From news at resist.ca Thu Nov 1 11:40:29 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: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:40:29 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] TransCanada Pipelines Evaluating Nuclear for Alberta Message-ID: <20071101184030.25449.qmail@resist.ca> TransCanada evaluating nuclear for Alberta 01 November 2007 TransCanada, Canada's largest pipeline company, is the latest to consider the use of nuclear energy in order to meet Alberta's increasing energy requirements. "We think Alberta is in an interesting situation just because the long-term supply/demand fundamentals are good in Alberta, there is certainly demand for power," TransCanada's CEO Hal Kvisle said during a conference call to discuss the company's results for the third quarter of 2007. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/transcanada-pipelines-evaluating-nuclear-alberta URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/transcanada-pipelines-evaluating-nuclear-alberta From news at resist.ca Thu Nov 1 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: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:17:13 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Energy Alberta Corporation Application to Prepare Site for Up to Two Twin CANDU Nuclear Reactors in Peace River Message-ID: <20071101191713.31059.qmail@resist.ca> Energy Alberta Corporation's full application to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission dated Aug 25, 2007 can be downloaded as a pdf from this link: [http://www.energyab.com/pdf/CNSC%20-%20Application%20for%20a%20licence%2...][1] Additional pro-nuclear propaganda by Energy Alberta Corporation, the Canadian Nuclear Association, and others is contained on this page: [http://www.energyab.com/about/presentations.html][2] [1]: http://www.energyab.com/pdf/CNSC%20-%20Application%20for%20a%20licence%20to%20prepare%20site.pdf (http://www.energyab.com/pdf/CNSC%20-%20Application%20for%20a%20licence%20to%20prepare%20site.pdf) [2]: http://www.energyab.com/about/presentations.html (http://www.energyab.com/about/presentations.html) URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/energy-alberta-corporation-application-prepare-site-two-twin-candu-nuclear-reactors-peace-river From news at resist.ca Fri Nov 2 17:40:16 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: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:40:16 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] The National Post Obscures Peak Oil with Red Scare Tactics Message-ID: <20071103004016.14741.qmail@resist.ca> Oil and its peaks Peter Foster, Financial Post Published: Friday, November 02, 2007 About 25 years ago (my God, I'm old!) I was having dinner in New York with a stockbroker friend who was telling me that oil was headed for US$100 a barrel. I said that I didn't think it would ever see US$40 again in real terms. As of yesterday, I'm still right (and my friend is still rich, which proves that it's better to be a stockbroker than smart, although both is preferable). [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/national-post-obscures-peak-oil-red-scare-tactics URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/national-post-obscures-peak-oil-red-scare-tactics From news at resist.ca Fri Nov 2 18:17:24 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, 03 Nov 2007 01:17:24 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] US Groups Identifying Tar Sands as "threat # 1" Message-ID: <20071103011725.19261.qmail@resist.ca> Oil sands seen as 'threat No. 1,' as U.S. may target dirtier fuels SHAWN MCCARTHY GLOBAL ENERGY REPORTER October 30, 2007 Canadian oil sands producers should brace for further bad news - this time from south of the border, as the U.S. government moves toward a national climate change policy that could target dirtier fossil fuels such as the oil sands bitumen, a former U.S. energy official said yesterday. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/us-groups-identifying-tar-sands-threat-1 URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/us-groups-identifying-tar-sands-threat-1 From news at resist.ca Sat Nov 3 11:40:27 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: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 18:40:27 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] TransCanada Trying to Streamline Regulatory Process for Keystone in N Dakota Message-ID: <20071103184028.4200.qmail@resist.ca> Pipeline developer says requested delay would be costly The Associated Press - Saturday, November 03, 2007 BISMARCK, N.D. An oil pipeline executive says the city of Fargo's request to delay a Canadian pipeline project would add up to $100 million in costs. Fargo wants North Dakota's Public Service Commission to reopen hearings on the Keystone pipeline. Keystone Vice President Robert Jones says Fargo had a chance to take part in earlier hearings about the project and did not. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/transcanada-trying-streamline-regulatory-process-keystone-n-dakota URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/transcanada-trying-streamline-regulatory-process-keystone-n-dakota From news at resist.ca Sat Nov 3 12:18:10 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: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:18:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Nuclear power talks continue [Whitecourt] Message-ID: <20071103191811.10751.qmail@resist.ca> Nuclear power talks continue in the county Despite questions from Woodlands County council the province has declined to get involved in the nuclear power discussion. Chandra Lye Star Staff Wednesday October 31, 2007 A letter received from Sustainable Resource Development (SRD) Minister Ted Morton told council that the department would not consider a land purchase application, submitted this summer, because of Energy Alberta?s decision to build a nuclear plant in Peace River. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/nuclear-power-talks-continue-whitecourt URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/nuclear-power-talks-continue-whitecourt From news at resist.ca Sat Nov 3 12:18:11 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: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:18:11 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Enbridge Announces TWO MORE (diluent & bitumen) Pipelines for Tar Sands Message-ID: <20071103191812.10754.qmail@resist.ca> Enbridge to build C$2 billion oil sands pipeline Fri Nov 2, 2007 10:31pm GMT CALGARY, Alberta, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Enbridge Inc said on Friday it will build a C$2 billion ($2.14 billion) oil pipeline to handle tar-like bitumen from Petro-Canada's (PCA.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) planned Fort Hills oil sands project. Enbridge, Canada's No. 2 pipeline firm, said the 480-km (300-mile) line will be capable of carrying 250,000 barrels of diluted bitumen a day from the project site near Fort McMurray, Alberta, southwest to an upgrader near the Alberta provincial capital of Edmonton. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/enbridge-announces-two-more-diluent-bitumen-pipelines-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/enbridge-announces-two-more-diluent-bitumen-pipelines-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Sun Nov 4 11:17:14 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, 04 Nov 2007 19:17:14 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Chief Terry Nelson, Roseau River-- Open Letter to Prentice on Enbridge Alberta Clipper Pipeline Message-ID: <20071104191715.8464.qmail@resist.ca> Dear Minister Prentice, Re: Pipelines Across Treaty # One Territory I have yet to receive a response from you on the October 10th letter I sent to you regarding the Enbridge Alberta Clipper pipeline. This pipeline as proposed will cross Treaty one territory and is currently in the National Energy Board approval process. The federal government must take this matter seriously and you as the Minister in charge of pipelines must be proactive in addressing the concerns of First Nations in these matters. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/chief-terry-nelson-roseau-river-open-letter-prentice-enbridge-alberta-clipper-pipeline URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/chief-terry-nelson-roseau-river-open-letter-prentice-enbridge-alberta-clipper-pipeline From news at resist.ca Sun Nov 4 13:18:03 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, 04 Nov 2007 21:18:03 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Offsetting carbon while the boreal burns: Canadian Boreal Initiative (Pew) funds Suzuki to promote boreal forest carbon trading Message-ID: <20071104211804.8612.qmail@resist.ca> Comment: Just as more scientific evidence continues to emerge that increased forest fires, all caused by climate change, are now causing the boreal forest to emit more carbon than it absorbs, the Big Greens (coincidentally funded by the Big Oil Pew foundation) continue to promote the idea of carbon trading from boreal forest "offsets". Yet, even the Canadian Forest Service has concluded that Canadian forests should not be included as a "sink" under Kyoto due to the extremely high risk of forest fires and insect outbreaks in the future: [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/offsetting-carbon-while-boreal-burns-canadian-boreal-initiative-pew-funds-suzuki-promote-boreal-fore URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/offsetting-carbon-while-boreal-burns-canadian-boreal-initiative-pew-funds-suzuki-promote-boreal-fore From news at resist.ca Sun Nov 4 20:17:22 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, 05 Nov 2007 04:17:22 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Fort Mac braces for huge rent hikes Message-ID: <20071105041722.19767.qmail@resist.ca> Fort Mac braces for huge rent hikes Three-bedroom place with leaky roof costs $2,950 By The Canadian Press Sun. Nov 4 - 6:44 AM FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. ? Some apartment dwellers in northern Alberta?s booming oilsands were shocked this week to find notices posted on their doors warning of impending rent hikes exceeding $1,000 a month. Management at River Park Glen told tenants the increases would become effective Feb. 1. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/fort-mac-braces-huge-rent-hikes URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/fort-mac-braces-huge-rent-hikes From news at resist.ca Sun Nov 4 20:17:21 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, 05 Nov 2007 04:17:21 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Edmonton: Rent crunch to worsen, go below 1% vacancy Message-ID: <20071105041722.19766.qmail@resist.ca> Rent crunch to worsen Vacancy rate forecasted to dip to under 1% By KEVIN CRUSH, SUN MEDIA Think the rental market is tight now? Just wait until next year. That's when the apartment vacancy rate in Edmonton is forecasted to dip below the current 1% - making it that much harder for already frustrated renters to find a place to live. "It's just getting retarded," said Jasmine, who asked her last name not be printed. SIX MONTHS LOOKING Jasmine said she's already spent more than six months trying to find a decent place for her and her fiance to rent with no luck. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/edmonton-rent-crunch-worsen-go-below-1-vacancy URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/edmonton-rent-crunch-worsen-go-below-1-vacancy From news at resist.ca Sun Nov 4 20:17:22 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, 05 Nov 2007 04:17:22 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Six steps to =?utf-8?b?4oCcZ2V0dGluZ+KAnQ==?= the global ecological crisis Message-ID: <20071105041723.19768.qmail@resist.ca> Six steps to ?getting? the global ecological crisis Posted by Prof. Goose on November 4, 2007 - 9:05am John Feeney, Ph.D. Trained as a psychologist Some of us who examine and discuss environmental matters are constantly puzzled and frustrated by the seeming inability of elected officials, environmental organizations, and environmental and political writers to ?get? the nature of our ecological plight. Could it be they?re simply unaware of the ecological principles which enable one to understand it? [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/six-steps-getting-global-ecological-crisis URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/six-steps-getting-global-ecological-crisis From news at resist.ca Mon Nov 5 22:40:24 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, 06 Nov 2007 06:40:24 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Greenpeace Opens Alberta Legislature Sitting with High Flying Protest Message-ID: <20071106064024.14489.qmail@resist.ca> Greenpeace Opens Alberta Legislature Sitting with High Flying Protest Edmonton, Canada ? Four Greenpeace activists suspended their bodies 138 feet over the North Saskatchewan River today to hang two 23 x 50 foot banners from the High Level Bridge in Edmonton. The banners depict the areas under current and projected tar sands development with the message "Stop the Tar Sands." They hang in full view of the Alberta legislature, which opened today. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/greenpeace-opens-alberta-legislature-sitting-high-flying-protest URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/greenpeace-opens-alberta-legislature-sitting-high-flying-protest From news at resist.ca Mon Nov 5 23:40:39 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, 06 Nov 2007 07:40:39 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Protect land ahead of [Mackenzie] pipeline, review panel told on last days of hearings" Message-ID: <20071106074039.22323.qmail@resist.ca> Protect land ahead of pipeline, review panel told on last days of hearings November 5, 2007 - 17:53 By: Bob Weber, THE CANADIAN PRESS In two years of hearings in 26 northern communities, a panel reviewing the potential environmental and social impacts of a $16-billion natural gas pipeline down the Mackenzie Valley took in enough submissions to block a herd of caribou. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/protect-land-ahead-mackenzie-pipeline-review-panel-told-last-days-hearings URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/protect-land-ahead-mackenzie-pipeline-review-panel-told-last-days-hearings From news at resist.ca Tue Nov 6 18:17:26 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, 07 Nov 2007 02:17:26 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Cold-- K Beaton comic Message-ID: <20071107021726.17190.qmail@resist.ca> November 4, 2007 Cold (click on the image to view) by Katie Beaton The Dominion - [http://www.dominionpaper.ca][1] [1]: http://www.dominionpaper.ca (http://www.dominionpaper.ca) URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/cold-k-beaton-comic From news at resist.ca Tue Nov 6 19:17:22 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, 07 Nov 2007 03:17:22 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Prentice: "We need to 'demystify' the SPP" Message-ID: <20071107031722.8638.qmail@resist.ca> Prentice: We need to 'demystify' the SPP Jim Prentice, the federal Industry Minister, says governments and business leaders in North America must do a better job of selling the virtues of closer economic and security links among the three countries. In a speech Tuesday to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, he said there is an urgent need to "demystify" the push to closer ties among Canada, the United States and Mexico, as outlined in the Security and Prosperity Partnership launched in March of 2005. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/prentice-we-need-demystify-spp URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/prentice-we-need-demystify-spp From news at resist.ca Tue Nov 6 19:17:22 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, 07 Nov 2007 03:17:22 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Keystone & 2 other international pipeline stories Message-ID: <20071107031722.8637.qmail@resist.ca> Analysis: Oil and Gas Pipeline Watch Nov. 5, 2007 at 6:24 PM By SIOBHAN DEVINE UPI Correspondent China finishes construction of tunnel for Sichuan-Shanghai gas pipeline On Monday, workers in China?s Hubei province completed construction of a 1,405 meter tunnel connecting the banks of the Yangtze River in Yichang City for a new gas pipeline to supply China?s energy-short east. