EU Gets Ready To Open Canadian Tar Sands Floodgate

    After years of lobbying to break into European markets, Canada’s tar sands oil industry is poised to score a victory from EU lawmakers who have signaled willingness to drop a requirement that labels tar sands oil as dirtier than other fossil fuels. The EU agreed five years ago to a piece of climate legislation called…

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      Sebastian Kienle completes Bahrain Endurance 13 squad

      Germany’s Kona champion Sebastian Kienle has joined the new Bahrain Endurance 13  triathlon squad, completing a very strong lineup that also includes reigning ITU world champion Javier Gomez and 70.3 world champ Daniela Ryf. Advertisement Team manager Chris McCormack says, “We tried to keep it a surprise to the end, but there’s no one else…

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        Campaign for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe hinders her chances of early release, Iranian ambassador says

        Iran’s ambassador to Britain has said the publicity campaign to free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has made the London mother’s chances of early release from prison less likely.  The intervention came three days after her husband announced the 40-year old mother from Hampstead began a hunger strike over access to specialist medical care and said that she had…

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