Canada To Claim North Pole, And The Oil And Gas Beneath

[theHandpuppet]

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/12/10/3042711/canada-arctic-north-pole-claim/

Canada To Claim North Pole, And The Oil And Gas Beneath

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“We are determined to ensure that all Canadians benefit from the tremendous resources that are to be found in Canada’s Far North,” Baird explained at a news conference in Ottawa.

The U.S. Geological Survey estimates the 18-million-square-mile region contains 30 percent of the world’s undiscovered natural gas and 15 percent of its oil — a fact lost on no one, especially not the leader of a country...

...Last month the Pentagon released a comprehensive strategy for the Arctic for the first time. The strategy says that diminishing Arctic ice is bringing increased human activity including shipping, fishing, tourism, and fossil fuel extraction. Many experts believe that due to climate change, the Arctic will be ice-free by 2030.

In September, a cargo ship became the first bulk carrier to pass through the Northwest Passage, a long sought-after commercial route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It was carrying coal, the burning of which is a major contributor to climate change....

[liberal N proud]

1. So Santa is gong to be Canadian? eh!