Obama admin should bring defense and climate funding into balance, argues a new report
Posted: July 29, 2009Kate Sheppard, July 28, 2009, GRIST magazine--With climate change among the world’s biggest...Read More
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The U.S. Department of Defense is the world’s leading consumer of petroleum, sucking up about 340,000 barrels of oil every day, more than the total national consumption of Sweden or Switzerland. The Alberta tar sands are the centerpiece of an energy corridor for exports to the U.S. which is increasingly geared to fuel America’s military machine.
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Kate Sheppard, July 28, 2009, GRIST magazine--With climate change among the world’s biggest...Read More
Chevron, Shell, and the True Cost of Oil
Posted: May 29, 2009Amy Goodman, May 27, 2009, Democracy Now!--The economy is a shambles, unemployment is soaring, the...Read More
Nuclear climate warming up
Posted: April 14, 2008Bob Groeneveld, April 4, 2008, The Chilliwack Times -- Here's an interesting take on global warming...Read More
Iraq War; Five years of war in Iraq have hit home in Edmonton
Posted: March 25, 2008David Berry, March 20, 2008, Vue Weekly -- The further we get away from the actual date, the better...Read More
Time for Us to Say 'No More Oil for War' To US
Posted: January 17, 2008Ricardo Acuna, January 17, 2008, Vue Weekly -- There are few things we progressive Albertans enjoy...Read More
Alberta crude may be too dirty, U.S. law says
Posted: January 15, 2008Martin, Mittelstaedt, January 15, 2008, Globe and Mail -- Alberta's oil sands are taking a hit from...Read More
Is Canada becoming a subnation of the US?
Posted: January 15, 2008Jim Miles, January 14, 2008, Malaysia Sun -- Canadians have always prided themselves on the...Read More
U.S. Lawmaker Pleads for Energy Savings
Posted: January 14, 2008William Matthews, January 14, 2007, Defense News -- It was 2005 when Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, R-Md.,...Read More
Climate change 'likely to cause wars'
Posted: December 10, 2007Charles Clover, December 10, 2007, The Telegraph -- Climate change is likely to aggravate old...Read More
Countering Oil Rogues: Target the Price or Volume?
Posted: November 15, 2007Robert Haddick, TSC Daily -- "Oil rogues," fattened by gluttonous revenues, are again tormenting...Read More
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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
"TAR SANDS SHOWDOWN" by, Tony Clarke is now available for purchase! Buy it here.
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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
A Town's Toxic Questions - Fort Chipewyan they are getting cancer at an alarming rate, and hired their own expert to find out if their food is toxic. We take you to a town that's living in fear - and ask the provincial environment ministry what it's doing about it. Watch it here
Taming the Tempest: A report from the Parkland Institute proposing "An Alternate Development Strategy for Alberta" Read more
Under-Mining the Environment A report by the Pembina Institute and WWF-Canada comparative assessment of different mining projects in the Alberta tars sands. Read more
Driving It Home; Choosing the Right Path for Fueling North America's Transportation Future A report by NRDC, Pembina Insitute and Western Resource Advocates. Read more