Tag: Alberta - Page 2
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Hats For Kate Demonstrate The Best of Canada Today
Images credit Environmental Defence Emma usually covers the fashion beat, but Will and Kate are visiting Canada, and Environmental Defence is hitting the runways with a series of hats that describe Canada today, a very different place from when Chuck
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House Rushes Keystone XL While State Dept. Sued Over Communication With Tar Sands Lobbyist
Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit last week against the U.S. State Department for refusing to release communications between the department and Paul Elliott, a former Clinton aide and now a lobbyist for
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TransCanada Pipeline Spills 21,000 Gallons of Oil in North Dakota
TransCanada has said its Keystone I pipeline spilled 500 barrels (21,000 gallons) of oil in North Dakota on Saturday morning. Friends of the Earth says the incident is the 12th spill from the Keystone I pipeline, which is
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Alberta Oil Industry "Stunned" By Venezuelan-Style Regulation of Oil Sands
I just had to scan that headline in Canada's National Newspaper. Is this April Fools? When has the Alberta government done anything that would "stun" the oil industry? But according to the Globe and Mail, the recent
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25 U.S. Mayors Speak Out Against Tar Sands Pipeline
Mayors from across the country have sent a letter to Hillary Clinton, whose office has been rather quiet on the issue, expressing their concern over the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. A new environmental review of the
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On 22nd Anniversary of Exxon Valdez, 10-Year-Old Girl Calls on Canadian MPs to Ban Oil Tankers From B.C. North Coast
The Exxon Valdez oil spill has apparently not left much of a legacy other than the pollution that remains in the area, even as we mark 22 years since the accident, but there's a 10-year-old girl from the Sliammon First Nation in British Columbia who
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State Dept Stays Quiet on Tar Sands Communication with Oil Lobbyist, Former Clinton Aide
Questions are looming over why the State Department won't release its correspondence with Paul Elliott, a former campaign staffer for Hillary Clinton and current oil lobbyist who is seeking Clinton's approval for the Keystone
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Critics Respond To Canadian Government's Shilling of Tar Sands as "Ethical Oil"
The comments came fast and furious to Canada's New Environment Minister's Job: Shill The Tar Sands as "Ethical Oil", some in particular found Andrew Nikiforuk's criticism of the term to be a bit over the top. Now cooler heads have added their opinions,
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Canadian Government Report Predicts a Tar Sands Oil Boom
A report by the Canadian government warns that Canada and the U.S. will both shift toward heavier forms of crude oil as global sources of lighter crude become scarcer. The biggest problem with that shift is one the report
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Greenpeace and Sierra Club Attack Greenwash Ads From Oil Sands Industry
Activists can have a sense of humour, too. Greenpeace Canada has been running a campaign inviting remixes of these really corny ads being run by CAPP, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.
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Alberta Tar Sands Oil Flows South As Keystone Pipeline Opened
Yesterday the valve was turned, opening the Keystone Pipeline. The converted natural gas pipeline ships 435,000 barrels of Alberta tar sands crude each day to Conoco-Phillips' refinery in Wood
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What Goes Into (And Comes Out of) A Barrel Of Tar Sands Oil
As the Gulf disaster continues to unfold, people are looking at alternatives. Canada's Minister of the environment has been pitching the Alberta oil sands as a greener, safer alternative, but as Jeff
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Whole Foods, Bed Bath & Beyond Say No Way to Alberta Tar Sands
Guest blogger Cara
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Researchers Link Pollution to Oil Sands, Monitoring Body Disagrees
It's not a huge surprise that the oil sands—which have been described as the "most destructive project on earth" and were likened to Mordor by a United Nations water advisor—are leaking toxins into nearby
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Society of Environmental Journalists Announces 2008-2009 Award Winners
Cue the horns: The Society of Environmental Journalists has announced the winners of the
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Canada's Prairie Provinces: Drought; And A Spring Without Green
While long and severe drought in the US State of Georgia is
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Tar Sands Documentary Causes "Big Stink" in Alberta: Now Online
Trailer via Downstream on Babel (website) Earlier this month, the National Geographic's visually-stunning and critical article on the Alberta tar sands caused a firestorm of negative publicity for both the Canadian government and the multi-billion
