Alberta Tar Sands as good as Crack Cocaine for Canada

Arguably, the Alberta Tar Sands is no more of a "legit" enterprise in the Canadian economy than is the trade of crack cocaine and other hard narcotics. It is a fact that Canada does not need the Tar Sands to meet its current energy needs. Tar Sands "demand" is being spurred...

Canadians Evenly Split on Alberta Oil Sands

Canadians 51% over 49%  take energy needs over the environment. Canadian Film Director James Cameron is touring the Alberta Oil Sands this week.  Cameron is the world famous director of Avatar and...

Small Change in the World of Big Oil: Jerome Ringo on the Gulf

Jerome Ringo is an oil-rigger turned activist. Hailing from Louisiana, his commitment to being an advocate for environmental justice, clean energy, and quality jobs started a few decades ago when he started to...

B.C. First Nations Come Together To Make Tar Sands Announcement

" What: British Columbia First Nations to make announcement of national significance. When: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. Where: Oceanview Suite 3, Pan Pacific Hotel 999 Canada Place Vancouver "

Coal, tar sands and Copenhagen Pt.3

If USA, Canada and China are committed to oil and coal, what will Copenhagen accomplish?

British Columbia Industry Paying the Price for Tar Sands

"British Columbia has positioned itself as a leader in tackling global warming. Yet the province’s natural environment and climate leadership are being threatened from beyond its borders by the federal...

Andrew Nikiforuk’s Tar Sands

Environmental justice is a good benchmark for evaluating the effectiveness of a democracy. In Canada, dramatic changes to navigation, environmental assessment, fisheries and energy...

Are the tar sands the sub prime investments of the oil biz?

That is the question following a report put out by Greenpeace but backed by some heavy hitters in the investment business."A new report by Greenpeace UK was released internationally today, warning of increasing...

Greenpeace activists interrupt Syncrude tar sands operation

This came from the Greenpeace website:"Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada — Greenpeace activists entered Syncrude’s Aurora North Tar Sands facility earlier today, erecting a banner that transformed the...

Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum Petro Tales

"One increases its investements in production and the other cuts investment in production and yet both can offer shareholders huge dividends. Without turning into Income Trusts."

: Dion Pro Nuke

"Liberal Tory same old story. Liberal and Conservative Leadership candidates; Dion and Dinning are the nuke twins. They want to use nuclear power in the tar sands."

Nuke The Tar Sands

"PC Leadership hopeful Jim Dinning and the Fraser Institute both agree we need to nuke the tar sands."

The Big Lie

"Emissions reality check environmental activists and individual scientists claimed the Conservative government was deliberately misleading the public on climate-change matters, especially on international comparisons and the payoff from its new domestic programs"

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