From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 1 13:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 20:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] South Dakota/ Keystone Pipeline: What Happens If There's A Spill? Message-ID: <20070701201704.28538.qmail@resist.ca> 06/26/2007 Pipeline: What Happens If There's A Spill? [http://www.keloland.com/News/NewsDetail6371.cfm?Id=0,58249][1] Tuesday night's public meetings about the TransCanada pipeline are expected to draw a large crowd, and a main concern is the possibility of fuel spills. With more than 200 miles of pipeline that would run under the South Dakota prairie, a leak or a spill is a possibility, which could contaminate our water, air, and land. While Keystone officials say TransCanada has never had a leak on a pipeline constructed after 1980, it will be prepared for such an event. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.keloland.com/News/NewsDetail6371.cfm?Id=0,58249 (http://www.keloland.com/News/NewsDetail6371.cfm?Id=0,58249) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/south-dakota-keystone-pipeline-what-happens-if-theres-spill URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/south-dakota-keystone-pipeline-what-happens-if-theres-spill From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 1 13:40:11 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 20:40:11 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] North Dakota: Walsh County couple challenging [Keystone] pipeline Message-ID: <20070701204011.32541.qmail@resist.ca> Walsh County couple challenging pipeline [http://www.kxmc.com/News/138318.asp][1] Jun 26 2007 8:42AM Associated Press Bismarck, N.D. (AP) A Walsh County couple and the Dakota Resource Council are trying to stop part of a proposed two (b) billion-dollar crude oil pipeline from going through North Dakota. John and Janie Capp of Lankin and the D-R-C have asked the state Public Service Commission for a hearing on whether the TransCanada Keystone pipeline is needed. They're citing a constitutional amendment approved by voters last fall. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.kxmc.com/News/138318.asp (http://www.kxmc.com/News/138318.asp) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/north-dakota-walsh-county-couple-challenging-keystone-pipeline URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/north-dakota-walsh-county-couple-challenging-keystone-pipeline From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 1 13:40:11 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 20:40:11 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] South Dakota: Eminent Domain Could Be Used For [Keystone] Oil Pipeline Message-ID: <20070701204012.32548.qmail@resist.ca> Eminent Domain Could Be Used For Oil Pipeline [http://www.keloland.com/News/NewsDetail6371.cfm?Id=0,58307][1] 06/27/2007 The 220 mile Transcanada pipeline is going to affect 500 tracts of land in South Dakota. TransCanada officials say if they can't get signed agreements on all those pieces of land, they'll use eminent domain to build the crude oil pipeline. So what do landowners who would be impacted by the pipeline think of that? [read more][2] [1]: http://www.keloland.com/News/NewsDetail6371.cfm?Id=0,58307 (http://www.keloland.com/News/NewsDetail6371.cfm?Id=0,58307) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/south-dakota-eminent-domain-could-be-used-keystone-oil-pipeline URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/south-dakota-eminent-domain-could-be-used-keystone-oil-pipeline From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 1 14:17:05 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Will Royal Dutch Shell Turn B.C. into Nigeria North? Message-ID: <20070701211705.7091.qmail@resist.ca> Nigeria North Will Royal Dutch Shell Turn B.C. into Nigeria North? June 7, 2007 (Victoria, BC) - A video released today draws attention to the takeover this month of Shell Canada by Royal Dutch Shell and its implications for a northern BC First Nation. View Nigeria North video online: [www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2RUhJGbjDM][1] The five-minute documentary by the Victoria-based Dogwood Initiative focuses on Royal Dutch Shell's poor human rights track record in [read more][2] [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2RUhJGbjDM (www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2RUhJGbjDM) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/will-royal-dutch-shell-turn-b-c-nigeria-north URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/will-royal-dutch-shell-turn-b-c-nigeria-north From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 1 14:17:05 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Fort MacKay to start Commerical Operation of Tar Sands Mining Message-ID: <20070701211706.7092.qmail@resist.ca> As always, when it comes to writing these press releases the official Indian Act government of the population is considered and treated as the only voice that the nation should have. There are serious heath concerns, random violence and the worst environmental nightmare imaginable on this territory (misspelled in the article below) of Fort MacKay. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/fort-mackay-start-commerical-operation-tar-sands-mining URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/fort-mackay-start-commerical-operation-tar-sands-mining From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 1 14:40:12 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:40:12 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] US Refineries to Double Tar Sands intake by 2015: CAPP Message-ID: <20070701214012.9000.qmail@resist.ca> As the first new refinery in the US for 30 years was announced recently, it is worthy to note the number of new ones that are planned for the future increase in tar sands production. They are needed, since the US sees the tarsands as "domestic" production. --M US refinery demand for Canadian crude to double by 2015: CAPP BY JUDY MONCHUK, CP CALGARY (CP) _ U.S. refinery demand for western Canadian crude oil is projected to almost double by 2015, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers says in its annual outlook. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/us-refineries-double-tar-sands-intake-2015-capp URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/us-refineries-double-tar-sands-intake-2015-capp From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 1 15:18:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 22:18:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Environmentalists, NDP decry tanker traffic Message-ID: <20070701221805.16083.qmail@resist.ca> NDP decries tanker traffic [http://www.goldstreamgazette.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=12&cat=23&i...][1] By Brennan Clarke, News staff Jun 29 2007 Environmentalists allege federal Conservatives turning blind eye to moratorium Increasing oil tanker activity in B.C.?s northern waters has West Coast NDPers calling on Ottawa and Victoria to ?formalize? a long-standing moratorium on tanker traffic and offshore exploration. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.goldstreamgazette.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=12&cat=23&id=1016651&more=0 (http://www.goldstreamgazette.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=12&cat=23&id=1016651&more=0) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/environmentalists-ndp-decry-tanker-traffic URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/environmentalists-ndp-decry-tanker-traffic From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 1 15:18:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 22:18:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Why geosequestration is another distraction Message-ID: <20070701221805.16084.qmail@resist.ca> Why geosequestration is another distraction Posted by JMG at 12:37 PM on 18 Jun 2007 [http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/6/17/223950/134][1] The July/August 2007 issue of World Watch magazine (produced by the Worldwatch Institute) includes a concise demolition of carbon geosequestration in the form of a letter to the editor by one Luc Gagnon, "a senior advisor on climate change for Hydro-Quebec." [read more][2] [1]: http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/6/17/223950/134 (http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/6/17/223950/134) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/why-geosequestration-another-distraction URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/why-geosequestration-another-distraction From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 1 15:18:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 22:18:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Fort McMurray: Boomtown on a bender Message-ID: <20070701221805.16085.qmail@resist.ca> Boomtown on a bender Jun 28th 2007 | FORT MCMURRAY >From The Economist print edition The downside of explosive growth in northern Alberta WITH C$36 billion ($25 billion) invested so far in its oil sands and another C$45 billion expected over the next decade, the Canadian province of Alberta is booming. Workers have flocked in, lured by wages of up to C$120,000 a year. The once sleepy town of Fort McMurray, at the centre of the bonanza, boasts a crowded casino and a busy airport. But big money has brought big problems, including overstretched infrastructure and soaring drug use. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/fort-mcmurray-boomtown-bender URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/fort-mcmurray-boomtown-bender From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 1 15:41:13 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 22:41:13 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Nuclear CO2 warming costs-- Helen Caldicott Message-ID: <20070701224113.20146.qmail@resist.ca> [http://www.upi.com/Security_Terrorism/Analysis/2007/05/21/ou][1]... Published: May 21, 2007 at 2:23 PM Outside View: Nuclear CO2 warming costs By HELEN CALDICOTT UPI Outside View Commentator MELBOURNE, May 21 (UPI) -- The fact is, it takes energy to make energy -- even nuclear energy. And the true "energetic costs" of making nuclear energy -- the amounts of traditionally generated fuel it takes to create "new" nuclear energy -- have not been tallied up until very recently. What exactly is nuclear power? It is a very expensive, sophisticated and [read more][2] [1]: http://www.upi.com/Security_Terrorism/Analysis/2007/05/21/ou (http://www.upi.com/Security_Terrorism/Analysis/2007/05/21/ou) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/nuclear-co2-warming-costs-helen-caldicott URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/nuclear-co2-warming-costs-helen-caldicott From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 1 17:40:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:40:09 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Panel: [Keystone] Pipeline may help stop jam Message-ID: <20070702004010.24826.qmail@resist.ca> Panel: Pipeline may help stop jam Janell Cole, Forum Communications Co. [http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=170417§ion=News&forumc...][1] Published Saturday, June 30, 2007 BISMARCK ? The North Dakota Industrial Commission is urging construction of the TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, saying it has the potential to alleviate an international pipeline bottleneck that hurts the sale of North Dakota crude oil. