I just finished watching Inside Politics with Evan Solomon. In this episode, he’s speaking with John Bennett of the Sierra Club and Kathryn Marshall of Ethical (sic) Oil. I turned off the player about 8 minutes in. Ms. Marshall was too much for me. And I mean it. Too. Much.
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About that northern pipeline…
Poetic Justice! Enbridge reports leak from U.S. pipeline as Northern Gateway hearings begin. This is nothing new for Enbridge, the leak, that is. They happen all the time. From 1999 to 2010 Enbridge had 804 leaks, spilling more than 16,000 barrels of hydrocarbons into the environment per year. New
Continue reading350 or bust: The Real Radicals Are Those Who Pollute Our Air and Water and Destabilize Our Climate, Mr. Oliver
Here are some excerpts from an open letter released yesterday by Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, just prior to the start of the Northern Gateway pipeline hearings in B.C. today: “Unfortunately, there are environmental and other radical groups that would seek to block this opportunity to diversify our trade. Their
Continue readingMy salute to Joe Oliver
This one’s for you, Joe Oliver, Harper Government(tm) Minister of the Environment for your determination to kill Canada’s pristine wilderness
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: BREAKING: Canada Pulls Out of Kyoto Protocol
TarSandsLeaf.jpg Canada is pulling out of the Kyoto Protocol, the cornerstone of international climate negotiations, in the wake of the failed COP17 climate talks in Durban. Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent announced Canada's bail-out of Kyoto as he returned from Durban. The Kyoto Protocol was ratified by Canada in 2002, when
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: The twisted logic, and ethics, of nature’s opponents
David Suzuki.png By David Suzuki (originally published on the David Suzuki Foundation website) Who is influencing Canada's resource priorities? In a puzzling appeal to anti-American sentiment, some industry supporters claim that U.S. foundations are threatening Canadian policy by donating money to environmental groups here. These arguments have appeared in publications such as
Continue reading350 or bust: Tar Nation: Haunting Photos Reveal Rape of Canada’s Boreal Forest
Garth Lenz has spent the last 20 years photographing wilderness and indigenous peoples, focusing particularly on environmental issues, throughout Canada, the U.S., Chile, Ecuador, Borneo, and China. His photos have been published in numerous books, newspapers, and magazines including Time Magazine, B.B.C. Wildlife Magazine, The Guardian, The New York Times
Continue readingBrit government playing Harper’s poodle on tar sands?
You remember Britain? That once great nation now relegated to some backwater island ruled by Rupert Murdoch and conservative media empires. It has sunk so low the last Prime Minister was diminished to poodle status to idiot preznit Bush, pushing an invasion of a country unrelated to Al Queda after
Continue reading350 or bust: The Denial Tango: As The Waters Rise Around Me, I’ll Just Hold My Breath And Say It Isn’t So
I’m on vacation this week on the beautiful West Coast. On Saturday I attended TEDx Victoria, which had a line-up of interesting and thought-provoking speakers who spoke for 10 minutes about their special area of interest. Raffi Cavoukian inspired the crowd with his discussion of childhonouring: “being earth-friendly is the
Continue reading350 or bust: #NOKXL! Score One For Our Children’s Future (For A Change)
It’s official – break out the champagne!! The U.S. State Department just announced that it would delay making a decision on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline until after it had undergone extensive further review, including a search for an …
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Why Ethical Oil’s Deceptive ‘Women’s Rights’ Defense of Tar Sands is Insulting and Wrong
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EthicalOil.org’s new spokesperson, Kathryn Marshall, authored an insulting piece this week on the Huffington Post titled "Care About Women's Rights? Support Eth…
Continue readingIs Alberta Oil Still ‘Ethical’, Ezzy?
It appears that Chinese state-owned companies is investing billions into Alberta tar sands these days.
The Financial Post reported Chinese companies are poised to make even more significant investments in the weeks and months ahead.
Who knew that China was so well known for their human rights record? I would love to see how Ezzy Levant continues to . . . → Read More: Is Alberta Oil Still ‘Ethical’, Ezzy?
Continue readingPeter Kent makes lemons out of lemonade
“Designed to Fail”. That should be the motto of Peter Kent and the Conservatives’ ‘environmental mismanagement’.
NDP Environment Critic Megan Leslie (Halifax, N.S.) accused the government of creating a climate change plan that is “designed to fail.”
“There’s absolutely no reporting mechanism, we know nothing about where this money went,” Ms. Leslie told . . . → Read More: Peter Kent makes lemons out of lemonade
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Koch Brothers Dishonest About Keystone XL, Tar Sands Interest
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On the heels of a 21-page investigative article by Bloomberg Magazine, which covered the high crimes and misdemeanors of the Koch Brothers, Koch Industries,…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Government Watchdog Report Confirms Canada’s Failures on Tar Sands Monitoring and Climate Action
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Canada's top environmental watchdog official released a damning report today acknowledging the federal government's complete failure to account for the …
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Tar Trek: Two BC Teenagers Take on the Tar Sands [Video]
This is a guest post by our friend Heather Libby.
In my job at TckTckTck, I spend a lot of time worrying about the Alberta tar sands. I've read hundreds of articles, watched dozens of films and worked on my fair share of infographics…
350 or bust: Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
“Action is the antidote for despair.” ~ Joan Baez Monday, September 26, 2001: Ottawa Tar Sands Action There comes a time when you need to take a stand. When sending letters and signing petitions isn’t enough. When together we must say…
Continue reading350 or bust: The Planet Isn’t The Only Thing Heating Up: Opposition to Keystone XL Pipeline Grows
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and seven other Nobel Peace Laureates have just written a letter to President Obama urging him to reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, and to begin building a clean energy future immediately. T…
Continue readingLeDaro: Interesting Headline: "Have Canadians Got Their Heads In The Oil Sands?"
There have been a lot of protests against The Oil Sands in US including some celebrities like Daryl Hannah who were arrested in front of the Whitehouse; however, Canadians are silent on the issue. Has Harper successfully silenced opposition to Tar Sand…
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