I watched in mild horror ‘Question Period’ yesterday. Horror, not because CTV is too cheap to broadcast the show in HD, but because of the nonsense delivered on behalf of Alberta’s ‘Ethical Oil’ lobby by Huffington Post’s Kathryn Marshall. Her spiel was more about trying to trap Eric Swanson of Dogwood Initiative
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BigCityLib Strikes Back: Gotcha? Connections Between Ethical Oil And The Tory Gov.?
So this fellow notes on Twitter that the guy doing radio ads for Ethical Oil in support of the Northern Gateway Pipeline sounds suspiciously like the guy that did the anti-Ignatieff ads for the CPoC during the runup to the last election. And I think he’s right. For example, here’s the “just visiting”
Continue readingAlykhan Velshi’s mom: it pays to be a denier
Hey Aly baby, can you spare a job? Alykhan Velshi has lived a charmed life. He’s been the go-to guy for Conservative causes. He’s been richly rewarded for his support of Harper’s agenda. He’s a staunch climate change denier. He even helped initiate the whole crazy Ethical Oil ruse. Harper
Continue readingHellberta: The Great Oil War [Chapter 2] : Iran
In chapter 1 of what now may be considered the beginnings of a World-War III we discussed what was then the active military action against Libya. We covered economic hitmen and the typical approach taken by western nations to overthrow or at least get nations to play along with their game. Of
Continue readingMore international shame. Canada to pull out of Kyoto.
Oops, wrong Peter Kent Anti-science. Anti-environment. That’s today’s Canada. Well on its way to being a third-world nation because it denies the very existence of actual science. To hammer the nail further the farthest right of US bloggers are crowing and leaping about. I’m not even talking about silly blogs
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Why The Ethical Oil Argument Flops With Americans
I see Minister Kent intends to flog it again at the Durban confence. Given that, the following comments from Alberta Oil’s Darren Campbell are worth noting: And I don’t think ethical oil arguments are going to convince undecided Americans that Keystone XL and other pipelines designed to ship Alberta crude south
Continue readingThe many lives of Alykhan Velshi
Velshi’s the one to the left.
This cat has at least nine lives. The huge FAIL of the ‘ethical oil’ scam hasn’t stopped Stephen Harper from rewarding failure once again.
Continue readingA lot of good that ‘ethical oil’ business did for Keystone, eh Ezra?
Hehe.
OTTAWA — The stunning Obama administration decision to put the brakes on a major pipeline expansion project linking Canadian oil to Texas refineries suggests the federal government needs to revisit its multimillion-dollar lobbying and marketing strategy to promote Canada as an "ethical" source of energy, observers and industry stakeholders said Friday.
"It clearly didn’t work," said
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 readingMother Jones gives Ezra Levant a hot oil message
I don’t think Ezra will get it. With Mr. Levant any publicity, even when you’re being eviscerated, is what being a ‘gadfly‘ is all about.
Cross posted at Let Freedom Rain.
Mother Jones gives Ezra Levant a hot oil message
I don’t think Ezra will get it. With Mr. Levant any publicity, even when you’re being eviscerated, is what being a ‘gadfly’ is all about.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Velshi Bails
…on Ethical Oil, is replaced by Tory Blogger. Not to suggest causality, but I would note that the Harper government, after huffing and puffing a bit over the Canadian Value of Free Speech, seems to have decided against taking public action over…
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Rebranding the Tar Sands
Reluctant as I normally am to say kind words about Ezra Levant, I have to admit that his campaign to re-brand the Alberta oil sands from what environmental activists in the United States had lately taken to calling “dirty oil” … Continue reading →
DeSmogBlog: Saudi Arabia and Ethical Oil Group Go Head to Head Over Ads
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The controversial Ethical Oil ads, which enjoyed an exclusive run on the Oprah Winfrey Network at the end of August, have earned a new enemy: the …
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Another Lawsuit Against Ezra Levant? Place Your Bets!
Given that lawyers involved represent “enemies of the West”, I’m tempted to cheer for the home-town boy. But, given past experience, when any organization Ezra’s involved with gets sued, they tend to cough-up. I’m wondering how long b…
Continue readingthe reeves report: Manning Centre releases 2011 State of Canada’s Conservative Movement
The Manning Centre, founded by former Opposition and Reform Party Leader Preston Manning, released its second annual State of Canada’s Conservative Movement report. The study is comprised of three parts, examining the attitudes of Canadians across the political spectrum on various topics like welfare and immigration; comparing the electoral map in Ontario from the 2008 … Continue reading »
BigCityLib Strikes Back: Ethical Oil?
There have been a number a number of media pieces on the Ethical Oil Institute. They all ref this detailed post at Deep Climate, so that’s probably the best place to start. DC’s unsurprising bottom line is that the EOI is&nbs…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey on ‘Ethical Oil’ Ads
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Dear Oprah,
I just don't know where to begin.
I can't find my words because I respect you so much. You're a woman pioneer who has done much to advance the st…
the reeves report: Belated Review: ‘Ethical Oil’ by Ezra Levant
Dear Ezra Levant, Oh, Ezra. High off the success of your influential book Shakedown that targets the gross injustices perpetrated by Canada’s various Human Rights Commissions, you have written a book that doesn’t so much detail why oil from Alberta is ‘ethical’ per se (as your title supposes), so much as you have written a … Continue reading »