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=170417§ion=News&forumcomm_check_return&freebie_check&CFID=41477282&CFTOKEN=62182851&jsessionid=883012670e6c191d7b1f (http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=170417§ion=News&forumcomm_check_return&freebie_check&CFID=41477282&CFTOKEN=62182851&jsessionid=883012670e6c191d7b1f) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/panel-keystone-pipeline-may-help-stop-jam URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/panel-keystone-pipeline-may-help-stop-jam From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 2 11:17:10 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:17:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Call for Oil/Gas Traffic Ban on BC Coast Message-ID: <20070702181711.4566.qmail@resist.ca> "The issue has gained prominence mainly because of several proposals to construct pipelines linking Alberta with the coast at Prince Rupert or Kitimat. Crude oil from the oil sands would be pumped west for export, while "condensate" used to thin the thick crude in the pipeline would be removed and sent back eastward along a parallel pipe." The Globe and Mail (Canada) June 25, 2007 Monday [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070625.BCTANKERS25/TP...][1] MPs call for Northern B.C. oil-tanker ban; Fear of spills could shut [read more][2] [1]: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070625.BCTANKERS25/TPStory/National (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070625.BCTANKERS25/TPStory/National) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/call-oil-gas-traffic-ban-bc-coast URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/call-oil-gas-traffic-ban-bc-coast From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 2 11:17:10 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:17:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Venezuelan Gusanos Flock to Fort McMurray Message-ID: <20070702181711.4565.qmail@resist.ca> Fleeing Chavez, oil workers flock to frigid Alberta By JOEL MILLMAN, The Wall Street Journal Associated Press Financial Wire June 26, 2007 Tuesday 2:10 PM GMT FORT McMURRAY, Alberta Before he left Venezuela in April for this petroleum outpost in northern Alberta, Freddy Mendez heard tales about bone-chilling winter cold and lumbering moose. Since he's come to town, he's seen two black bears in his neighborhood. Still, the toughest adjustment is the late-night sun. "You get a lot of work done when the sun doesn't set until 11," he [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/venezuelan-gusanos-flock-fort-mcmurray URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/venezuelan-gusanos-flock-fort-mcmurray From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 2 11:17:11 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:17:11 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] The Peak Oil Crisis: Twin problems Message-ID: <20070702181712.4570.qmail@resist.ca> The Peak Oil Crisis: Twin problems Written by Tom Whipple [http://www.fcnp.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1374&Itemi...][1] Thursday, 07 June 2007 [read more][2] [1]: http://www.fcnp.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1374&Itemid=35 (http://www.fcnp.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1374&Itemid=35) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/peak-oil-crisis-twin-problems URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/peak-oil-crisis-twin-problems From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 2 11:17:10 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:17:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Indigenous Nations Governments Challenging Tar Sands Message-ID: <20070702181711.4567.qmail@resist.ca> Oilsands Facing Aboriginal Opposition Copyright 2007 Nickle's Energy Group Copyright, a division of HCN Publications Company All Rights Reserved Daily Oil Bulletin A couple of First Nations groups are protesting oilsands operations in their backyards. The Woodland Cree First Nation (WCFN) says it intends to file an intervention with the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board regarding Shell Canada Limited's Carmon Creek oilsands project near Peace River. Meanwhile the Clearwater River Dene Nation in northwest Saskatchewan [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/indigenous-nations-governments-challenging-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/indigenous-nations-governments-challenging-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 2 11:40:12 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:40:12 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] =?utf-8?b?4oCcVGhl?= (labour) picture [in Fort Muck] =?utf-8?b?aXNu4oCZdA==?= getting any better =?utf-8?b?4oCT?= in fact =?utf-8?b?aXTigJlz?= getting worse." Message-ID: <20070702184012.9216.qmail@resist.ca> Fort Hills to cost $14-billion [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070628.WBwenergyblo...][1] Norval Scott, June 28, 2007 at 10:45 AM EDT [read more][2] [1]: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070628.WBwenergyblog061320070628104547/WBStory/WBwenergyblog0613 (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070628.WBwenergyblog061320070628104547/WBStory/WBwenergyblog0613) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/labour-picture-fort-muck-isn-t-getting-any-better-fact-it-s-getting-worse URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/labour-picture-fort-muck-isn-t-getting-any-better-fact-it-s-getting-worse From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 2 22:40:11 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 05:40:11 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] NDP and Environmentalists decrie tanker traffic- Gas Headed to Tar Sands Message-ID: <20070703054011.8136.qmail@resist.ca> [http://www.goldstreamgazette.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=12&cat=23&i...][1] NDP decries tanker traffic Environmentalists and the NDP want the federal government to block passage of oil tankers, such as this one, along B.C.?s coast. By Brennan Clarke News staff Jun 29 2007 Environmentalists allege federal Conservatives turning blind eye to moratorium Increasing oil tanker activity in B.C.?s northern waters has West Coast NDPers calling on Ottawa and Victoria to ?formalize? a long-standing moratorium on tanker traffic and offshore exploration. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.goldstreamgazette.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=12&cat=23&id=1016651&more=0 (http://www.goldstreamgazette.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=12&cat=23&id=1016651&more=0) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/ndp-and-environmentalists-decrie-tanker-traffic-gas-headed-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/ndp-and-environmentalists-decrie-tanker-traffic-gas-headed-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 2 23:17:06 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Petro-Canada Plans C$26.2 Billion Oil-Sands Project Message-ID: <20070703061706.15186.qmail@resist.ca> [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=ayjHX7wsn1WA&refer=c...][1] Petro-Canada Plans C$26.2 Billion Oil-Sands Project (Update7) By Ian McKinnon June 28 (Bloomberg) -- Petro-Canada, the third-largest oil company in Canada, and its partners will spend C$26.2 billion ($24.6 billion) on an oil-sands project in northern Alberta that's one of the world's most costly energy developments. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=ayjHX7wsn1WA&refer=canada (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=ayjHX7wsn1WA&refer=canada) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/petro-canada-plans-c-26-2-billion-oil-sands-project URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/petro-canada-plans-c-26-2-billion-oil-sands-project From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 3 09:17:29 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:17:29 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Maya Rolbin-Ghanie and Fort McMurray to Fort Chipewyan Message-ID: <20070703161730.16228.qmail@resist.ca> [http://www.dominionpaper.ca/weblogs/maya_rolbin_ghanie/1259][1] posted by Maya Rolbin-Ghanie and Fort McMurray to Fort Chipewyan June 29, 2007 What in Tarnation? [read more][2] [1]: http://www.dominionpaper.ca/weblogs/maya_rolbin_ghanie/1259 (http://www.dominionpaper.ca/weblogs/maya_rolbin_ghanie/1259) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/maya-rolbin-ghanie-and-fort-mcmurray-fort-chipewyan URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/maya-rolbin-ghanie-and-fort-mcmurray-fort-chipewyan From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 3 13:17:32 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:17:32 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Tar Sands Tanker Traffic 'under radar' along BC Coastline Message-ID: <20070703201732.4187.qmail@resist.ca> Oil tanker traffic ?under radar? along B.C. coastline [http://www.ladysmithchronicle.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=18&cat=23&...][1] By Brennan Clarke Black Press Jul 03 2007 VICTORIA ? Increasing oil tanker activity in B.C.?s northern waters has West Coast NDPers calling on Ottawa and Victoria to ?formalize? a long-standing moratorium on tanker traffic and offshore exploration. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.ladysmithchronicle.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=18&cat=23&id=1018290&more=0 (http://www.ladysmithchronicle.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=18&cat=23&id=1018290&more=0) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-tanker-traffic-under-radar-along-bc-coastline URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-tanker-traffic-under-radar-along-bc-coastline From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 3 13:40:27 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:40:27 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Gulf Times/ Qatar: Tar Sands as 'Alternative' to Venezuela Message-ID: <20070703204028.8817.qmail@resist.ca> Anyone else noticing a pattern here? [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/gulf-times-qatar-tar-sands-alternative-venezuela URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/gulf-times-qatar-tar-sands-alternative-venezuela From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 3 15:17:16 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:17:16 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] 'NOT VIABLE': CEO weighs inflation impact on projects in Canada, Alaska. Message-ID: <20070703221717.11275.qmail@resist.ca> Exxon frets over Arctic gas pipeline cost [http://www.adn.com/money/industries/oil/pipeline/story/8934914p-8834883c...][1] 'NOT VIABLE': CEO weighs inflation impact on projects in Canada, Alaska. By WESLEY LOY Anchorage Daily News Published: May 31, 2007 Last Modified: May 31, 2007 at 06:16 AM Exxon Mobil Corp.'s chief executive told stockholders Wednesday that rising costs to build pipelines to exploit Arctic natural gas from Alaska and Canada possibly could red-light the projects as uneconomic. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.adn.com/money/industries/oil/pipeline/story/8934914p-8834883c.html (http://www.adn.com/money/industries/oil/pipeline/story/8934914p-8834883c.html) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/not-viable-ceo-weighs-inflation-impact-projects-canada-alaska URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/not-viable-ceo-weighs-inflation-impact-projects-canada-alaska From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 3 15:17:16 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:17:16 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] TransCanada Enlarges proposed Capacity of Keystone Pipeline Message-ID: <20070703221718.11278.qmail@resist.ca> TransCanada boosts size of planned Keystone line Tue Jul 3, 2007 11:43 AM EDT138 [http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&stor...][1] CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - TransCanada Corp. (TRP.TO: Quote) said on Tuesday it plans to boost the capacity of its proposed Keystone oil pipeline from Alberta to the U.S. Midwest to 590,000 barrels a day, from 435,000 barrels, after shippers committed to sending more crude on the line. [read more][2] [1]: http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&storyID=2007-07-03T154312Z_01_N03149399_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESS-TRANSCANADA-KEYSTONE-COL.XML&archived=False (http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&storyID=2007-07-03T154312Z_01_N03149399_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESS-TRANSCANADA-KEYSTONE-COL.XML&archived=False) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/transcanada-enlarges-proposed-capacity-keystone-pipeline URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/transcanada-enlarges-proposed-capacity-keystone-pipeline From misqusa1 at aim.com Wed Jul 4 01:17:47 2007 From: misqusa1 at aim.com (Vern Bolton) Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 04:17:47 -0400 Subject: [Ost-news] Post me on your e-mail list Message-ID: <8C98C2AF0D4DF4C-FC0-48D2@mblk-r28.sysops.aol.com> Have a Wonderful day, Vern +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Untold Desire?s, by Vern Bolton The Governments and Churches tortured and forced you to live in pain, these people expect you to be successful in time, but, how can you get people to accept the living pain within, as you are always living in torture and pain, and shame, that you can not function, as you are living in fear and no one believes the scars within, never believing you are still living the torture, pain and shame. We now have learned to cover the torture and pain with guilt and shame >From the torture and pain we live in guilt and shame Never looking, nor understanding that we cover the past Torture and pain with guilt and shame Never seeing we live life with unknown desires >From the torture and pain Covering our guilt and shame with untold desires. ________________________________________________________________________ Meet the new AOL.ca. Free radio, music, videos, news & entertainment ? with a Canadian perspective. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 6 13:17:10 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 20:17:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Fort McMoney, Fort McProblems Message-ID: <20070706201711.28553.qmail@resist.ca> FORT MCMONEY, FORT MCPROBLEMS [http://www.vueweekly.com/articles/default.aspx?i=6751][1] ANDREW CISAKOWSKI / [cisa at vueweekly.com][2] For the past decade, Fort McMurray has grown at a rate of 10 per cent per year, over twice the provincial average. During this time it has developed all the characteristics of a boomtown: skyrocketing prices, overstretched infrastructure and a growing homeless problem. Only able to raise money through increasing property taxes, the city is at a loss of how to deal with these problems. More and more, public pressure is mounting for oil companies to foot the bill. [read more][3] [1]: http://www.vueweekly.com/articles/default.aspx?i=6751 (http://www.vueweekly.com/articles/default.aspx?i=6751) [2]: mailto:cisa at vueweekly.com [3]: http://oilsandstruth.org/fort-mcmoney-fort-mcproblems URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/fort-mcmoney-fort-mcproblems From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 6 15:40:16 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:40:16 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Three-year Suncor contract gets nod from union workers Message-ID: <20070706224017.14282.qmail@resist.ca> Three-year Suncor contract gets nod from union workers UPDATED: 2007-07-06 01:53:16 MST By CP [http://calsun.canoe.ca/Business/2007/07/06/4317550-sun.html][1] FORT McMURRAY -- About half of unionized workers at Suncor Energy Inc. near Fort McMurray have voted in favour of a new three-year contract. Members of the Communications Energy and Paperworkers Union (CEP) Local 707 approved an agreement including a wage increase of 7% in the first year and 6% in each of the following two years, as well as a $4,000 lump sum payment. [read more][2] [1]: http://calsun.canoe.ca/Business/2007/07/06/4317550-sun.html (http://calsun.canoe.ca/Business/2007/07/06/4317550-sun.html) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/three-year-suncor-contract-gets-nod-union-workers URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/three-year-suncor-contract-gets-nod-union-workers From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 6 15:40:16 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:40:16 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Alberta Clipper Project: more pipes for more tar sand bitumen Message-ID: <20070706224017.14289.qmail@resist.ca> July 6, 2007 Clipper pipeline hearing set Nov. 5 [http://dcnonl.com/article/id23517][1] CALGARY The National Energy Board has scheduled a hearing on an application from Enbridge Pipelines Inc. to construct and operate the Canadian portion of the Alberta Clipper Expansion Project. The Canadian portion of Alberta Clipper would involve the construction and operation of approximately 1,074 km of new 914 mm outside diameter (36-inch) oil pipeline between Enbridge?s Hardisty Terminal and the Canada - United States border near Gretna, Manitoba. [read more][2] [1]: http://dcnonl.com/article/id23517 (http://dcnonl.com/article/id23517) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/alberta-clipper-project-more-pipes-more-tar-sand-bitumen URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/alberta-clipper-project-more-pipes-more-tar-sand-bitumen From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 6 15:40:17 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:40:17 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "California clean air standards a danger to Cdn oil industry" Message-ID: <20070706224018.14298.qmail@resist.ca> California clean air standards a danger to Cdn oil industry 2007-06-08 [http://money.canoe.ca/News/Other/2007/06/08/4243714-ap.html][1] SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Clean-air agreements signed by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and two Canadian provinces could dramatically slow oil production in the Alberta tar sands. Ontario and British Columbia have agreed to adhere to California's low-carbon fuel standards, which means the provinces will have to curb oil production sources that create high amounts of global-warming emissions. [read more][2] [1]: http://money.canoe.ca/News/Other/2007/06/08/4243714-ap.html (http://money.canoe.ca/News/Other/2007/06/08/4243714-ap.html) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/california-clean-air-standards-danger-cdn-oil-industry URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/california-clean-air-standards-danger-cdn-oil-industry From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 6 15:40:16 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:40:16 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] China National Petroleum Co. starts Exploring in Tar Sands Message-ID: <20070706224018.14292.qmail@resist.ca> CNPC Signs Canadian Oil-Sands Agreement 2007-07-02 The Wall Street Journal [http://english.cri.cn/3130/2007/07/02/262 at 244638.htm][1] In a sign of the expanding international ambitions of China's oil companies, China National Petroleum Corp. has bought the rights to explore for oil in Canada. The state-owned parent of Hong Kong- and New York-listed PetroChina Co. will develop an oil-sands field that is estimated to contain about two billion barrels of a thick and hard-to-process form of oil called bitumen. [read more][2] [1]: http://english.cri.cn/3130/2007/07/02/262 at 244638.htm (http://english.cri.cn/3130/2007/07/02/262 at 244638.htm) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/china-national-petroleum-co-starts-exploring-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/china-national-petroleum-co-starts-exploring-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 8 14:17:08 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 21:17:08 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Transplanted wild rose likes B.C. better Message-ID: <20070708211708.32426.qmail@resist.ca> Transplanted wild rose likes B.C. better [http://www.quesnelobserver.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=27&cat=48&id=...][1] By Andrea Johnson Jul 08 2007 Went back to Wild Rose country a few weeks ago. Fuelled by a major energy boom, Alberta hasn?t really changed from when I was last there two years ago. Except for the fact both Edmonton and Calgary boast a population of more than one million, there is road construction chaos everywhere ? infrastructure is crumbling. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.quesnelobserver.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=27&cat=48&id=1021532&more=0 (http://www.quesnelobserver.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=27&cat=48&id=1021532&more=0) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/transplanted-wild-rose-likes-b-c-better URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/transplanted-wild-rose-likes-b-c-better From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 8 14:40:11 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 21:40:11 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Highway, (tarsands) Pipeline Route from Houston to Kitimat (BC) Message-ID: <20070708214012.19333.qmail@resist.ca> Connector route roughed out The sections marked in red show where logging roads already exist. The blue is the ?to-do? part of the proposed Connector. [http://www.northernsentinel.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=16&cat=23&id...][1] By Ryan Calvery Jul 04 2007 Although a definitive right of way has never been carved out for a Houston-Kitimat road link, one resident has mapped out a plan that involves private investment. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.northernsentinel.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=16&cat=23&id=1017817&more=0 (http://www.northernsentinel.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=16&cat=23&id=1017817&more=0) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/highway-tarsands-pipeline-route-houston-kitimat-bc URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/highway-tarsands-pipeline-route-houston-kitimat-bc From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 8 14:40:11 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 21:40:11 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Locals lose out in Alberta's oil boom Message-ID: <20070708214012.19335.qmail@resist.ca> Locals lose out in Alberta's oil boom By Ian McKinnon and Reg Curren Bloomberg News Published: June 12, 2007 [http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/11/bloomberg/bxoil.php][1] CALGARY: Marilynn Sjulstad says she is experiencing the pain of an oil-fueled economic boom in Alberta while deriving little benefit from it. Sjulstad, a 57-year-old Edmonton resident who has arthritis and fibromyalgia, says her rent will soon jump 27 percent - five times the increase in her monthly disability check. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/11/bloomberg/bxoil.php (http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/11/bloomberg/bxoil.php) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/locals-lose-out-albertas-oil-boom URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/locals-lose-out-albertas-oil-boom From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 8 15:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Venezuelan Labourers, Big Oil Players to head to For Mac? Message-ID: <20070708221704.26448.qmail@resist.ca> After Venezuela, Tar Sands no Quick Fix [http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSN2741612020070705][1] By Jeffrey Jones and Scott Haggett - Analysis CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - For Exxon Mobil Corp. and ConocoPhillips it may appear simple: shift efforts, people and resources to Canada's oil sands now that the oil majors have retreated from Venezuela. In reality, it's no simple matter. The oil sands have their own set of risks: surging costs due to a squeezed labor force, technical complexity and a shrinking pool of attractive available properties. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSN2741612020070705 (http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSN2741612020070705) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/venezuelan-labourers-big-oil-players-head-mac URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/venezuelan-labourers-big-oil-players-head-mac From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 8 15:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] El Universal [Ven.]: Oil majors target Canada after leaving Venezuela Message-ID: <20070708221705.26449.qmail@resist.ca> Oil majors target Canada after leaving Venezuela [http://english.eluniversal.com/2007/07/06/en_eco_art_oil-majors-target-c...][1] Oil giants have vowed to invest over USD 100 billion in projects to drill 174 billion barrels of oil in Alberta Heavy crude oil in both Canada and Venezuela pose drilling technical difficulties and require costly enhancers to make them suitable for refineries, but unlike Venezuela, Canada offers political and tax stability EL UNIVERSAL [read more][2] [1]: http://english.eluniversal.com/2007/07/06/en_eco_art_oil-majors-target-ca_06A894707.shtml (http://english.eluniversal.com/2007/07/06/en_eco_art_oil-majors-target-ca_06A894707.shtml) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/el-universal-ven-oil-majors-target-canada-after-leaving-venezuela URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/el-universal-ven-oil-majors-target-canada-after-leaving-venezuela From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 8 15:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Will the coming oil crisis be the end of suburbia? Message-ID: <20070708221705.26450.qmail@resist.ca> Will the coming oil crisis be the end of suburbia? By ERIC R. GREEN [http://www.chieftain.com/editorial/1183874885/6][1] Eric R Green is the library director at Lamar Community College and an adjunct sociology instructor. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Three years ago, when I started to teach Introduction to Sociology for Lamar Community College, my brother sent me the DVD, ?The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream,? concerning the ?coming oil crisis." [read more][2] [1]: http://www.chieftain.com/editorial/1183874885/6 (http://www.chieftain.com/editorial/1183874885/6) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/will-coming-oil-crisis-be-end-suburbia URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/will-coming-oil-crisis-be-end-suburbia From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 8 15:17:05 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Stop the TransCanada Pipeline Now" Message-ID: <20070708221705.26459.qmail@resist.ca> Landowners Oppose Pipeline [http://www.keloland.com/News/NewsDetail6371.cfm?Id=0,57795][1] 06/11/2007 TransCanada's proposed Keystone pipeline consists of 1,845 miles of 30-inch pipeline running from Alberta Canada to Illinois. The proposed route has the line going through eastern South Dakota, where it's running into opposition from landowners. TransCanada says it would pay for long and short term damage the pipeline may cause, but some landowners are concerned with more than the money. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.keloland.com/News/NewsDetail6371.cfm?Id=0,57795 (http://www.keloland.com/News/NewsDetail6371.cfm?Id=0,57795) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/stop-transcanada-pipeline-now URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/stop-transcanada-pipeline-now From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 8 15:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] World oil supplies are set to run out faster than expected, warn scientists Message-ID: <20070708221706.26453.qmail@resist.ca> World oil supplies are set to run out faster than expected, warn scientists Scientists challenge major review of global reserves and warn that supplies will start to run out in four years' time [http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article2656034.ece][1] By Daniel Howden Published: 14 June 2007 Scientists have criticised a major review of the world's remaining oil reserves, warning that the end of oil is coming sooner than governments and oil companies are prepared to admit. [read more][2] [1]: http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article2656034.ece (http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article2656034.ece) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/world-oil-supplies-are-set-run-out-faster-expected-warn-scientists URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/world-oil-supplies-are-set-run-out-faster-expected-warn-scientists From news at resist.ca Sun Jul 8 17:17:05 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Military experts say worldwide water scarcity could lead to future conflict Message-ID: <20070709001705.31695.qmail@resist.ca> Military experts say worldwide water scarcity could lead to future conflict Sat Jul 7, 2:20 PM By Michael Oliveira [http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/070707/national/great_lakes_water_war...][1] (CP) - Some of the world's most powerful nations are getting increasingly desperate for fresh water and observers are concerned that a day will come when countries will fight for the dwindling resource. Countries in the Middle East and Africa have long dealt with water shortages but now the likes of China, India and the United States are grappling with the problem. [read more][2] [1]: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/070707/national/great_lakes_water_wars (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/070707/national/great_lakes_water_wars) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/military-experts-say-worldwide-water-scarcity-could-lead-future-conflict URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/military-experts-say-worldwide-water-scarcity-could-lead-future-conflict From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 9 19:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Confessions of a Anti-Nuke Jerk Message-ID: <20070710021705.3503.qmail@resist.ca> June 12, 2007 Or Why It Feels Good to be Smeared by Patrick Moore Confessions of a Anti-Nuke Jerk [http://counterpunch.org/wasserman06122007.html][1] By HARVEY WASSERMAN Patrick Moore has called me a "jerk." He may not be Queen Elizabeth, but it feels like being made Knight of the Realm. Moore is a supporter of nuclear power. He is also an advocate for clear-cutting forests, genetically modified foods and a wide range of other corporate eco-assaults. The companies behind them fund Moore's "consulting" agency, which appears to specialize in greenwashing. [read more][2] [1]: http://counterpunch.org/wasserman06122007.html (http://counterpunch.org/wasserman06122007.html) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/confessions-anti-nuke-jerk URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/confessions-anti-nuke-jerk From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 10 12:17:13 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:17:13 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] The Richest First Nation in Canada Message-ID: <20070710191713.24252.qmail@resist.ca> The Richest First Nation in Canada by Macdonald Stainsby / July 10th, 2007 [http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/07/the-richest-first-nation-in-canada...][1] The primarily indigenous and mostly Cree (also ?Chipewyan Dene?) community of Fort MacKay ? just north of the internationally famous tar sand ?boom? city of Fort McMurray ? is said to be the ?richest First Nation in Canada.? The question should be asked: How well does this reach the entire community, and does the economic benefit outweigh the cost? [read more][2] [1]: http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/07/the-richest-first-nation-in-canada/ (http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/07/the-richest-first-nation-in-canada/) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/richest-first-nation-canada URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/richest-first-nation-canada From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 10 23:40:19 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:40:19 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Oil tanker traffic =?utf-8?b?4oCYdW5kZXJyYWRhcuKAmQ==?= along B.C. coastline Message-ID: <20070711064020.9744.qmail@resist.ca> ?There have been tankers carrying 350,000 barrels of condensate that?s used to dilute the tar and this is happening under the radar? By Brennan Clarke Black Press Jul 03 2007 VICTORIA ? Increasing oil tanker activity in B.C.?s northern waters has West Coast NDPers calling on Ottawa and Victoria to ?formalize? a long-standing moratorium on tanker traffic and offshore exploration. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/oil-tanker-traffic-under-radar-along-b-c-coastline URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/oil-tanker-traffic-under-radar-along-b-c-coastline From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 12 13:17:10 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:17:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] What they didn't want you to know: oil's dirty little secret Message-ID: <20070712201710.21778.qmail@resist.ca> What they didn't want you to know: oil's dirty little secret Copyright 2007 Lloyd's List International All Rights Reserved Lloyd's List // July 13, 2007 The theory of Peak Oil is that world production will peak and plateau at a undefined point in time and then begin to decline, while demand continues to rise Five decades after it was first brought to the world's attention, the finite supply of oil and what this means is only just being accepted "IT'S the end of the world as we know it", sang US rock band REM, a [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/what-they-didnt-want-you-know-oils-dirty-little-secret URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/what-they-didnt-want-you-know-oils-dirty-little-secret From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 12 13:17:10 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:17:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Expedition to raise awareness about threats to Athabasca River Message-ID: <20070712201710.21779.qmail@resist.ca> By Lynn Martel - Rocky Mountains Expedition to raise awareness about threats to Athabasca River [http://www.rockymountainoutlook.ca/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=128&cat=4...][1] Jul 11 2007 "Water is the ultimate traveller. It flows off mountains, all the way to oceans, and it can fly too." [read more][2] [1]: http://www.rockymountainoutlook.ca/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=128&cat=40&id=1024499&more=0 (http://www.rockymountainoutlook.ca/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=128&cat=40&id=1024499&more=0) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/expedition-raise-awareness-about-threats-athabasca-river URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/expedition-raise-awareness-about-threats-athabasca-river From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 12 13:17:10 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:17:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Alberta's inflation is everyone's interest" Message-ID: <20070712201711.21780.qmail@resist.ca> Alberta's inflation is everyone's interest MICHAEL MENDELSON Globe and Mail Update [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070711.wcomment0712...][1] July 11, 2007 at 11:45 PM EDT [read more][2] [1]: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070711.wcomment0712/BNStory/Front/home (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070711.wcomment0712/BNStory/Front/home) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/albertas-inflation-everyones-interest URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/albertas-inflation-everyones-interest From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 12 16:40:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:40:09 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Black gold's tarnish seen in Canada-- LA Times Message-ID: <20070712234009.677.qmail@resist.ca> Black gold's tarnish seen in Canada Cash and jobs flow bountifully from Alberta's oil sands, but they come at a cost to the environment and native peoples. By Tim Reiterman, Times Staff Writer July 8, 2007 [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-oilsands8jul08,0,732...][1] FORT MCMURRAY, CANADA ? The Aurora Mine exudes the odor of petroleum and the look of untapped riches. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-oilsands8jul08,0,7328980.story?coll=la-home-center (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-oilsands8jul08,0,7328980.story?coll=la-home-center) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/black-golds-tarnish-seen-canada-la-times URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/black-golds-tarnish-seen-canada-la-times From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 13 22:17:07 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:17:07 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] U.S Refineries Investing to Handle Tar Sands Message-ID: <20070714051707.24214.qmail@resist.ca> [http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?Section=InTech_Home1&template=/Con...][1] InTech Home InTech Home 12 July 2007 Refineries retrofit for goop and gunk Some oil companies are staking much of their future on the gunky oil that comes out of Canada?s oil sands. Automation has a piece of this action. The Wall Street Journal reported the first crude from the Albertan oil sands reached the giant Cushing, Okla., pipeline hub last year. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?Section=InTech_Home1&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=62730 (http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?Section=InTech_Home1&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=62730) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/u-s-refineries-investing-handle-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/u-s-refineries-investing-handle-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 18 13:40:49 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:40:49 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Royal Dutch Shell: Reviewing Assets and more across Canada Message-ID: <20070718204054.17098.qmail@resist.ca> When Royal Dutch Shell recently bought out Shell Canada, the world's most notorious oil corporation became directly involced in many of the world's most deadly plans for the environment, social rights and indigenous self-determination. In northern British Columbia, RD Shell has inherited an exploration permit to look in the sacred headwaters of the Nass, Skeena and the Stikine rivers for Coalbed Methane, perhaps the single worst water damaging form of gaqs extraction that has been linked to stillbirths in animals and humans nearby. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/royal-dutch-shell-reviewing-assets-and-more-across-canada URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/royal-dutch-shell-reviewing-assets-and-more-across-canada From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 18 13:40:47 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:40:47 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] CNPC withdrawal will not stop Gateway Pipeline: Enbridge Message-ID: <20070718204053.17097.qmail@resist.ca> Enbridge still online with Gateway project Jul 12, 2007 06:31 PM [http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/235384][1] Dina O'Meara Canadian press CALGARY?Enbridge Inc. was taken by surprise Thursday by comments PetroChina, its major partner in an ambitious Alberta to British Columbia pipeline, was pulling out of the $3-billion project. "We have not discussed CNPC's comments with them," spokesperson Glenn Herchak told The Canadian Press. "So it would not be appropriate to comment." [read more][2] [1]: http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/235384 (http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/235384) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/cnpc-withdrawal-will-not-stop-gateway-pipeline-enbridge URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/cnpc-withdrawal-will-not-stop-gateway-pipeline-enbridge From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 18 14:17:17 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:17:17 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Husky Energy looking for new Refineries Message-ID: <20070718211718.26652.qmail@resist.ca> Approximately only a month ago the first new refinery in decades was announced to be under construction in the lower 48 states. This is not to be the last, as the absolutely unparalleled growth of the tarsands is leaving bottle neck-like conditions for transporting the sludge-then-crude-then petrol through the refining processes across Turtle Island. Husky will no doubt go along with some of the foreseen upgrading of facilities, rather than worry about an entirely new refinery. It's all a part of the largest project in history. --M Husky on the prowl for refining capacity [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/husky-energy-looking-new-refineries URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/husky-energy-looking-new-refineries From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 18 14:17:17 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:17:17 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] G & M: Softening up the Public for the massive import of Workers with No Rights Message-ID: <20070718211718.26653.qmail@resist.ca> A clip from the entire article below: "Mr. Stelmach said the province's decision to sign a special immigration deal with Ottawa earlier this year is part of that strategy. The agreement is expected to make it easier and faster for immigrants to settle in the province by cutting red tape. It will also give the province more control over selecting skilled immigrants." [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/g-m-softening-public-massive-import-workers-no-rights URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/g-m-softening-public-massive-import-workers-no-rights From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 19 13:17:52 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:17:52 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] WSJ: Rising Tide of Canadian Crude to the US Message-ID: <20070719201753.23619.qmail@resist.ca> This article is a great glimpse, yet it seems to tell us that certain market players throughout the US are less able to predict the future of oil recoverability and capacity than the rest of the population. The line: "The industry is also gambling that oil prices will stay high. If they collapse, expensive oil-sands projects may not pay off." is the needed throw-in to make people not embrace the Peak Oil reality we are already at the start of. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/wsj-rising-tide-canadian-crude-us URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/wsj-rising-tide-canadian-crude-us From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 19 13:40:21 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:40:21 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Gateway to nowhere Message-ID: <20070719204022.29146.qmail@resist.ca> A great article and summation, though I believe that author Swanson is a tad too optimistic to suggest that the project looks dead. The plans for moving heavy bitumen [et al] to other markets-- with the US most likely demanding to be the first ones considered-- must happen in phases, because the recoverability/daily oil-producing capacity cannot be tripled overnight. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/gateway-nowhere URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/gateway-nowhere From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 19 13:40:21 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:40:21 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Stratfor: "Canada, China: A Pipeline to Oil Sands Expertise" Message-ID: <20070719204022.29152.qmail@resist.ca> Canada, China: A Pipeline to Oil Sands Expertise July 16, 2007 19 03 GMT [http://www.stratfor.com/products/premium/read_article.php?id=292359][1] Summary PetroChina announced July 12 that it is quitting a pipeline project that would transport oil derived from Alberta's oil sands to British Columbia. China never intended to build the pipeline, since what it really sought was the know-how Canadian oil sand producers have acquired over the years. Analysis [read more][2] [1]: http://www.stratfor.com/products/premium/read_article.php?id=292359 (http://www.stratfor.com/products/premium/read_article.php?id=292359) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/stratfor-canada-china-pipeline-oil-sands-expertise URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/stratfor-canada-china-pipeline-oil-sands-expertise From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 19 14:17:07 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:17:07 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Newfoundland-based Airlines beef up flights to Alberta Message-ID: <20070719211707.4751.qmail@resist.ca> Sign of the times Airlines report heavy travel from Newfoundland to Alberta [http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=45096&sc=79][1] [St John's Nfld] PETER WALSH The Telegram Canada?s major airlines are reporting brisk business this summer on flights from Newfoundland to Alberta. WestJet added the province?s only non-stop flight from St. John?s to Calgary this summer. Rival Air Canada says its Newfoundland to Alberta services introduced in 2006 are ?popular? again this year. Neither airline would release specific numbers, but both say business on the routes is going well. