are Crushing Fossil Fuels ..................................................................................... 10 Las Vegas' City Government Is Now Powered Entirely by Renewable Energy .............................. 10 World's Largest Solar Project Would Generate Electricity 24 Hours a Day, Power 1 Million U.S. Homes ........................................................................................................................................... 11 Science and Health ........................................................................................................................... 12 Alberta doctor tells U.S.: Canada is ‘lying’ about tar sands’ health effects ..................................... 12 Economics, Legal, and Investigations ................................................................................................ 13 Arctic hamlet takes land battle to Canada's highest court .............................................................. 13 Supreme Court case could change natural resource development in Canada ............................... 13 Regulations ........................................................................................................................................ 15 Environment and Enjoyment of Property ........................................................................................... 16 Climate change already major security threat – military chiefs ...................................................... 16 TED’s Science Curator Sees Hope in Earth’s Anthropocene Age Embedded video ...................... 16 Unprecedented 'Super Fires' Devastate Smoky Mountains, 7 Dead .............................................. 16 Canadians Talk Climate Action ...................................................................................................... 17 Four major cities move to ban diesel vehicles by 2025 .................................................................. 17 We Hold Truths to be Self-Evident - James Hansen ...................................................................... 18 Losses of soil carbon under global warming might equal US emissions ........................................ 18 Blame for Extinction Spreads to Methane Gas .............................................................................. 18 Sea ice hits record lows ................................................................................................................. 19 Methane surge needs 'urgent attention' ......................................................................................... 19 Studies open deep history of Greenland's ice sheet—and raise new questions about its stability . 20 Canadian Prairies shrinking faster than Amazon Rainforest, Great Barrier Reef ........................... 20 Stunning Photos Show Huge Crack in Antarctic Ice Shelf ............................................................. 21 Climate change: evidence and causes – The Royal Society .......................................................... 21 Cheetahs heading towards extinction as population crashes ......................................................... 21 Government, Meetings, News, and Letters ........................................................................................ 23 Parlee's pollution problem: 'Politicians are getting in the way' ........................................................ 23 Apparently Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr supports anything to do with oil/bitumen extraction. ...................................................................................................................................... 23 Liberal minister says those who protest pipelines less than peacefully will face the Canadian military ........................................................................................................................................... 23 New Brunswick News ........................................................................................................................ 24 Irving Pulp and Paper charged with dumping into St. John River ................................................... 24 Wolastoq Grand Council will have another day in court to protect Mount Carleton Provincial Park ...................................................................................................................................................... 24 Maritime News ................................................................................................................................... 26 Fracking company leaves province with the cleanup ..................................................................... 26 Canadian News ................................................................................................................................. 27 Canada’s $7 Billion Dam Tests the Limits of State Power ............................................................. 27 Is the Site C dam’s electricity destined for LNG Industry? ............................................................. 27 1 Other News ........................................................................................................................................ 28 Cruising for a bruising: Carnival owned cruise line fined $40mn for polluting ocean ...................... 28 She says Canadians are ripping up her Colorado community ........................................................ 28 The Just 100: America's Best Corporate Citizens In 2016 ............................................................. 28 700+ Acres of Ohio's Only National Forest Sold for Fracking ........................................................ 29 Water ................................................................................................................................................. 30 EPA Rules in Penobscot Tribe’s Favor in Water Quality Dispute ................................................... 30 Fracking and Earthquakes ................................................................................................................. 31 Oil and Pipelines ................................................................................................................................ 32 John Ivison: Front line in pipeline wars moves east ....................................................................... 32 Alberta premier won't remove Tzeporah Berman from oilsands advisory group ........................... 32 Our ‘National Disgrace’: The Crime at Standing Rock ................................................................... 32 Patagonian Assembly Against Extraction Industries: Reportback from Chile ................................. 33 Energy East opponents want inquiry of pipeline regulator after invitation from Irving Oil employee ...................................................................................................................................................... 33 Apparently Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr supports anything to do with oil/bitumen extraction. ...................................................................................................................................... 34 Liberal minister says those who protest pipelines less than peacefully will face the Canadian military ........................................................................................................................................... 34 Liberal campaign co-chair steps down after advising TransCanada on lobbying next government 34 ‘Wanna burn the US constitution? Shoot at us first’: Veterans prepare to aid DAPL protesters Video ............................................................................................................................................. 34 Randall Beach: From East Rock to Standing Rock, ‘Lolly be healing’ the trauma .......................... 35 Justice Department Must Investigate Policing of Standing Rock Demonstrations .......................... 35 David Suzuki expresses his thoughts on oil spill clean up efforts in Gogama, Ont ......................... 36 Cbc In Standing Rock North Dakota Pipeline Protest: Bismarck-Mandan Divided Over Out-Of- Towners ........................................................................................................................................