Publications
EPA letter to the State Department commenting on the Keystone XL draft EIS
By: Environmental Protection Agency | Cynthia Giles
Published: July 2010
In its comments on the State Department's draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Keystone XL dirty tar sands oil pipeline, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency judged the EIS to be "inadequate" and in need of revision.
Tagged with: keystone xl, pipeline, state department, epa, eis
House Energy Cmte Chair Letter to Secretary of State: Keystone XL is a step in the wrong direction
By: House Committee on Energy and Commerce | Representative Henry Waxman
Published: July 2010
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Henry Waxman's letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declares that building the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline would be a "step in the wrong direction" and that it constitutes "a multi-billion dollar investment to expand our reliance on the dirtiest source of transportation fuel."
Tagged with: keystone xl, pipeline, state department, hillary clinton, congress, henry waxman, waxman 20100702 letter
House letter to Secretary Clinton urging to complete analysis of Keystone XL
By: House of Representatives
Published: June 2010
50 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging the State Department to fully analyze the impacts of the Keystone XL pipeline before permitting it. Specifically, they called for transparent consideration of all potential climate change impacts.
Tagged with: keystone xl, pipeline, state department, hillary clinton, house kxl letter, jay inslee
Business leader letter to Secretary Clinton opposing Keystone XL
By: Environmental Entrepreneurs
Published: June 2010
Over 250 individual business leaders co-signed this letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calling on her to suspend the Keystone XL permitting process.
Tagged with: keystone xl, pipeline, hillary clinton, environmental entrepreneurs
Group letter to President Obama
By: Corporate Ethics International | EARTHWORKS | Environment America | Environmental Defence Canada | Friends of the Earth | | Natural Resources Defense Council | National Wildlife Federation | Sierra Club | Western Organization of Resource Councils
Published: May 2010
The gulf spill shows that ALL dirty fuels are dangerous and expensive -- including the tar sands. Please reduce our dependence on dirty fuels.
Tagged with: obama, natural resources defense council, national wildlife federation, sierra club, corporate ethics international, friends of the earth, earthworks, environment america, western organization of resource councils
James Hansen letter to Norway Prime Minister discouraging Statoil tar sands investment
By: | James Hansen
Published: May 2010
In an opinion editorial in Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, Professor James E. Hansen calls on Jens Stoltenberg to show leadership and pull Statoil out the destructive extraction of oil from the Canadian tar sands. The full text of the letter -- in English -- is available at Greenpeace Canada's website. Clicking the thumbnail returns the original letter with the logos of supporting organizations.
Tagged with: greenpeace canada, investment, statoil, james hansen, norway
European Parliament Members Letter to Tar Sands Companies
By: European Parliament
Published: December 2009
A group of 11 MEPs, representing three political groups and seven countries, is today appealing to the leaders of four European oil companies to stop producing oil from Canadian tar sands, a process causing 2-3 times more pollution than the production of conventional oil.
Tagged with: copenhagen, bp, shell oil, european parliament, statoil, total
Comments to the White House regarding the EISA Section 933 Energy Security Report to Congress
By: Corporate Ethics International | Sierra Club | Greenpeace | Lorne Stockman | Kenny Bruno
Published: October 2009
The following comments are submitted as input to the content of the report the White House is required to submit to Congress under Section 933 of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA). This memo focuses on the role of Canadian oil sands, traditionally known as tar sands, and suggests that the White House begin dismantling myths about the supposed key role of oil from tar sands to provide energy security. We argue that growth in tar sands imports cannot provide energy security to the United States.
Tagged with: greenpeace, sierra club, corporate ethics international, congress, white house, eisa
September 14th letter to President Obama regarding Prime Minister Harper’s visit
By: Climate Action Network
Published: October 2009
The Climate Action Network to President Obama expressing concerns that Prime Minister Harper wants to protect the oil sands industry from climate regulation.
Tagged with: whoisharper, climate action network
Canadian Minister Lisa Raitt Letter to California Gov. Schwarzenegger
By: Minister of Natural Resources (Canada) | Lisa Raitt
Published: April 2009
A letter from Canadian Minister of Natural Resources to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger opposing California's then pending, now in effect, Low Carbon Fuel Standard.
Tagged with: low carbon fuel standard, california, minister of natural resources, schwarzenegger