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=45096&sc=79 (http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=45096&sc=79) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/newfoundland-based-airlines-beef-flights-alberta URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/newfoundland-based-airlines-beef-flights-alberta From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 19 14:17:07 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:17:07 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Tar Sands Workers to Strike? Message-ID: <20070719211707.4752.qmail@resist.ca> Strike threat looms over booming oilsands [http://www.businessedge.ca/article.cfm/newsID/15812.cfm][1] By The Canadian Press - For Business Edge Published: 07/13/2007 The looming threat of Alberta's first trades strike in 25 years could slow construction in the booming oilsands, ultimately harming the province's reputation as a reliable investment climate, observers say. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.businessedge.ca/article.cfm/newsID/15812.cfm (http://www.businessedge.ca/article.cfm/newsID/15812.cfm) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-workers-strike URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-workers-strike From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 19 16:40:10 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:40:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Imperial and ExxonMobil to explore Beaufort Sea (Arctic Ocean) Message-ID: <20070719234011.31370.qmail@resist.ca> Imperial, ExxonMobil to explore Beaufort Sea for oil, gas Last Updated: Thursday, July 19, 2007 | 5:48 PM CT CBC News [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/07/19/nwt-imperial.html][1] Imperial Oil Ltd. and sister company ExxonMobil Canada have acquired an exploration licence from the federal government to look for oil and gas in a parcel of the Beaufort Sea, the two companies announced Thursday. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/07/19/nwt-imperial.html (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/07/19/nwt-imperial.html) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/imperial-and-exxonmobil-explore-beaufort-sea-arctic-ocean URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/imperial-and-exxonmobil-explore-beaufort-sea-arctic-ocean From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 20 19:17:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:17:09 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] More Concerns with Keystone Pipeline [Nebraska] Message-ID: <20070721021709.31043.qmail@resist.ca> Concerns raised at pipeline forum [http://www.sewardindependent.com/c21193.html][1] Paul Fischer Seward County residents had another opportunity on July 16 to hear discussion on the TransCanada Keystone Pipeline Project at a pipeline safety forum held at the Seward Civic Center. The forum, hosted by the GFWC Seward Women's Club, Seward League of Women Voters and Seward Citizens on Pipeline Route Committee, consisted of several speakers-each given the floor for 18 minutes-followed by a question-and-answer period. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.sewardindependent.com/c21193.html (http://www.sewardindependent.com/c21193.html) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/more-concerns-keystone-pipeline-nebraska URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/more-concerns-keystone-pipeline-nebraska From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 20 19:17:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:17:09 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Despite pulling out of Gateway, China to Expand in Tar Sands Message-ID: <20070721021709.31044.qmail@resist.ca> [http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=a0fadc90-c1fb-4...][1] China to expand oilsands presence July 20, 2007 SHANGHAI (Bloomberg) - China National Petroleum Corp., the nation's largest oil producer, plans to expand its cooperation with Canadian partners on oil sands projects, refuting a company official's comment that it will slow down investment. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=a0fadc90-c1fb-4134-83d2-14ce8947415d&k=93770 (http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=a0fadc90-c1fb-4134-83d2-14ce8947415d&k=93770) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/despite-pulling-out-gateway-china-expand-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/despite-pulling-out-gateway-china-expand-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 20 19:17:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:17:09 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Oil from shale could meet need" [Utah] Message-ID: <20070721021710.31045.qmail@resist.ca> Oil from shale could meet need [http://news.monstersandcritics.com/energywatch/oilandgas/features/articl...][1] By Megan Harris Jul 21, 2007, 0:34 GMT WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- Technology to draw oil from rock in Rocky Mountain states and other unconventional sources is getting another look from companies and the government as the demand for energy increases and supply tightens, especially in the United States. [read more][2] [1]: http://news.monstersandcritics.com/energywatch/oilandgas/features/article_1332886.php/Oil_from_shale_could_meet_need (http://news.monstersandcritics.com/energywatch/oilandgas/features/article_1332886.php/Oil_from_shale_could_meet_need) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/oil-shale-could-meet-need-utah URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/oil-shale-could-meet-need-utah From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 20 19:17:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:17:09 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Wash. Post: Demand to Outpace Crude Supplies Message-ID: <20070721021710.31046.qmail@resist.ca> Demand to Outpace Crude Supplies [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/16/AR200707...][1] By H. JOSEF HEBERT Monday, July 16, 2007; 9:25 PM WASHINGTON -- Conventional crude oil supplies won't keep up with growing global demand in the next 25 years and other fuels from ethanol to liquefied coal and oil from tar sands will be needed to close the gap, says a draft oil industry report. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/16/AR2007071601466.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/16/AR2007071601466.html) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/wash-post-demand-outpace-crude-supplies URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/wash-post-demand-outpace-crude-supplies From news at resist.ca Fri Jul 20 19:40:09 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:40:09 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Albertan Workers to Strike-- Maybe 5 Unions-- Affecting Tar Sands Message-ID: <20070721024011.2513.qmail@resist.ca> Trade workers closer to striking Members of 5 major unions vote in favour [http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Alberta/2007/07/20/4356422.html][1] By GLENN KAUTH, SUN MEDIA Trades workers have taken one step closer to striking after members of five major unions voted in favour of walking off the job. The Alberta Labour Relations Board has yet to certify the results, but Barry Salmon, media liaison for the labour groups, said Friday unofficial numbers show all five unions have strike mandates. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Alberta/2007/07/20/4356422.html (http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Alberta/2007/07/20/4356422.html) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/albertan-workers-strike-maybe-5-unions-affecting-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/albertan-workers-strike-maybe-5-unions-affecting-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 23 13:17:21 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:17:21 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Using the SPP to Streamline Tar Sands Pipelines Message-ID: <20070723201721.3877.qmail@resist.ca> Ottawa targets pipeline red tape SHAWN MCCARTHY [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070723.RLUNN23/TPStor...][1] July 23, 2007 OTTAWA -- Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn says he'll press his American counterpart when they meet today to ensure speedy regulatory review of the major pipeline projects needed to carry growing volumes of oil sands crude to U.S. markets. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070723.RLUNN23/TPStory/Business (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070723.RLUNN23/TPStory/Business) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/using-spp-streamline-tar-sands-pipelines URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/using-spp-streamline-tar-sands-pipelines From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 23 13:40:18 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:40:18 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Independent UK Economist on the Tar Sands Message-ID: <20070723204019.9013.qmail@resist.ca> The Indpendent UK offers an interesting perspective on the Tar Sands, yet is somewhat delusional from time to time: "So it is always going to be within Opec's power to pump its cheap-to-extract conventional oil fast enough to drive the price below the marginal cost of extraction from tar sands." [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/independent-uk-economist-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/independent-uk-economist-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 23 14:17:10 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:17:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Environmental Groups to Press on for Cumulative Impact Assessment of MGP Message-ID: <20070723211711.17567.qmail@resist.ca> Groups keep pressing for long-term review of Mackenzie pipeline project Last Updated: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 | 9:44 AM CT CBC News [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/07/17/nwt-pipeline.html][1] Environmental groups say they will still press for an independent review of the proposed Mackenzie natural gas project, even after their request was turned down last week. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/07/17/nwt-pipeline.html (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/07/17/nwt-pipeline.html) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/environmental-groups-press-cumulative-impact-assessment-mgp URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/environmental-groups-press-cumulative-impact-assessment-mgp From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 23 14:17:10 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:17:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Dene Tha' Take Deal from Ottawa over Mackenzie Gas Project Message-ID: <20070723211711.17568.qmail@resist.ca> Ottawa, Dene Tha' reach deal on Mackenzie gas pipeline Last Updated: Monday, July 23, 2007 | 2:46 PM CT [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/07/23/mackenzie-pipeline.html][1] The federal government and the Dene Tha' First Nation in northwestern Alberta said Monday that they have signed an agreement resolving concerns related to the proposed Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/07/23/mackenzie-pipeline.html (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/07/23/mackenzie-pipeline.html) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/dene-tha-take-deal-ottawa-over-mackenzie-gas-project URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/dene-tha-take-deal-ottawa-over-mackenzie-gas-project From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 23 17:17:15 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:17:15 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Conoco to use Keystone and Alberta Clipper to transport Tar Sands Crude to the Gulf Message-ID: <20070724001715.23891.qmail@resist.ca> Conoco has big plans for oil sands Third-largest U.S. oil firm is willing to pay billions to pump Alberta crude to Gulf Coast refineries SHAWN MCCARTHY July 20, 2007 [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070720.RCONOCO20/TPSt...][1] ConocoPhillips Co. is prepared to spend billions of dollars on pipelines and refinery upgrades to allow it to process oil sands crude throughout its refinery network stretching to the U.S. Gulf Coast, company chairman Jim Mulva said yesterday. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070720.RCONOCO20/TPStory/Business (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070720.RCONOCO20/TPStory/Business) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/conoco-use-keystone-and-alberta-clipper-transport-tar-sands-crude-gulf URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/conoco-use-keystone-and-alberta-clipper-transport-tar-sands-crude-gulf From news at resist.ca Mon Jul 23 18:17:04 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Energy Alberta's nuclear maverick revamping power plant application" Message-ID: <20070724011705.2867.qmail@resist.ca> Energy Alberta's nuclear maverick revamping power plant application [http://www.brandonsun.com/story.php?story_id=63520][1] Canadian Press, July 20, 2007 CALGARY (CP) - The head of Energy Alberta Corp., an upstart western company pushing nuclear power in the Prairies, isn't taking the summer off, as planned. Instead, Wayne Henuset is revamping a site application to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission from his office in the suburbs of southeast Calgary. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.brandonsun.com/story.php?story_id=63520 (http://www.brandonsun.com/story.php?story_id=63520) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/energy-albertas-nuclear-maverick-revamping-power-plant-application URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/energy-albertas-nuclear-maverick-revamping-power-plant-application From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 24 14:17:05 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] 25,000 Alberta tradespeople poised for strike; 95% in favour of Job Action Message-ID: <20070724211705.7691.qmail@resist.ca> 25,000 Alberta tradespeople poised for strike Last Updated: Monday, July 23, 2007 | 12:20 PM MT [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2007/07/23/trades-vote.html][1] Alberta tradespeople in five unions have voted 95 per cent in favour of taking strike action, a move that threatens to bring the province's construction industry to a halt as early as the end of the week. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2007/07/23/trades-vote.html (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2007/07/23/trades-vote.html) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/25-000-alberta-tradespeople-poised-strike-95-favour-job-action URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/25-000-alberta-tradespeople-poised-strike-95-favour-job-action From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 25 12:17:07 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:17:07 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Premier Not Safe From Tar Sands Justice! Message-ID: <20070725191708.15330.qmail@resist.ca> EDMONTON SUN By NICKI THOMAS, SPECIAL TO SUN MEDIA A heavily guarded Ed Stelmach served pancakes to a crowd of early risers at yesterday's Premier's Capital Ex Breakfast. Two weeks after an attempted pie attack at the Calgary Stampede, a beefed-up security team ensured a similar incident wasn't possible. Plainclothes security staff as well as bicycle cops and uniformed sheriffs kept an eye on the crowd as Stelmach shook hands and spoke with visitors. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/premier-not-safe-tar-sands-justice URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/premier-not-safe-tar-sands-justice From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 25 15:17:08 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:17:08 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Alberta Clipper pipeline will endanger Canadian jobs: energy =?utf-8?q?workers=E2=80=98?= union Message-ID: <20070725221708.22413.qmail@resist.ca> Jul 25, 2007 11:27:00 AM MST Alberta Clipper pipeline will endanger Canadian jobs: energy workers? union (Alberta-Clipper) [http://www.oilweek.com/news.asp?ID=10358][1] OTTAWA (CP) _ Canada?s largest union of energy workers has filed for intervener status in National Energy Board hearings into Enbridge Inc.?s Alberta Clipper oil pipeline project application, aiming to block the export of jobs and raw resources. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.oilweek.com/news.asp?ID=10358 (http://www.oilweek.com/news.asp?ID=10358) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/alberta-clipper-pipeline-will-endanger-canadian-jobs-energy-workers-union URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/alberta-clipper-pipeline-will-endanger-canadian-jobs-energy-workers-union From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 25 15:17:08 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:17:08 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Caterpillar Making Great Profits on Tar Sands Message-ID: <20070725221709.22414.qmail@resist.ca> Caterpillar's forecast good for names like Churchill and Finning [http://communities.canada.com/nationalpost/blogs/tradingdesk/archive/200...][1] Weakness in North American construction markets may have driven a weaker-than-expected second quarter at Caterpillar Inc. (CAT/NYSE), but the heavy equipment maker?s positive demand outlook for its products in Canada may bode well for infrastructure companies north of the border. [read more][2] [1]: http://communities.canada.com/nationalpost/blogs/tradingdesk/archive/2007/07/23/caterpillar-s-forecast-good-for-names-like-churchill-and-finning.aspx (http://communities.canada.com/nationalpost/blogs/tradingdesk/archive/2007/07/23/caterpillar-s-forecast-good-for-names-like-churchill-and-finning.aspx) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/caterpillar-making-great-profits-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/caterpillar-making-great-profits-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 25 15:17:08 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:17:08 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Not enough Labour, Building entire Towns in the Tar Pits Message-ID: <20070725221709.22415.qmail@resist.ca> Labour Pool Will Continue To Be Stretched As More Projects Come On Board By Paul Wells //July 23 2007 [http://www.dobmagazine.nickles.com/article.asp?article=%5Cdob%5C070723%5...][1] The shear volume and complexity of large-scale projects planned or occurring in the oilsands combined with booming construction in other sectors in Alberta will only increase the strain on an already stretched labour pool, PennWell Corporation's oil sands and heavy oil technologies conference heard last week. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.dobmagazine.nickles.com/article.asp?article=%5Cdob%5C070723%5Cdob2007_ln0031.html (http://www.dobmagazine.nickles.com/article.asp?article=%5Cdob%5C070723%5Cdob2007_ln0031.html) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/not-enough-labour-building-entire-towns-tar-pits URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/not-enough-labour-building-entire-towns-tar-pits From news at resist.ca Wed Jul 25 15:17:08 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:17:08 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] $100 Oil Price May Be Months Away, Say CIBC, Goldman Message-ID: <20070725221709.22417.qmail@resist.ca> $100 Oil Price May Be Months Away, Say CIBC, Goldman (Update1) [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aYjwn7IqTlHQ&refer=h...][1] By Mark Shenk July 23 (Bloomberg) -- The $100-a-barrel oil that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said would prevail by 2009 may be only a few months away. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aYjwn7IqTlHQ&refer=home (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aYjwn7IqTlHQ&refer=home) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/100-oil-price-may-be-months-away-say-cibc-goldman URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/100-oil-price-may-be-months-away-say-cibc-goldman From news at resist.ca Thu Jul 26 11:18:10 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:18:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Alberta building unions threaten oil sands strike Message-ID: <20070726181811.27026.qmail@resist.ca> Alberta building unions threaten oil sands strike Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:27 PM EDT By Scott Haggett CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Five Alberta construction unions have voted in favor of their first strike in a quarter of a century as they seek higher wages and improved working conditions at a slate of multibillion-dollar oil sands projects. Electricians, boilermakers, plumbers and pipefitters, millwrights, and refrigeration mechanics have approved a strike and 72-hour notice could be served as soon as Wednesday, though a quick walk-off is not yet certain, an analyst said. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/alberta-building-unions-threaten-oil-sands-strike URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/alberta-building-unions-threaten-oil-sands-strike From news at resist.ca Sat Jul 28 12:17:06 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Tar Sands: Royal Dutch Shell's Self-Described Most Profitable Oil Message-ID: <20070728191707.28019.qmail@resist.ca> Shell rakes in profits from Canadian tar-sands unit: Times of London By London Bureau Last Update: 6:31 AM ET Jul 27, 2007 [http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/shell-rakes-profits-canadian-oil-s...][1] LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The world's dirtiest oil is producing the highest profit per barrel for Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA.LN), which yesterday said it would begin to report the earnings of its controversial Canadian oil sands operations as a separate business unit, the Times of London reports Friday. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/shell-rakes-profits-canadian-oil-sands/story.aspx?guid=%7B43E101D4-1BB6-4ED7-B214-727C89FB682E%7D (http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/shell-rakes-profits-canadian-oil-sands/story.aspx?guid=%7B43E101D4-1BB6-4ED7-B214-727C89FB682E%7D) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-royal-dutch-shells-self-described-most-profitable-oil URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-royal-dutch-shells-self-described-most-profitable-oil From news at resist.ca Sat Jul 28 12:17:06 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Europe must do what it can to stop the rush for =?utf-8?b?4oCY?= =?utf-8?b?YmFkb2ls4oCZ?= Message-ID: <20070728191707.28020.qmail@resist.ca> Europe must do what it can to stop the rush for ?bad oil? [http://www.transportenvironment.org/Article440.html][1] Jul 26, 2007 Editorial by Jos Dings Bad oil? To some people familiar with the environmental movement, the term ?bad oil? may sound odd. Isn?t all oil bad from an environmental perspective? Everything is relative. Yes, the oil we use today is very bad for the climate. But the so-called ?unconventional? oil the world is looking to use in increasing intensity is so bad for the climate that today?s oil actually looks good in comparison. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.transportenvironment.org/Article440.html (http://www.transportenvironment.org/Article440.html) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/europe-must-do-what-it-can-stop-rush-bad-oil URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/europe-must-do-what-it-can-stop-rush-bad-oil From news at resist.ca Sat Jul 28 12:40:18 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:40:18 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Record gas prices not curbing drivers Message-ID: <20070728194019.15976.qmail@resist.ca> Record gas prices not curbing drivers By Associated Press // July 21, 2007 [http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/07/21/money/doc46a2c55c375cf8724...][1] WASHINGTON, D.C. ? Record-high prices for gasoline this year haven?t dampened U.S. drivers? demand for fuel, an industry trade group said last week. Drivers consumed a record 9.2 million barrels, or 388 million gallons, of gasoline on average every day during the first half of the year, up 1.5 percent from last year?s levels, the American Petroleum Institute said in its midyear review of fuel statistics. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/07/21/money/doc46a2c55c375cf872409121.txt (http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/07/21/money/doc46a2c55c375cf872409121.txt) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/record-gas-prices-not-curbing-drivers URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/record-gas-prices-not-curbing-drivers From news at resist.ca Sat Jul 28 12:40:18 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:40:18 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Not enough pipelines for the Tar Pits: National Energy Board Message-ID: <20070728194019.15982.qmail@resist.ca> This news article below shows, once again, that taking out the ability to construct pipelines to send oil and and bring gas (x2) in is a viable strategy for the cessation of the tar pits expansion. In other words, our fights against the Keystone, Alberta Clipper and North-Central Corridor, along with the Mackenzie Gas Project and Enbridge Gateway (among so many more!) all slow down the speed of flowing mock crude to a bottleneck pace. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/not-enough-pipelines-tar-pits-national-energy-board URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/not-enough-pipelines-tar-pits-national-energy-board From news at resist.ca Sat Jul 28 12:40:17 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:40:17 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Gimme $500-- I'll give you a Corporate Tour of the Tar Sands Message-ID: <20070728194018.15962.qmail@resist.ca> Vacationers spending $500 on one-day oilsands tour Last Updated: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 | 8:31 PM NT CBC News [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2007/07/25/travel-a...][1] Forget fall leaf tours or autumn days on a cottage dock ? vacationers are signing up for a September trip to frolic in Alberta's oilsands. Classic Canadian Tours will fly passengers from Calgary to Fort McMurray to get a first-hand glimpse of what is driving the province's economy. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2007/07/25/travel-alberta.html#skip300x250 (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2007/07/25/travel-alberta.html#skip300x250) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/gimme-500-ill-give-you-corporate-tour-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/gimme-500-ill-give-you-corporate-tour-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Sat Jul 28 13:40:13 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:40:13 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] The Fort McMurray airport is "bursting at the seams" Message-ID: <20070728204014.29064.qmail@resist.ca> Airport expansion plan set to take off [http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/Local%20News/326841.html][1] Stories by SARAH FOX Today staff Friday July 27, 2007 The Fort McMurray airport is bursting at the seams as it welcomes 580,000 passengers a year through its doors. This is twice the number the terminal was meant to accommodate when it was built in 1986. Officials are currently planning an $80- to $100-million airport expansion which will include building a second runway and possibly an entirely new terminal building, said airport CEO Darryl Wightman. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/Local%20News/326841.html (http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/Local%20News/326841.html) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/fort-mcmurray-airport-bursting-seams URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/fort-mcmurray-airport-bursting-seams From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 31 11:18:15 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:18:15 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Suncor: To get Bigger & Outgrow Syncrude Message-ID: <20070731181815.765.qmail@resist.ca> As the article explains, this is not only Suncor but one of many new vast expansions being planned by the "major players". The upgrader facilities are essential and not hard to understand. All of this development is, as always, continuous and along side existing facilities and tar pits, none of it slowing down or remaining static at a certain speed but like a run-away freight train. This train loaded with gas is headed straight for the water. --M Suncor to expand tar sands mining operations By Scott Haggett [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/suncor-get-bigger-outgrow-syncrude URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/suncor-get-bigger-outgrow-syncrude From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 31 13:17:08 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:17:08 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Populations Tar Sands Demands Ignored by Province Message-ID: <20070731201708.14548.qmail@resist.ca> some may think it a bit unfair of myself to often change the headlines originated by the newspapers or other news sources the story is fair-used from. But this one begs to be the prototypical reason why that is necessary: The recommendations concluded have only the small or nearly inconsequential ideas approved, and things from water use to moratoriums to land use, to greenhouse gas emissions and more are "not able to reach consensus". In other words, the whole procedure is a giant play, and the consultations are not to be incorporated. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/populations-tar-sands-demands-ignored-province URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/populations-tar-sands-demands-ignored-province From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 31 14:17:20 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:17:20 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Growth and Pipelines Everywhere Message-ID: <20070731211720.1347.qmail@resist.ca> Snippets from the Business pages: 1 Enbridge Promises to build Gateway Pipeline without PetroChina & build Alberta Clipper 2 Largest Companies trying to get in on Expansion of Tar Sands 3 CP to further Expand in Tar Sands 4 Husky adding more Refineries 5 Imperial Oil buys huge exploration permit in Arctic /Beaufort Sea These stories paint a collective picture of development of mock "oil" out of control. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/growth-and-pipelines-everywhere URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/growth-and-pipelines-everywhere From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 31 18:17:15 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:17:15 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Oil, gas development could harm First Nations' quality of living: Sierra Club Message-ID: <20070801011716.25339.qmail@resist.ca> Oil, gas development could harm First Nations' quality of living: Sierra Club Last Updated: Friday, July 27, 2007 | 12:23 PM MT [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2007/07/27/nwt-sierra.html][1] CBC News Decades of oil and gas activity in northern Alberta has done little to improve the lives of aboriginal people living there, according to a national environmental group that used federal government numbers that gauge community well-being. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2007/07/27/nwt-sierra.html (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2007/07/27/nwt-sierra.html) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/oil-gas-development-could-harm-first-nations-quality-living-sierra-club URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/oil-gas-development-could-harm-first-nations-quality-living-sierra-club From news at resist.ca Tue Jul 31 18:40:31 2007 From: news at resist.ca (Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America) Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:40:31 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Greenpeace in Edmonton, their sights set on shutting down =?utf-8?b?QWxiZXJ0YeKAmXM=?= tarsands. Message-ID: <20070801014033.9692.qmail@resist.ca> Target: tarsands Greenpeace comes to Edmonton By NICKI THOMAS, SPECIAL TO SUN MEDIA [http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Edmonton/2007/07/31/4383282.html][1] Greenpeace is setting up shop in Edmonton with their sights set on shutting down Alberta?s tarsands. ?The tarsands are one of the most environmentally destructive projects in Canada, if not the world,? said tarsands campaign organizer Geeta Sehgal. Sehgal said the tarsands create 40 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions every year, ensuring Canada can?t meet its commitments to the Kyoto Protocol. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Edmonton/2007/07/31/4383282.html (http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Edmonton/2007/07/31/4383282.html) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/greenpeace-edmonton-their-sights-set-shutting-down-alberta-s-tarsands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/greenpeace-edmonton-their-sights-set-shutting-down-alberta-s-tarsands