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Canada, from Green to Gray
By Tony Iallonardo | National Wildlife Federation
Friday, December 23, 2011
There was a time when Canada, symbolized by the maple leaf, was a “green,” environmentally conscientious neighbor. Remember, in the 1980s, Canada came knocking on America’s door, rightfully demanding that the United States curb the sulfur dioxide emissions causing the acid rain that was killing Canada’s lakes and streams.
Tagged with: climate change, national wildlife federation, petrostate
Keystone XL is a tar sands pipeline to export oil out of the United States
By Anthony Swift | NRDC
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
One of the most important facts that is missing in the national debate surrounding the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is this – Keystone XL will not bring any more oil into the United State for decades to come. Canada doesn’t have nearly enough oil to fill existing pipelines going to the United States. However, existing Canadian oil pipelines all go to the Midwest, where the only buyer for their crude is the United States.
Tagged with: keystone xl, transcanada, pipeline, natural resources defense council, gulf coast
Even Canada doesn’t believe its own spin on tar sands
By Damian Carrington | The Guardian
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
It's time to pitch back into the controversy over Canada's lobbying offensive against proposed European penalties on fuels from tar sands. But this time we're going through the looking glass, with Canada secretly admitting it has no "credible scientific information on [the tar sands industry's] environmental performance" and the British government, which has bent over backwards to help Canada protect its highly polluting fuels, giving funding to anti-tar sands campaigners.
Tagged with: peter kent, lobbying, european union, fuel quality directive, spin
Don’t Let the Keystone XL Bait and Switch Scam Diminish American Leadership
By Susan Casey-Lefkowitz | NRDC
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would bring tar sands oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast for export has become a central part of the debate in the United States about how we fight climate change. American leadership to fight climate change is critical at home and internationally. The pipeline project marks a step in the wrong direction for the United States – leading us towards dirtier forms of fuel that are not compatible with fighting climate change. However, the oil industry is trying to pull a bait and switch scam with Keystone XL – offering it as a path to economic and national security when the pipeline is actually a job killer that is mostly meant for export. The Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is not in the national interest and there are strong economic and security arguments to back this up. America can show leadership on clean energy and on fighting climate change by rejecting this dirty fuel project.
Tagged with: keystone xl, transcanada, pipeline, natural resources defense council, senate, rider
Will Republican high stakes gamble kill the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline?
By Liz Barratt-Brown | NRDC
Saturday, December 17, 2011
In a huge overreach, Senate Republicans insisted yesterday that a provision that would require the President to make a decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline be included in the tax extension package. The package is likely to be voted on in the Senate today and go to the House for approval early next week.
Tagged with: keystone xl, transcanada, pipeline, obama, senate, legislators, tax, republicans
Dealing with Big Oil Temper Tantrums as Companies Move Away from Tar Sands
By Susan Casey-Lefkowitz | NRDC
Friday, December 16, 2011
I’m a banana-a-day kind of person and this morning my Chiquita tasted extra sweet knowing that the company has joined thousands of others who are speaking out against tar sands oil. Yesterday, Chiquita publicly confirmed that they want to see their fuel come from another source than the higher-carbon and more polluting Canadian tar sands.
Tagged with: natural resources defense council, forestethics, chiquita
Going Bananas Over Tar Sands
By Gillian McEachern, Environmental Defence Canada
Thursday, December 15, 2011
When you look at a bunch of bananas in your neighbourhood grocery store, a few thoughts might spring to mind: breakfast, banana splits on hot summer days or vacationing in the tropics. Chances are you don’t think about oil. But, getting all of those bananas to customers takes a lot of it.
Tagged with: environmental defence canada, canadian association of petroleum producers, chiquita
The Ethics of “Ethical Oil”
By By Paul Blackburn
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
We can all agree that exploiting human suffering for commercial gain is unethical and immoral. Yet, this is exactly what the oil industry’s “ethical oil” argument does. The “Ethical Oil” argument simply put is that since Canada is not as oppressive a country as Saudi Arabia or Nigeria or Venezuela, that therefore it is ethically and morally superior to consume oil from Canada. At first, this claim may seem to make sense, but rather than demonstrate that the oil industry and its political supporters are compassionate, ethical and moral, it actually proves the opposite.
Tagged with: ethical oil
Public outcry against tar sands pipelines increases as Canadian Prime Minister meets with Obama
By Danielle Droitsch | NRDC
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Today, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will meet with President Obama in Washington DC. While the public reason for the meeting is about border issues, it is expected that climate, tar sands and the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline will be discussed. Indeed, the Canadian conservative government has waged its pro-tar sands, anti-climate agenda in the U.S. for several years now as well as in Europe. This is out of sync with the Canadian and American public who are increasingly rejecting tar sands as unsustainable and incompatible with combating climate change. Just yesterday, Canadian regulators announced the permitting process for the Enbridge Northern Gateway tar sands pipeline has been put on hold for a year largely due to need to carefully consider the extraordinary public opposition and concern. It is time for the Canadian conservative government to stop being a lobbyist for Big Oil and to stop trying to undermine climate and clean energy policies around the world in an attempt to clear the way for unchecked tar sands oil expansion. And if Prime Minister Harper expects to change the commitment of the Obama Administration to conduct a new review of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, he will find he has misjudged the depth of U.S. concerns about tar sands.
Tagged with: keystone xl, pipeline, stephen harper, obama
Gitxsan Treaty Society supports Enbridge, Gitxsan community opposes pipeline
By Tyler McCreary | Rabble.ca
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
On Friday, Dec. 2, Gitxsan Hereditary Chief Elmer Derrick and Enbridge Executive Vice-President Janet Holder publicly signed an equity agreement. The $7-million deal allegedly cemented Gitxsan support for Enbridge's controversial proposed $5.5-billion tar sands pipeline project. However, within hours dissent was visible in the community and by Monday night a new community consensus against the project was emerging.
Tagged with: pipeline, first nations, enbridge, northern gateway, british columbia, gitxsan
