Category Archives: Tar Sands

Canada on Secret Oil Offensive: Documents

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Foreign ministry's tar sands team rebranding Alberta oil in Europe By  Martin Lukacs The Dominion May 25, 2011   Clayton Thomas-Mueller from the Indigenous Environmental Network during a protest against the Alberta tar sands in London, England, in 2009 – part of the "resurgence of highly critical public campaigns" that the foreign ministry's secret team is monitoring. Photo: Mike ... [click title to continue]

Stopping Enbridge

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Endbridge – Why The Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Proposal And All Tar Sands Expansion From Alberta To The B.C. West Coast Will Be Stopped In Its Tracks By The Unity Of Indigenous Nations Published by dustinatsierraIt's Getting Hot in HereMay 16th, 2011If you have ever driven on most of the northern highways in northern Alberta you will be presented with a picture of a tame prairie terrain, ... [click title to continue]

Indigenous Environmental Network tar sands campaign continues

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An Interview with Ben Powless (9:25) By MarkEarthGauge Ben Powless I recently had the opportunity to interview Ben Powless, a young Mohawk from Six Nations in Ontario. Ben is a  member of the Indigenous Environmental Network and a Founder of the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition. Among other causes, he has been very active in the IEN’s tar sands campaign.   He also sits on the board of the ... [click title to continue]

Harper’s record on climate change

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The Government of Canada's record on climate change (2006-present)Climate Action Network CanadaNews Release March 25,2011 The current government has taken a reckless approach to one of the greatest challenges of our time. Despite the fact that the impacts of climate change have become increasingly obvious, the government has failed to take this crisis seriously. What follows lays out the government's ... [click title to continue]

Surprise, Surprise: The Koch Brothers Have their Dirty Hands All Over the Tar Sands

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Written by Mike GThe UnderstoryMarch 25, 2011The secretive Koch Brothers — two billionaire oilmen who own Wichita, KS-based Koch Industries, the second largest privately owned company in the US — have been getting a lot of attention lately. And I’m willing to bet they’re not too happy about any of it. The latest revelation is that Koch interests process a quarter of the climate-destroying tar ... [click title to continue]

Kochs Profit from Canadian Eco-Nightmare

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By Geoff DembickiTheTyee.caMarch 22, 2011What do Tea Party rallies, Republican victories, climate-change deniers, Wisconsin's anti-union push, and attacks on a cap-and-trade market for carbon emissions have in common?They're all fueled in part by profits derived from Alberta, Canada's oil sands.Those profits, flowing to a single company, are helping bankroll a libertarian offensive many observers think ... [click title to continue]

In America’s Capital, a Fierce Fight over Oil Sands

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Today begins The Tyee's major series reported from Washington on the intense, high stakes political struggle fueled by Alberta crude. By By Geoff DembickiTheTyee.ca14 March 2011In the hallways and offices of America's capital city, a war is being quietly waged out of view of most Canadians and Americans.The outcome will decide North America's energy future and its impact on the planet's climate.The ... [click title to continue]

How Ethical are Canada’s Ethical Funds?

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“Conscientious” investments and the tar sands connection   By Larry Powell The Dominion - http://www.dominionpaper.ca Photo: Larry Powell Ethical Funds, and investing ethically in general, sounds good on paper. But how good is it in practice?  "The greatest contribution that I appreciate from the Dominion is that one feels the energies, the focus of a new generation of Canadians ... [click title to continue]

End Fossil Fuel Tax Breaks

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Climate Action Network CanadaGet the government to end tax breaks to dirty fuels!We are only weeks away from the 2011 federal budget and the federal government continues to give billions of dollars in tax breaks to the companies producing oil and gas in Canada. Analysis shows a total of $1.4 billion per year in federal subsidies, $840 million of which are special tax breaks, with a disproportionate ... [click title to continue]