A Whistleblower’s Open Letter to the Citizens of Canada
Prime Minister’s Office Tries to Silence Pipeline Critics; Labels Environmental Group “Enemy of the Government of Canada” and “Enemy of the people of Canada.” My name is Andrew Frank. I…
Prime Minister’s Office Tries to Silence Pipeline Critics; Labels Environmental Group “Enemy of the Government of Canada” and “Enemy of the people of Canada.” My name is Andrew Frank. I…
NA-Pipeline-Map-Theodora.png Damned if we do, damned if we don't – this is the CliffsNotes version of the ongoing Keystone XL pipeline debate. President Barack Obama recently halted TransCanada's proposed Keystone…
Press Release from Citizens Climate Lobby Canada in response to President Obama’s decision yesterday on the Keystone XL Pipeline: President Obama made the right decision in rejecting approval for the…
He’s always been an oil pimp, but I thought I better give him a new costume eh? Because these days that’s ALL he ever talks about. “When you look at…
… off this site until I return, but it is our last day down here, so I’m taking some liberties. This is the Con Natural Resources Minister: Oliver says the…
Oh no. I knew Ezra Levant’s obsession with Chiquita Banana would end badly. First he lost control of his senses, now he’s lost control of his bowels mouth. Winding up…
Oh. My. Monkey. It looks like Chiquita Banana is giving Canada’s oil sands the cold shoulder. The Canadian oil sands industry is facing an unlikely adversary in Chiquita Brands International,…
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…
Obama tar sands.gif The State Department announced today that they would “seek additional information” about the Keystone XL pipeline, meaning that they will take another 12 months at...
One of the better and more personal articles on the damage done to the environment and native heritage by the rush to extract 'black gold' from the tar sands in…
Canada’s Prime Minister Harper has been receiving messages about halting the expansion of the Alberta tar sands from far and wide this week. First, it was the 400 Canadians who…
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…
Grande Prairie, or some other northwestern town in Alberta's Peace Country, as it’s sure to be portrayed by the nuclear industry. Not exactly as illustrated, but then, these things never…
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…
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…
by matttbastard I have no clue who I’m going to endorse for the NDP leadership — but I sure as shit know which potential candidate will never, ever receive a…
Tar Sands by Robert van Waarden.png Robert van Waarden, an excellent photographer and friend of DeSmogBlog, has compiled this great visual essay on Canada's filthy tar sands to show people…
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 Recently, West Coast Staff Lawyer, Josh Paterson, was invited to particip...
coal.jpg In Alberta, coal was first mined near Edmonton as early as 1850, and commercial coal operations took off in 1874. After the coal rush where hundreds of mines popped…
pipes.jpg Last Friday, after applauding the House's vote to rush a decision on TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce launched a new campaign to…