New column day
Here, on what the Keystone XL pipeline debate started by Peter Lougheed means for Saskatchewan in managing its own natural resources.
Tar Sands
Video of Keystone XL Tar Sands Protesters Arrested At The White House
6107318134_aeb5a1e3f9_z.jpg Usually the best way to solve a neighborly spat is to march right up to the door and talk it out, face-to-face. However, if said neighbor happens to be…
Tar sands dirty oil = "fair-trade coffee and free-range chicken"?
Dark Daughta has a video of Naomi Klein talking about the corporate branding of 'ethical oil'. Klein does a masterful job of deconstructing the big money PR machine's efforts to…
Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey on ‘Ethical Oil’ Ads
oprah.jpg 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…
Reality Check: New Keystone XL Report Blows Up Steven Chu’s "Energy Security" Claim
keystone xl exposed.jpg Earlier this week, in an interview with EnergyNow!, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu hinted that the administration would likely approve the Keystone XL tar sands pipeli...
Hillary Clinton’s State Department Oil Services and the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline [VIDEO]
Hillary Clinton State Dept Oil Services Keystone XL.png With over 700 people arrested so far in the Keystone XL tar sands action taking place at the Obama White House, and…
Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Action Page
Tar Sands by Robert van Waarden.png Below is a compilation of fact sheets, information resources and action items from environmental groups, governments and other groups surrounding the Keystone ...
Reliance on Canadian Tar Sands Threatens U.S. Energy Security
obama energy security.jpg This is a guest post by Glenn Hurowitz, senior fellow at the Center for International Policy. It originally appeared on Grist.org, and is reprinted here with permission....
Breaking: State Department Calls Keystone XL Environmental Impact "Limited," Ignoring Evidence
stop-tar-sands.jpg The State Department just released their Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. The 27-page document does not flag any significant en...
Over One Hundred Arrested Protesting Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline At White House
Steve Liptay.jpg The DC police force must have recently put in a big order for plasti-cuffs. The commencement of the Keystone XL pipeline protest, which kicked off this past weekend,…
Tar Sands Pipeline Provokes Americans To Civil Disobedience
Saturday August 20th marked the start of the largest act of civil disobedience for the climate in U.S. history. Over 2,000 people from across the U.S. and Canada are arriving…
Tar-sands pipeline gets support from fake Twitter accounts “to give the illusion of public support.”
I guess to the tar sands people this is what ethical stands for. Sounds about par for the course for these people.What do Astroturf and the Canadian tar sands have…
Meeting the tar sands face-to-face
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 Recently, West Coast Staff Lawyer, Josh Paterson, was invited to particip...
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. - The Mark is the latest to point out that the NDP's success in winning over former Bloc members and/or sovereigntists should be considered…
Permit to Pollute: Dodging New Law, Agency Approves Alberta Coal Plant
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…
Tar Sands or Ethical Oil?
Ezra Levant has come up with another moronic idea; he thinks if the tar sands are presented in a positive way then the public will accept it more. I think…
Guardian: Canadian government lobbying Europeans to protect tar sands
Nice to see the Guardian doing the heavy lifting while our media snoozes (aka doing Harper’s bidding). The Canadian government has been accused of an “unprecedented” lobbying effort involving 110…