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Alberta tar sands a major climate and economic threat: Greenpeace report
By: Greenpeace | Andrew Nikiforuk
Published: September 2009
Edmonton, Canada — A new Greenpeace report details how the world’s addiction to oil is increasing the threat the Alberta tar sands pose to the global climate.
Tagged with: climate change, greenpeace, whoisharper, greenhouse gases, nikiforuk
Toxic Trail Exposure: Youth Delegation Tracks Tar Sands in Great Lakes Region
By: Polaris Institute
Published: September 2009
The report, “Toxic Trail Exposure,” is the result of an Ontario youth delegation that traveled together to Sarnia, Detroit and Windsor to uncover and expose the connections between the Great Lakes Region and tar sands developments.
Tagged with: polaris institute, public health, great lakes region, tar sands youth delegation
Carbon Copy Preventing Oil Sands Fever in Saskatchewan
By: Pembina Institute | Terra Simieritsch
Published: August 2009
The oil sands in Saskatchewan could hold as much as 2.3 billion barrels of bitumen, and cover an area of 27,000 square kilometres. Development of oil sands is still in its early stages in Saskatchewan, so there is still an opportunity to do things properly and avoid the mistakes in Alberta.
Tagged with: pembina institute, saskatchewan, saskatchewan environmental society
Clearing the Air on Oilsands Myths
By: Pembina Institute | Jennifer Grant, Dan Woynillowicz, and Simon Dyer
Published: June 2009
Identifies a growing body of oil sands “spin” from federal and Alberta politicians and the oil sands industry. This resource provides the full context and facts about oil sands development with concise, referenced information on its environmental impacts.
Divided We Fall: The Tar Sands vs. The Rest of Canada
By: Environmental Defence; ForestEthics
Published: May 2009
A change of direction on climate policy is in the works in Ottawa, prompted by developments in Washington, DC. The Government of Canada is now designing new rules for carbon polluters.
The tar sands is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada. Special treatment for the tar sands industry could come at the expense of the industrial sectors that are the economic backbone of provinces such as Ontario and Québec - sectors whose emissions are on the decline. The economic repercussions of a biased system design could hurt non-petroleum industries in Canada, and drive a damaging wedge between the provinces.
Provinces, businesses, labour leaders, and citizens need to engage in the design of a national cap and trade system to ensure it is fair and doesn't favour the tar sands at the expense of other parts of the country.
Tagged with: climate policy, greenhouse gases, ottawa
EHP Tar Sands Article
By: Environmental Health Professional
Published: April 2009
Discusses the health impacts from tar sands operations
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The Government of Canada’s Climate Policy: A Backgrounder
By: Pembina Institute
Published: February 2009
Background information on Canada's Climate Policy.
Tagged with: pembina institute, climate policy
11 Million Litres a Day – The Tar Sands’ Leaking Legacy
By: Environmental Defence Canada
Published: December 2008
For the first time, this report uses industry information to arrive at a conservative estimate of what the overall leakage from the tar sands tailings ponds is today, and also what it would likely be if proposed projects go ahead.
The results are staggering.
Already, the ponds are leaking over 11 million litres a day of contaminated water into the environment, which is equivalent to over 4 billion litres a year -- enough to fill the Toronto Rogers Centre (formerly the SkyDome) two and a half times.
And, should proposed projects go ahead on schedule, by 2012 this annual leakage rate would increase five-fold to 72 million litres a day, or over 25 billion litres a year -- enough to fill the Skydome over 16 times
Making it Real Checklist – Implementing Alberta’s Land-use Framework
By: Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Pembina Foundation
Published: October 2008
This report is a response by the Pembina Institute and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) Northern Alberta to the final version of the Alberta Land-use Framework (LUF). It provides the Government of Alberta with a checklist for the successful implementation of the LUF.
Making It Real Checklist: Benchmarks for Implementing Alberta’s Land-Use Framework recommends that the Government of Alberta take actions in six key areas to translate the LUF’s policy direction into meaningful change on the ground.
Tagged with: pembina institute, alberta land-use framework, canadian parks and wilderness society
Danger in the Nursery: Impact on Birds of Tar Sands Oil Development in Canada’s Boreal Forest
By: Boreal Song Bird Initiative, Natural Resources Defense Council
Published: October 2008
The extraction and refining of bitumen from Canada’s oil sands is taking a significant toll on migratory birds throughout North America. This report by the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Pembina Institute and the Boreal Songbird Initiative outlines the current and projected affects of the oil sands industry on migratory bird populations in Alberta’s boreal forest and along the Western Hemisphere’s flyways.
Tagged with: natural resources defense council, boreal forest, boreal songbird initiative, songbird
