explore Alberta wants you to vacation in the oil sands

My wife and I are planning our summer vacation. I wonder if she'd go for this? Very amusing way of bringing awareness to the damage being done to the environment as the oil sands are developed. Thanks to Kevin Grandia at DeSmogBlog. In contrast to the claims made on the...

Will Alberta's Oil Sands Go Nuclear?

While the idea has been discussed and debated since the oil sands has come into existance, it looks as though Alberta's oil sands could finally be turning to, of all things, nuclear power to satisfy the outrageously large demand for electricity. The ambitious project,...

Why Intensity Based Targets Are Useless

One of the biggest criticisms of the Conservatives' climate change plan is that it relies on "intensity based reductions" in greenhouse gases. In the real world, this means that industry has to use less energy for every unit (ex. one barrel of oil, one car, one...

Who Said It First

" The echo chamber of the Blogging Tories, the National Post and the New Canadian Government, having all the Alberta MP's , have now gotten through to their pals in the Media Room of Premier Ed Stelmachs office. Which prompted his latest Klein like outburst. But before...

Shower With A Friend

"That is Alberta Preimer "Fast" Eddie Stelmach's suggestion to Albertans. Big Oil is not responsible for greenhouse gas emissions, no siree, its you and me he says. Stelmach promised that his government will set mandatory emissions intensity targets this...