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Oil Sands Monitoring Steps Laid Out by Alberta ENGO
Media Releases Featured | Water Matters | Tuesday, March 08, 2011
The credibility of Alberta's and Canada's attempts to responsibly manage the environmental effects of oil sands development rests on responding to calls for improved monitoring of the Athabasca River. Today Water Matters, an Alberta-based water-policy think-tank, has released "Replacing the Oil Sands' Regional Aquatic Monitoring Program (RAMP) with Effective Environmental Monitoring Solutions", providing recommendations for improving the freshwater monitoring system between the Government of Canada and the province of Alberta.
What’s Behind the Confusion Over Oil Sands Pipeline Capacity?
News Articles | Solve Climate News | Tuesday, March 08, 2011
As planning for a controversial new oil sands pipeline through America's heartland intensifies, watchdogs have questioned why the Canadian energy giant seeking to build the project has been using two different figures for the pipe's capacity.
Enbridge expected to face criminal charges over Michigan spill
News Articles Featured | The Washington Independent | Monday, March 07, 2011
The former chief of the U.S. Department of Justice’s environmental crimes section said Friday that the oil and gas company Enbridge will likely face criminal charges over its 2010 Michigan pipeline rupture.
Johanns on XL Pipeline: Construction “Needs to Be Delayed.”
News Articles Featured | WatchDog.org | Monday, March 07, 2011
As the Canadian company looking to build the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline announces the backing of several dozen American veterans, Senator Mike Johanns (NE-R) tells Nebraska Watchdog he believes construction “will be delayed, it needs to be delayed.”
Veterans group links climate regulations to national security
News Articles | Michigan Messenger | Friday, March 04, 2011
A military veterans group is arguing that a Republican bill to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions would weaken national security by harming efforts to reduce dependence on o
Minister touts Alberta oil in light of Middle East tensions
News Articles Featured | Edmonton Sun | Thursday, March 03, 2011
Tensions in the Middle East are making Albertan oil look better, Sherwood Park MLA Iris Evans said.
Senate committee hears testimony on eminent domain bill
News Articles Featured | Great Falls Tribune | Thursday, March 03, 2011
Energy development and private property rights sharply clashed Thursday in a hearing before the Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee over a bill that would allow developers of "merchant" transmission lines to take private land for the public good.
Kingston shop worker ‘doused in oil’ as part of ethical protest
News Articles | This is Local London | Thursday, March 03, 2011
A shop assistant is to douse themselves in oil while draped in a Canadian flag to protest against environmentally-destructive tar sand oil.
Libyan chaos ups the importance of Alberta oilsands: British envoy
News Articles Featured | Canadian Press | Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Chaos in Libya will raise the strategic importance of Alberta's oilsands, but that shouldn't stop energy companies from making a more environmentally friendly product, says Britain's envoy to Canada.
Obama administration open to Canadian pipeline
News Articles Featured | Toronto Sun | Wednesday, March 02, 2011
The Obama administration gave some tepid support to the idea of a pipeline running from northern Alberta to the US Gulf Coast, but stopped short of full support.
Hillary Clinton ‘supportive’ of Alberta oil imports, wavers on Keystone XL pipeline
News Articles Featured | Montreal Gazette | Wednesday, March 02, 2011
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she is "generally supportive" of increasing American oil imports from Canada, but sidestepped questions Wednesday about whether she backs a controversial new oilsands pipeline from Alberta to Texas.
Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. reports $1.48 billion annual net profit
News Articles | Calgary Herald | Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Oilsands developer increased spending in fourth quarter to buy into undisclosed new region
