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Breaking: “Ethical Oil” Campaign Uses Stolen, Faked Photos
By Brant Olson | Rainforest Action Network
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Canadian Conservative acolyte Alykhan Velshi made headlines last month with a set of bombastic ads contrasting the virtues of Canada’s “ethical oil” with the evils of “conflict oil countries.” Leading political heavyweights — including Environment Minister Peter Kent — have also adopted the mantra. But a look behind the latest “ethical oil” campaign raises a number of ethical questions about Velshi himself.
Tagged with: ethical oil, alykhan velshi
Clean energy is path for security, not the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline
By Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, NRDC
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
The August 13 Washington Post editorial (Oil pipeline politics) diagnoses the problems with tar sands and then gets the solution wrong. The proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline will take us in the wrong direction, making global warming worse and bringing additional dangers of oil spills to America’s heartland. The United States is the main market for the bitumen that is strip-mined and drilled from under Canada’s Boreal forest. Despite Canadian claims that they’ll sell tar sands to China if we don’t take it, not only are there no major pipelines to the Canadian coasts, but opposition to these pipeline proposals is fierce.
Tagged with: keystone xl, pipeline, natural resources defense council
Spirit Bear: The Return of An Elusive Icon
By Amanda Stone, National Wildlife Federation
Friday, August 12, 2011
To the Gitga’at First Nation and the Kitasoo/Xai’xais of Canada it has been taboo to hunt or even speak the name of the elusive spirit bear, or Kermode, for many generations. Neither albino nor polar bear, the vanilla-colored bear is actually a white version of the North American black bear, found almost exclusively in Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest, one of the largest coastal temperate rain forests in the world.
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Opposing Exxon’s Megaload Shipments: proving that Goliath can be stopped
By Bobby McEnaney, NRDC
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
An interesting report emerged today regarding Exxon’s scheme to send “Megaload” tar sands mining equipment through the wild and scenic regions of Idaho and Montana. The item, an article from the industry focused website Industrial Fuels and Power, reported that the costs for Exxon’s Imperial Oil Kearl Oil Sands Project has increased to nearly $11 billion from an original company estimate of $8 billion (in Canadian $’s or CAD). The cause for this nearly $3 billion increase is more than partly attributable to the delays with the Megaload shipments. Without the mining equipment, it is looking increasingly difficult for Exxon to stick to the original plan for their tar sands expansion plans in Alberta:
Tagged with: exxon mobil, mega loads
Officials Acknowledge XL Tar Sands Pipeline Skipped on Safety
By Tony Iallonardo | NWF
Friday, August 05, 2011
Emerging from talks with Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird late this week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton indicated that the State Department is getting ready to approve the dirtiest, largest pipeline ever to be built in the U.S. The diplomatic-speak whereby Mr. Baird said he wanted a fast decision, while Mrs. Clinton said they had agreed to some safety enhancements seemed to signal the permit process is drawing to a close.
Tagged with: keystone xl, pipeline, state department, hillary clinton, pipeline safety, energy security, john baird
BREAKING: Tar Sands Pipeline Backers Resort to Fake Twitter Accounts To Show “Grassroots” Suppor
By Brant Olson | Rainforest Action Network
Thursday, August 04, 2011
The office of a former Nebraska Senator working for the American Petroleum Institute appears to have set up more than a dozen fake Twitter accounts to promote the KeystoneXL tar sands pipeline.
Tagged with: keystone xl, pipeline, rainforest action network, american petroleum institute, astroturf
Don’t let industry public relations oil the waters on the dangers of tar sands pipelines
By Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, NRDC
Thursday, August 04, 2011
This week Reuters reported that the oil industry couldn’t see much difference between raw tar sands oil (diluted bitumen) and conventional oil. This is hardly surprising considering that industry’s interest in obscuring the potential dangers of raw tar sands oil from the public. Concerns about pipeline safety – especially when it comes to pipelines transporting tar sands oil – have been heard throughout North America this year. The list of pipeline accidents that have caught the public’s attention is long.
Tagged with: keystone xl, natural resources defense council, pipeline safety, bitumen, reuters
Top Scientists to President: Tar Sands Oil “Does Not Make Sense To Exploit”
By Daniel J. Kessler, Rainforest Action Network
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
In a letter released today, twenty top scientists wrote to President Obama to ask him to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline, the 1,700 mile-long fuse that, if lit, could help ignite climate chaos.
Tagged with: keystone xl, pipeline, obama, james hansen, michael mann
Joint Review Panel has asked Enbridge to provide preliminary abandonment plan for Northern Gateway
By John Goudy (Law of the Lands Blog)
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
The Joint Review Panel (NEB and CEAA) considering the application by Enbridge for the Northern Gateway pipeline project has requested the following information from the proponent on the issue of pipeline abandonment:
Tagged with: pipeline, enbridge, northern gateway, national energy board, joint review panel, pipeline abandonment
A year after pipeline spill, tar sands oil still plagues a Michigan community
By Kari Lydersen, Environmental Defence Canada
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
For a year now, Marshall, Michigan, has resembled a town under siege. Orange and yellow booms stretch across the Kalamazoo River, and warning signs tell swimmers and boaters to stay out of Morrow Lake, a popular fishing spot, “due to ongoing oil spill response." Residents have grown accustomed to the constant hum of helicopters and the sight of airboats roaring upriver. Burly cleanup workers frequent the Dark Horse brewery, and residents seek compensation for damages at a former cabinet store-turned-claims office amidst cheery photos of the 181-year-old town.
Tagged with: pipeline, enbridge, oil spill, michigan, kalamazoo
