US gives Shell green light for offshore oil drilling in the Arctic
Posted: October 20, 2009Ed Pilkington, October 20, 2009, UK Guardian, Anchorage, Alaska-Conservation groups based in Alaska...Read More
Greenhouse gas emissions from tar sands production are three times those of conventional oil and gas production [currently tar sands production emits 27 megatonnes per annum and is expected to rise to 108-126 megatonnes by 2015]. Thus, the tar sands are now poised to become Canada’s largest single emitter of greenhouse gas, compounding this country’s contribution to global warming. Additionally, tar sands production is expected to multiply as much as four to five times by the year 2015 to meet growing demands in the U.S. As a consequence, conservative estimates show that greenhouse gas emissions from the tar sands could well leap from 27 to 126 million tonnes by 2015.
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Global Warming Articles
Ed Pilkington, October 20, 2009, UK Guardian, Anchorage, Alaska-Conservation groups based in Alaska...Read More
Less Copenhagen climate deal unlikely: Environment Minister Jim Prentice
Posted: October 20, 2009Calgary Herald, Oct. 14, 2009, CALGARY, AB — Less than two months from key global climate-change...Read More
Tar Sands Ceo Confirms Fears: Burden Rest Of Canada For More Tar Sands Pollution
Posted: October 20, 2009For Immediate Release, October 16, 2009, Toronto, ON – Yesterday, Marcel Coutu, CEO of Canadian...Read More
Power Shift Canada: Largest youth summit on climate change in Canadian history
Posted: October 15, 2009Amber Church, October 14, 2009, OTTAWA—Over 1000 young people from every Canadian province and...Read More
Alberta aims to streamline permit process : Environmental hurdles under scrutiny
Posted: October 2, 2009Nathan Vanerklippe, October 2, 2009, The Globe and Mail, CALGARY — The Alberta government and...Read More
Gov't, industry underestimate oilsands greenhouse gas emissions: report
Posted: October 2, 2009Bob Weber, October 1, 2009, Metro News Halifax, EDMONTON - Greenhouse gas emissions from the...Read More
China's oil sands push
Posted: October 2, 2009Derek Brower, October 2009, Petroleum Economist--PetroChina has staked China's claim to Canada's...Read More
Greenpeace Stages Protest At Suncor Oil Sands
Posted: October 1, 2009Edward Welsch, September 30, 2009, Dow Jones, OTTAWA --In their second oil sands protest in two...Read More
London: On climate change, new message is “Blame Canada”
Posted: October 1, 2009Zoe Cormier, October 1, 2009-- I was pretty sure I knew what the Canadian flag, held upside down,...Read More
Cash sequestration
Posted: September 29, 2009Kenneth P. Green, September 28, 2009, The National Post--In an effort to blunt some of the...Read More
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Tar Sands FACT VS Gov't FICTION
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Tar Sands Showdown: Building a Blue-Green Alliance in our Communities
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Windsor Community Roundtable--A Case Study Find out how one community in Ontario has generated local action and awareness around the tar sands developments. Your community could be next! Check it out
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Toxic Trail Exposure: Youth Delegation Tracks Tar Sands in Great Lakes Region A report by the Polaris Institute that summarizes the findings and recommendations of 10 Ontario youth who traveled to Sarnia, Detroit and Windsor in August 2009. Read the Report
The Polaris Institute has created a series of 10 factsheets on different issues associated with tar sands development Read the Factsheets
11 Million Litres a Day: The Tar Sands' Leaking Legacy A report from Environmental Defence Read the Report
Financing of fossil fuels and renewable energy by Canadian banks A report by RainForest Action Network Read The Report
Pumped up: How Canada subsidizes fossil fuels at the expense of green alternatives KAIROS released a report on federal government subsidies to the oil and gas sector, including the tar sands. Read More
Federal Government Missing in Action on Most Destructive Project on Earth – the Tar Sands [February 2008] A report from Environmental Defence highlighting the downstream effects of tar sands development. Read More