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/keystone-2-other-international-pipeline-stories URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/keystone-2-other-international-pipeline-stories From news at resist.ca Tue Nov 6 19:17:22 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, 07 Nov 2007 03:17:22 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] PM takes a trip to Fort McMurray Message-ID: <20071107031722.8639.qmail@resist.ca> PM takes a trip to Fort McMurray Published: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Stephen Harper became the first prime minister to visit Fort McMurray, Alta., since 1996, by spending a half-day on Monday in the town, about 450 kilometres north of Edmonton. Harper took an aerial tour of the oilsands and spent an hour at the Syncrude Canada site. He then held a closed meeting with local business leaders and politicians, including Wood Buffalo Mayor Melissa Blake, Athabasca MP Brian Jean and Syncrude president Tom Katinas. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/pm-takes-trip-fort-mcmurray URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/pm-takes-trip-fort-mcmurray From news at resist.ca Tue Nov 6 23:40:10 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: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:40:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Review panel hears final recommendations on Mackenzie pipeline Message-ID: <20071107074010.7596.qmail@resist.ca> Review panel hears final recommendations on Mackenzie pipeline BOB WEBER The Canadian Press November 6, 2007 In two years of hearings in 26 northern communities, a panel reviewing the potential environmental and social impacts of a $16-billion natural gas pipeline down the Mackenzie Valley took in enough submissions to block a herd of caribou. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/review-panel-hears-final-recommendations-mackenzie-pipeline URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/review-panel-hears-final-recommendations-mackenzie-pipeline From news at resist.ca Thu Nov 8 17:17:04 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: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Poor public image has cost oilpatch billions Message-ID: <20071109011704.7013.qmail@resist.ca> Poor public image has cost oilpatch billions 'We have to regain out voice:' Producers group Claudia Cattaneo, Financial Post Published: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 The general view of the oil sector -- some of it showing up in its own opinion polls -- is that it's greedy, crooked, environmentally and socially irresponsible, unneeded and, technologically, a dinosaur. Yet the industry can sincerely assert that it is generous, environmentally and socially responsible, honest, essential and smart. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/poor-public-image-has-cost-oilpatch-billions URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/poor-public-image-has-cost-oilpatch-billions From news at resist.ca Thu Nov 8 18:17:05 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: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Alberta's tar sands to supply South Dakota's oil projects Message-ID: <20071109021705.15170.qmail@resist.ca> Alberta's tar sands to supply South Dakota's oil projects Pipeline, refinery would tap into Canadian crude Oct 23, 2007 04:30 AM Dirk Lammers ASSOCIATED PRESS SIOUX FALLS, S.D.?As oil hovers around $90 (U.S.) a barrel, the race is on to tap more heavily into the world's second-largest oil reserve, and South Dakota ? a major ethanol producer that typically sits on the alternative side of the fuel industry ? is finding itself at the crossroads of two major oil projects. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/alberta039s-tar-sands-supply-south-dakota039s-oil-projects URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/alberta039s-tar-sands-supply-south-dakota039s-oil-projects From news at resist.ca Thu Nov 8 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: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Edmonton: Report tackles sex trade Message-ID: <20071109031704.5674.qmail@resist.ca> Wed, November 7, 2007 Report tackles sex trade Edmonton Sun By FRANK LANDRY, CITY HALL BUREAU Prostitution is a growing problem in Edmonton, fuelled by the city's red-hot economy. That's among the findings of a new report commissioned to address the problem. The document calls for "safe housing" for active prostitutes and for those getting out of the sex trade. It also calls for tougher penalties for johns. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/edmonton-report-tackles-sex-trade URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/edmonton-report-tackles-sex-trade From news at resist.ca Thu Nov 8 19:40:24 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, 09 Nov 2007 03:40:24 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "A look at Alberta's new housing plan" Message-ID: <20071109034024.8614.qmail@resist.ca> A look at Alberta's new housing plan Martin Lussier Gauntlet News November 08, 2007 Rental vacancies have been lower than 0.5 per cent in Calgary. Premier Ed Stelmach announced the government would be undertaking a 10-year plan to address homelessness in communities across Alberta last week. This announcement couldn't come at a better time for some, as the 2006 Homeless Count of Calgary identified over 3,400 people without homes. Stelmach pledged to build 11,000 affordable homes over the next ten years, 4,000 of which are to be built in Calgary. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/quota-look-alberta039s-new-housing-planquot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/quota-look-alberta039s-new-housing-planquot From news at resist.ca Fri Nov 9 11:17:06 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: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Rising Demand for Oil Provokes New Energy Crisis Message-ID: <20071109191706.14202.qmail@resist.ca> New York Times November 9, 2007 Rising Demand for Oil Provokes New Energy Crisis By JAD MOUAWAD With oil prices approaching the symbolic threshold of $100 a barrel, the world is headed toward its third energy shock in a generation. But today?s surge is fundamentally different from the previous oil crises, with broad and longer-lasting global implications. Just as in the energy crises of the 1970s and ?80s, today?s high prices are causing anxiety and pain for consumers, and igniting wider fears about the impact on the economy. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/rising-demand-oil-provokes-new-energy-crisis URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/rising-demand-oil-provokes-new-energy-crisis From news at resist.ca Fri Nov 9 17:17:04 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: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Study Proves It: Tar Sands Operations Poisoning Athabasca Basin, Fort Chipewyan Message-ID: <20071110011705.15215.qmail@resist.ca> By RENATO GANDIA, SUN MEDIA High levels of cancer-causing toxins are being found in areas downstream of Fort McMurray's oilsands, says a study commissioned by residents of Alberta's oldest community. Waters in Fort Chipewyan contain high levels of arsenic, the fish are contaminated with high levels of mercury and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons - another pollutant - are higher than they should be, said Kevin Timoney. Timoney is the ecologist who studied the waters and sediments in the Peace-Athabasca Delta near Fort Chipewyan, 610 air km northeast of Edmonton. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/study-proves-it-tar-sands-operations-poisoning-athabasca-basin-fort-chipewyan URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/study-proves-it-tar-sands-operations-poisoning-athabasca-basin-fort-chipewyan From news at resist.ca Sat Nov 10 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: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:40:11 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Total SA to Increase Strip Mining over In Situ Message-ID: <20071110214011.25521.qmail@resist.ca> Total to alter Joslyn plans NORVAL SCOTT November 10, 2007 CALGARY -- French energy giant Total SA is re-evaluating strategy at its Joslyn oil sands development, with a view to doing more mining of the resource than previously expected, according to the junior partner in the project. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/total-sa-increase-strip-mining-over-situ URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/total-sa-increase-strip-mining-over-situ From news at resist.ca Sat Nov 10 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: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:40:11 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] (Industry PR) Suncor Production Numbers-- Year to Date Message-ID: <20071110214011.25517.qmail@resist.ca> Suncor Production Numbers-- Year to Date CALGARY, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Suncor Energy Inc. reported today that production at its oil sands facility during October averaged approximately 260,000 barrels per day (bpd). Year-to-date oil sands production at the end of October averaged approximately 233,000 bpd. Suncor is targeting average oil sands production of 240,000 to 245,000 bpd in 2007. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/industry-pr-suncor-production-numbers-year-date URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/industry-pr-suncor-production-numbers-year-date From news at resist.ca Sat Nov 10 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: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:40:11 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] G & M:Effect of royalty rates not so painful Message-ID: <20071110214012.25527.qmail@resist.ca> Effect of royalty rates not so painful In recent quarterly reports, energy firms say higher rates won't pinch profits so hard NORVAL SCOTT With files from Reuters November 10, 2007 CALGARY -- A swath of energy companies said this week that the impact of Alberta's increased royalty charges won't be as significant as some in the oil patch had initially feared. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/g-amp-meffect-royalty-rates-not-so-painful URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/g-amp-meffect-royalty-rates-not-so-painful From news at resist.ca Sat Nov 10 16:17:04 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, 11 Nov 2007 00:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Our Drinkable Water Supply is Vanishing Message-ID: <20071111001704.28323.qmail@resist.ca> Thanks to global warming, pollution, population growth, and privatization, we are teetering on the edge of a global crisis. by Tara Lohan AlterNet (October 11 2007) Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, the Hungarian biochemist and Nobel Prize winner for medicine once said, "Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water." We depend on water for survival. It circulates through our bodies and the land, replenishing nutrients and carrying away waste. It is passed down like stories over generations - from ice-capped mountains to rivers to oceans. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/our-drinkable-water-supply-vanishing URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/our-drinkable-water-supply-vanishing From news at resist.ca Sat Nov 10 17:40:14 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, 11 Nov 2007 01:40:14 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] New report finds elevated arsenic risk in Fort Chipewyan Message-ID: <20071111014015.21822.qmail@resist.ca> New report finds elevated arsenic risk in Fort Chipewyan By MATTHEW HEINDL Fort McMurray Today staff Friday November 09, 2007 A new study that claims high levels of arsenic and mercury are in the Athabasca River has many calling for a halt to oilsands growth, but two Alberta government departments are not supporting its findings. More than 70 people in Fort Chipewyan met Wednesday night to hear Dr. Kevin Timoney of Treeline Ecological Research deliver his findings on river sediment deposits downstream of the oilsands. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/new-report-finds-elevated-arsenic-risk-fort-chipewyan URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/new-report-finds-elevated-arsenic-risk-fort-chipewyan From news at resist.ca Sun Nov 11 12:40:12 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, 11 Nov 2007 20:40:12 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] An open letter to the Richardson Foundation re: investment in the Alberta Tar Sands Message-ID: <20071111204012.20918.qmail@resist.ca> An open letter to James Richardson & Sons and the Richardson Foundation regarding investment in the Alberta Oil Sands and the damage being done to environment and health in the region and globally, To the Richardson Family business and Foundation: [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/open-letter-richardson-foundation-re-investment-alberta-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/open-letter-richardson-foundation-re-investment-alberta-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Sun Nov 11 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, 12 Nov 2007 01:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Economic View: Running on empty: peak oil production is in sight... Message-ID: <20071112011705.22945.qmail@resist.ca> Economic View: Running on empty: peak oil production is in sight, global supplies will dwindle - and the US, for one, is ill-prepared China's rapid growth in consumption could suck up all the extra crude pumped next year, leaving other countries to get by with less Hamish McRae Published: 11 November 2007 [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/economic-view-running-empty-peak-oil-production-sight URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/economic-view-running-empty-peak-oil-production-sight From news at resist.ca Mon Nov 12 19:40:25 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, 13 Nov 2007 03:40:25 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] The Big Banks are Selling us Out on Climate Change Message-ID: <20071113034026.14332.qmail@resist.ca> Whether we avert catastrophe with climate change may actually be decided by Citibank and Bank of America. by Tara Lohan AlterNet (October 06 2007) We're nearing the end of the window of opportunity we have to avert the catastrophic effects predicted from the earth's changing climate. We're either going to sink or swim. Our best hope at this time is to drastically reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, like carbon dioxide. Global leaders are putting their heads together to come up with solutions. Across the world, countries and municipalities are passing [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/big-banks-are-selling-us-out-climate-change URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/big-banks-are-selling-us-out-climate-change From news at resist.ca Tue Nov 13 14:40:14 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, 13 Nov 2007 22:40:14 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] NY Times on Poison Water, Fish and Animals for Fort Chipewyan Message-ID: <20071113224015.22030.qmail@resist.ca> Study Finds Carcinogens in Water Near Alberta Oil Sands Projects By IAN AUSTEN Published: November 9, 2007 OTTAWA, Nov. 7 ? High levels of carcinogens and toxic substances have been found in fish, water and sediment downstream from Alberta?s huge oil sands projects, according to a new study. The 75-page report, written by Kevin P. Timoney, an ecologist with Treeline Environmental Research, was commissioned by the local health authority of Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, where many residents say they believe the oil sands developments to the south are damaging their health. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/ny-times-poison-water-fish-and-animals-fort-chipewyan URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/ny-times-poison-water-fish-and-animals-fort-chipewyan From news at resist.ca Tue Nov 13 14:40:14 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, 13 Nov 2007 22:40:14 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Fort McMurray of the Middle East Message-ID: <20071113224014.22026.qmail@resist.ca> SAUDI ARABIA'S NEW MIGHT: ENERGY Fort McMurray of the Middle East As Saudi Arabia tries to extend its oil reach, it faces the same hurdles as Alberta DAVID EBNER November 13, 2007 RABIGH, SAUDI ARABIA -- It's 35 C and humid on the shore of the Rea Sea north of Jeddah as a sprawling industrial facility and construction cranes emerge through the bright haze in the near distance. For Saudi Arabia, a crude oil producer and refiner, the site is a first step into a future of doing more with the black gold that lies in vast quantities beneath the desert kingdom. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/fort-mcmurray-middle-east URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/fort-mcmurray-middle-east From news at resist.ca Tue Nov 13 14:40:14 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, 13 Nov 2007 22:40:14 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] The Richest First Nation in Canada: Ecological and political life in Fort MacKay Message-ID: <20071113224015.22048.qmail@resist.ca> The Richest First Nation in Canada Ecological and political life in Fort MacKay by Macdonald Stainsby The Dominion - [http://www.dominionpaper.ca][1] The primarily Indigenous, 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 alleged wealth is largely due to the fact that the community is surrounded by, and on top of, tar sand. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.dominionpaper.ca (http://www.dominionpaper.ca) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/richest-first-nation-canada-ecological-and-political-life-fort-mackay URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/richest-first-nation-canada-ecological-and-political-life-fort-mackay From news at resist.ca Tue Nov 13 15:17:21 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: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:17:21 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Cocaine: Alberta-wide increase Message-ID: <20071113231721.27577.qmail@resist.ca> Cocaine: Alberta-wide increase By CHUCK CHIANG Fort McMurray Today staff Tuesday November 13, 2007 The overall drug problem in Alberta is down, but cocaine-related issues are on the rise, according to a recent report by a provincial task force. The Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force said offences involving cocaine increased by 12 per cent last year, according to the Calgary Sun, versus drops in overall and marijuana drug offences. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/cocaine-albertawide-increase URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/cocaine-albertawide-increase From news at resist.ca Tue Nov 13 15:17:21 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: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:17:21 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Labour shortage temporarily met from abroad" Message-ID: <20071113231722.27578.qmail@resist.ca> Warning: this article justifies the virtual slavery of the "temporary foreign worker" programs, placing business "needs" ahead of human rights, especially in Energy exploding Alberta. Defend migrant rights, shut down the tar sands. The tar sands TFW's are not allowed off the work camp site. Think about that. --M Labour shortage temporarily met from abroad Norma Greenaway , CanWest News Service Published: Sunday, November 11, 2007 OTTAWA -- Joe Marshall had reached the end of his rope. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotlabour-shortage-temporarily-met-abroadquot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotlabour-shortage-temporarily-met-abroadquot From news at resist.ca Tue Nov 13 18:40:12 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: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:40:12 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Canadian Crude: Impact Felt 1,200 Miles Away Message-ID: <20071114024012.20912.qmail@resist.ca> Canadian Crude: Impact Felt 1,200 Miles Away - 11/12/2007 Canada produces two and a half million barrels of oil a day and production is expected to double over the next decade. So, energy companies are looking for ways to get a newly developed oil from Canada to refineries in North America. One option is TransCanada's proposed Keystone Pipeline that would run through South Dakota and it all would start in Fort McMurray, Alberta. It's about as far north as any paved road in Alberta goes. Fort McMurray sits in the Athabasca River valley 275 miles north of Edmonton. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/canadian-crude-impact-felt-1200-miles-away URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/canadian-crude-impact-felt-1200-miles-away From news at resist.ca Wed Nov 14 15:17:18 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: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:17:18 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] A Bridge Too Far: Dehcho bridge could impede shipments of prefabricated modules from China to the Tarpits Message-ID: <20071114231719.6846.qmail@resist.ca> Deh Cho bridge could impede barge route By MIN HUN FONG, SRJ Reporter Alberta proponents of the northern barge route said they were disappointed their project might be forced out by the Deh Cho bridge, but said they respected the NWT?s decision in any event. Mammoet Canada, heavy lifting specialists and a proponent of the barge route, said it would be disappointing if the barge route is cancelled, especially since the economic spinoff from the route would benefit the NWT as a whole. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/bridge-too-far-dehcho-bridge-could-impede-shipments-prefabricated-modules-china-tarpits URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/bridge-too-far-dehcho-bridge-could-impede-shipments-prefabricated-modules-china-tarpits From news at resist.ca Wed Nov 14 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, 15 Nov 2007 00:40:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] For Many Women, Alberta's Boom a Bust Message-ID: <20071115004010.1563.qmail@resist.ca> For Many Women, Alberta's Boom a Bust Rising housing costs, lack of alternatives lead to precarious situations by Maya Rolbin-Ghanie The Dominion - [http://www.dominionpaper.ca][1] Driven by the tar sands, Alberta's white-hot economy continues to make headlines. But the gendered repercussions of the province's boom are often neglected, understated, or altogether denied. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.dominionpaper.ca (http://www.dominionpaper.ca) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/many-women-alberta039s-boom-bust URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/many-women-alberta039s-boom-bust From news at resist.ca Wed Nov 14 20:17:30 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, 15 Nov 2007 04:17:30 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Canadian Crude: Owning Land On A Pipeline Message-ID: <20071115041731.29369.qmail@resist.ca> Canadian Crude: Owning Land On A Pipeline TransCanada has been in business for more than 50 years, and has thousands of miles of natural gas pipelines. In 1996, the Calgary based company helped build a crude oil pipeline from Alberta, Canada, to Wyoming. On a picture perfect autumn day in central Montana, Gary Brewington is getting some work done around his ranch. Montana Landowner Gary Brewington says, "We always kinda wondered about it, I guess, when they first came in here." [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/canadian-crude-owning-land-pipeline URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/canadian-crude-owning-land-pipeline From news at resist.ca Fri Nov 16 15:17:19 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: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:17:19 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Tar Sands production increases slowing down? Message-ID: <20071116231719.15828.qmail@resist.ca> High costs trim forecast for oil sands production NORVAL SCOTT November 16, 2007 CALGARY -- Output from Alberta's oil sands will grow more slowly than was predicted last year as spiralling costs deter investment in the vast but difficult resource, Canada's national energy regulator says. The National Energy Board forecast in a report released yesterday that by 2015 Canada's total oil output will be 4.05 million barrels of crude a day, 61 per cent greater than it was in 2005. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-production-increases-slowing-down URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-production-increases-slowing-down From news at resist.ca Fri Nov 16 15:17:19 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: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:17:19 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Ringing alarm of peak oil: 'Fault line of world economic history, ' report warns Message-ID: <20071116231719.15830.qmail@resist.ca> Fri, November 16, 2007 Ringing alarm of peak oil 'Fault line of world economic history,' report warns By VIVIAN SONG, SUN MEDIA World oil production may have reached its peak and will affect everything from cheap airfares, grocery lists and the auto industry, according to a new report released yesterday. Momentum in global oil production is slowing with aging oil fields and fewer discoveries, since the world has been "seismically searched and picked over," the report from the Earth Policy Institute, an environmental think tank, claims. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/ringing-alarm-peak-oil-039fault-line-world-economic-history039-report-warns URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/ringing-alarm-peak-oil-039fault-line-world-economic-history039-report-warns From news at resist.ca Fri Nov 16 15:17:19 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: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:17:19 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Colorado soaks up Alberta's oil sands expertise" Message-ID: <20071116231719.15829.qmail@resist.ca> Colorado soaks up Alberta's oil sands expertise NORVAL SCOTT November 16, 2007 CALGARY -- The U.S. is looking to companies now operating in Alberta for help in unlocking its own version of the oil sands, the massive oil shale deposits that lie underground in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. The hope is that the U.S. can "learn lessons" from Alberta's oil sands experience that will stand it in good stead when it comes to developing its own complex, unconventional crude resource, said Bill Ritter, the Governor of Colorado. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotcolorado-soaks-alberta039s-oil-sands-expertisequot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotcolorado-soaks-alberta039s-oil-sands-expertisequot From news at resist.ca Fri Nov 16 15:40:12 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: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:40:12 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Suncor and Syncrude and =?utf-8?b?QWxiZXJ0YeKAmXM=?= royalty hike Message-ID: <20071116234012.19056.qmail@resist.ca> Suncor and Syncrude and Alberta?s royalty hike SRJ Staff 07.NOV.07 Suncor Energy and Syncrude Canada Ltd will be affected by Alberta?s new royalty hike, but not immediately. ?Those companies are under separate crown agreements,? said Bob McManus, assistant director, communications Alberta energy. ?Suncor was negotiated in 1963 and Syncrude in 1975.? Premier Ed Stelmach announced a new royalty regime for oil and gas on Thursday, Oct. 25. Royalties would increase by $1.4 billion in 2010, a 20-per-cent increase over currently projected revenues for that year. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/suncor-and-syncrude-and-alberta%E2%80%99s-royalty-hike URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/suncor-and-syncrude-and-alberta%E2%80%99s-royalty-hike From news at resist.ca Fri Nov 16 15:40:12 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: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:40:12 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Feds target medical whistleblower, Dr. O'Connor claims Message-ID: <20071116234012.19053.qmail@resist.ca> Feds target medical whistleblower: doctor claims Mike De Souza , CanWest News Service Published: Monday, November 12, 2007 Dr. John O'Connor first suspected something was wrong a few years ago after discovering a rare form of cancer in a small northern Alberta community of 1,200 people. He recognized the illness since it was the same one that had claimed the life of his father in Ireland more than 15 years earlier. He had never expected to see it again and was alarmed to find it in at least five different patients. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/feds-target-medical-whistleblower-dr-o039connor-claims URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/feds-target-medical-whistleblower-dr-o039connor-claims From news at resist.ca Fri Nov 16 16:40:13 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, 17 Nov 2007 00:40:13 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Challenge Corporate Power, Embrace True Democracy Message-ID: <20071117004014.9910.qmail@resist.ca> Challenge Corporate Power, Embrace True Democracy by Vandana Shiva AlterNet (October 01 2007) Editor's note: the following remarks were made this September at a conference on "Confronting the Global Triple Crisis - Climate Change, Peak Oil, Global Resource Depletion & Extinction", in Washington DC. For more information, visit the International Forum on Globalization's website. Before I came here I was very fortunate to join the group of scientists and religious leaders who made a trip to the Arctic to witness the [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/challenge-corporate-power-embrace-true-democracy URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/challenge-corporate-power-embrace-true-democracy From news at resist.ca Sat Nov 17 19:40:23 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, 18 Nov 2007 03:40:23 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Group opposed to [Keystone] pipeline runs out of money Message-ID: <20071118034023.565.qmail@resist.ca> Group opposed to pipeline runs out of money The Associated Press - Saturday, November 17, 2007 BISMARCK, N.D. A group that opposes a proposed eastern North Dakota oil pipeline has run out of money for legal fees and their attorneys have abandoned the case. Some residents along the TransCanada Keystone Pipeline and the Dakota Resource Council, a Dickinson-based environmental and landowner group, had been are preparing for hearings Nov. 27-28 at the Public Service Commission. TransCanada's lawyers opposed letting the Dakota Resource Council lawyers withdraw. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/group-opposed-keystone-pipeline-runs-out-money URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/group-opposed-keystone-pipeline-runs-out-money From news at resist.ca Sun Nov 18 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, 18 Nov 2007 22:40:12 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Tar Sands Expansion to reduce American dependence on OPEC oil from Venezuela and the Middle East Message-ID: <20071118224012.15235.qmail@resist.ca> Chavez threatens $200 oil U.S. attack on Iran would double prices, OPEC summit told Shaun Polczer CanWest News Service Sunday, November 18, 2007 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Oil prices could more than double to $200 US a barrel if the United States attacks Iran, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez told OPEC leaders in Saudi Arabia Saturday, urging the cartel to take a more active "revolutionary" role in world affairs. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-expansion-reduce-american-dependence-opec-oil-venezuela-and-middle-east URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-expansion-reduce-american-dependence-opec-oil-venezuela-and-middle-east From news at resist.ca Sun Nov 18 19:17:19 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: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:17:19 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] New life for Kitimat on horizon? Tar Sands to Move in on Douglas Channel Message-ID: <20071119031719.13494.qmail@resist.ca> This article is interesting not only for the garbage it states, such as: "Environmental groups argue the massive tankers have no business travelling in the pristine and wildlife-rich waters, which they believe are protected by a more than three-decade-old moratorium on such traffic. "The primary beneficiary of these projects is not British Columbians -- it's Albertans and Americans," says Will Horter, executive director of the Dogwood Initiative [...]" [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/new-life-kitimat-horizon-tar-sands-move-douglas-channel-0 URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/new-life-kitimat-horizon-tar-sands-move-douglas-channel-0 From news at resist.ca Sun Nov 18 19:40:10 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: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:40:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Future of Alberta Tar Sands & oil could be decided in B.C Message-ID: <20071119034011.16174.qmail@resist.ca> Future of Alberta oil could be decided in B.C Charles Frank , CanWest News Service Published: Sunday, November 18, 2007 The future of Western Canada's energy industry may well be defined by what happens far from Alberta's foothills in the quiet town of Kitimat on British Columbia's picturesque coast. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/future-alberta-tar-sands-amp-oil-could-be-decided-bc URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/future-alberta-tar-sands-amp-oil-could-be-decided-bc From news at resist.ca Mon Nov 19 16:41:08 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, 20 Nov 2007 00:41:08 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Impacts of tar sands under scrutiny Message-ID: <20071120004110.3736.qmail@resist.ca> Impacts of tar sands under scrutiny By Sara Constantineau News Writer McGill Daily An independent publication is trying to shock the public into understanding the social, environmental, and economic impacts of the Alberta tar sands. The Dominion, an independent news cooperative, has launched a special issue about the tar sands with presentations at universities across Canada. The lead editors of the issue were at Concordia on Thursday night presenting their research and exclusive footage. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/impacts-tar-sands-under-scrutiny URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/impacts-tar-sands-under-scrutiny From news at resist.ca Mon Nov 19 16:41:07 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: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:41:07 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Editorial: Reconsidering the tar sands Message-ID: <20071120004109.3711.qmail@resist.ca> Editorial: Reconsidering the tar sands McGill Daily Going by mainstream media coverage, the Athabasca tar sands in Alberta are like a 21st century Wild West: breathless reports speak about the ?boom? economy, bushels of money being made, and about how everything is gigantic. But as the tar sands have become the centrepiece of a new energy corridor sending oil and gas to the U.S., scant attention has been paid to the profound economic, ecological, and social costs that are at stake. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/editorial-reconsidering-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/editorial-reconsidering-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Mon Nov 19 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, 20 Nov 2007 03:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Record year for Nunavut oil spills Message-ID: <20071120031704.17830.qmail@resist.ca> November 16, 2007 Record year for Nunavut oil spills Mishaps pour 225,000 litres of poisonous material in territory CHRIS WINDEYER One big oil mishap on Brevoort Island this past January was enough to make 2007 a record year for spills in Nunavut. Nearly 225,000 litres of oil were spilled into Nunavut's environment last year, the highest total recorded for Nunavut since division. The figures are found in Ikummatiit, the Government of Nunavut's energy strategy, which was tabled in the Legislative Assembly late last month. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/record-year-nunavut-oil-spills URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/record-year-nunavut-oil-spills From news at resist.ca Tue Nov 20 12:17:25 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, 20 Nov 2007 20:17:25 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Changing your light bulbs may not be enough to save a single polar bear" Message-ID: <20071120201725.10740.qmail@resist.ca> Changing your light bulbs may not be enough to save a single polar bear, but there are things we can do collectively - and easily - that will really make a measurable difference in the battle against global warming. Mark Lynas has a three-part plan. by Mark Lynas New Statesman (November 08 2007) We have about 100 months left. If global greenhouse gas emissions have not begun to decline by the end of 2015, then our chances of restraining climate change to within the two degrees "safety line" - the level of [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotchanging-your-light-bulbs-may-not-be-enough-save-single-polar-bearquot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotchanging-your-light-bulbs-may-not-be-enough-save-single-polar-bearquot From news at resist.ca Tue Nov 20 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: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] =?utf-8?q?Ch=C3=A1vez?= and Ahmadineyad agree that the dollar empire is collapsing Message-ID: <20071121011705.11978.qmail@resist.ca> Ch?vez and Ahmadineyad agree that the dollar empire is collapsing [http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2007/noviembre/mar20/47dolar.html][1] TEHRAN, November 19.? Venezuelan President Hugo Ch?vez stated today in Teheran that ?the dollar empire is collapsing,? according to ANSA. ?Soon we won?t be talking about dollars anymore because the value of the dollar is in free fall and the dollar empire is collapsing,? Ch?vez said to a group of journalists. The Bolivarian leader visited Tehran, coming from Riyadh where he had [read more][2] [1]: http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2007/noviembre/mar20/47dolar.html (http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2007/noviembre/mar20/47dolar.html) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/ch%C3%A1vez-and-ahmadineyad-agree-dollar-empire-collapsing URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/ch%C3%A1vez-and-ahmadineyad-agree-dollar-empire-collapsing From news at resist.ca Tue Nov 20 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: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Upgrader fire ignites safety concerns Message-ID: <20071121021704.23017.qmail@resist.ca> Upgrader fire ignites safety concerns Last Updated: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 | 11:44 AM MT CBC News A third sour gas leak in two years at a Shell refinery northeast of Edmonton has some residents wondering how safe it is to live in the area known as Upgrader Alley. A giant fireball erupted above Shell's Scotford upgrader near Fort Saskatchewan on Monday afternoon, sparked by a leak of the highly toxic and flammable gas. About 3,000 workers were sent home, but no one was injured in the incident. Worker Rod Whitford said it wasn't a big scare. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/upgrader-fire-ignites-safety-concerns URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/upgrader-fire-ignites-safety-concerns From news at resist.ca Wed Nov 21 16:17:04 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: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Application for North-Central corridor to bring Mackenzie Valley gas directly to the tar sands Message-ID: <20071122001704.11470.qmail@resist.ca> TransCanada seeks permit for $983M gas pipeline November 21, 2007 THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY ? A TransCanada Corp. (TSX: TRP) subsidiary is seeking permission to build a 300-kilometre natural gas pipeline in Alberta at an estimated cost of $983 million. The North Central Corridor pipeline is designed to carry gas to ``growing intra-Alberta markets resulting largely from increased oilsands development," the company stated Wednesday. TransCanada said Nova Gas Transmission's application to the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board comes after 11 years of consideration of the line. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/application-northcentral-corridor-bring-mackenzie-valley-gas-directly-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/application-northcentral-corridor-bring-mackenzie-valley-gas-directly-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Wed Nov 21 16:17:04 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: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] North-Central Corridor application exactly equal to Mackenzie pipeline initial production (0.8 billion cubic feet per day) Message-ID: <20071122001704.11471.qmail@resist.ca> TransCanada Seeks to Build C$983 Million Gas Pipeline (Update4) By Jim Polson Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- TransCanada Corp. will seek approval for a C$983 million ($996 million) natural-gas pipeline project to increase access to production in northwestern Alberta needed by Canadian oil-sands producers. A permit for the North Central Corridor project will be filed today with the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board for the 300-kilometer (186-mile) pipeline and associated facilities, TransCanada said in a statement. The company's pipeline system already is the largest in Canada. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/northcentral-corridor-application-exactly-equal-mackenzie-pipeline-initial-production-08-billion-cub URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/northcentral-corridor-application-exactly-equal-mackenzie-pipeline-initial-production-08-billion-cub From news at resist.ca Wed Nov 21 16:40:11 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: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:40:11 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Officially Announcing the North-Central Corridor! A pipe for the pits! Message-ID: <20071122004011.30113.qmail@resist.ca> TransCanada files for natural gas permit By Staff Reports Argus Leader PUBLISHED: November 21, 2007 TransCanada Corp., which is seeking to build the crude oil Keystone Pipeline through South Dakota to supply refineries in Illinois and Oklahoma with oil from Alberta, is also looking to expand its natural gas carrying capacity to better serve the Canadian oil industry which is the source of that crude. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/officially-announcing-northcentral-corridor-pipe-pits URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/officially-announcing-northcentral-corridor-pipe-pits From news at resist.ca Wed Nov 21 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: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Top 100 Ways Climate Change will Change Your Life Message-ID: <20071122011705.3635.qmail@resist.ca> Warning: Depressing content. Center for American Progress AlterNet (September 29 2007) Say Goodbye to French Wines. Wacky temperatures and rain cycles brought on by global warming are threatening something very important: Wine. Scientists believe global warming will "shift viticultural regions toward the poles, cooler coastal zones and higher elevations". What that means in regular language: Get ready to say bye-bye to French Bordeaux and hello to British champagne. [LA Times] Say Goodbye to Light and Dry Wines. Warmer temperatures mean grapes in [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/top-100-ways-climate-change-will-change-your-life URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/top-100-ways-climate-change-will-change-your-life From news at resist.ca Wed Nov 21 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: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] =?utf-8?b?Q0FSQ+KAmXM=?= Final Argument: Get More Information or Reject [Mackenzie] Pipeline Project Message-ID: <20071122011705.3636.qmail@resist.ca> NEWS RELEASE 21/11/07 CARC?s Final Argument: Get More Information or Reject Pipeline Project [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/carc%E2%80%99s-final-argument-get-more-information-or-reject-pipeline-project URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/carc%E2%80%99s-final-argument-get-more-information-or-reject-pipeline-project From news at resist.ca Wed Nov 21 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: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] $983M jumbo pipeline project touted by TCPL [North Central Corridor] Message-ID: <20071122021704.11646.qmail@resist.ca> Intro Rant: It is very important we think about this correctly: The North-Central Corridor is the "alternative" to nuclear power. Both of these proposals are entirely driven by the energy input needs of cooking, digging, flipping and poisoning the earth in the Athabasca region, north of Fort McMurray. Both would devastate yet further many indigenous territories in the north, including the "Tear Drop" traditional territory of the Lubicon Cree Nation. Both would not only facilitate but vastly expand the consumption of energy for the increased output of the tar pits. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/983m-jumbo-pipeline-project-touted-tcpl-north-central-corridor URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/983m-jumbo-pipeline-project-touted-tcpl-north-central-corridor From news at resist.ca Wed Nov 21 20:17:05 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: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 04:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Flashback to 2004: According to Transcanada the North-Central Corridor had nothing to do with Mackenzie Valley gas Message-ID: <20071122041705.11723.qmail@resist.ca> System Design in NW Alberta Media coverage of energy developments often refers to the facilities TransCanada may construct to accommodate new sources of gas in Northwest Alberta. One recent article indicated TransCanada is building a direct pipeline from the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline to Fort McMurray. This is not the case. To ensure customers have a clear understanding of TransCanada's plans for expansion of the Alberta System, we sat down with Dave Murray, Manager, Mainline Planning West for an overview of the subject. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/flashback-2004-according-transcanada-northcentral-corridor-had-nothing-do-mackenzie-valley-gas URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/flashback-2004-according-transcanada-northcentral-corridor-had-nothing-do-mackenzie-valley-gas From news at resist.ca Thu Nov 22 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: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:17:08 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "SPEAKERS AIM TO PUT A HUMAN FACE ON THE OIL SANDS DEBATE" Message-ID: <20071122231708.9958.qmail@resist.ca> SPEAKERS AIM TO PUT A HUMAN FACE ON THE OIL SANDS DEBATE Scott Harris / [scott at vueweekly.com][1] So much has been written, opined, investigated and studied about the oil sands that one could almost be forgiven for believing that the primary product being produced in northern Alberta is not bitumen, but statistics and reports. [read more][2] [1]: mailto:scott at vueweekly.com [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotspeakers-aim-put-human-face-oil-sands-debatequot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotspeakers-aim-put-human-face-oil-sands-debatequot From news at resist.ca Fri Nov 23 10:17:20 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: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:17:20 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] The tar sands and slavery Message-ID: <20071123181720.16155.qmail@resist.ca> "The system of slavery is like holding a wolf by its ears: you don't like it, but you don't dare let go." - Thomas Jefferson The oil sands and slavery By Frederick Douglass* It was once the case that slaves were the most valuable asset in America. As the horrors of slavery began to be documented and a concern that this was a horrible practice spread, the justifications for continued slavery sound eerily familiar to the justifications for the continuation and massive expansion of the oil sands. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-and-slavery URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-and-slavery From news at resist.ca Fri Nov 23 10:17:20 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: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:17:20 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] What in Tar Nation? Message-ID: <20071123181721.16156.qmail@resist.ca> November 23, 2007 What in Tar Nation? Life among the tar sands by Maya Rolbin-Ghanie The Dominion - [http://www.dominionpaper.ca][1] A plume of smoke from a Syncrude processing plant, viewed from Fort Mackay. Photo: Dru Oja Jay We leave Fort McMurray and hitch a ride to Fort MacKay, a Native community 40kms north, where we stay for three days. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.dominionpaper.ca (http://www.dominionpaper.ca) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/what-tar-nation URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/what-tar-nation From news at resist.ca Sun Nov 25 23:17:04 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: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Can Pew's Charity be Trusted? Message-ID: <20071126071704.32744.qmail@resist.ca> **US foundations give millions to Canadian environmental groups** **By Dru Oja Jay, [the Dominion][1]** Since major foundations in the US began funding environmental groups in the late 1980s, many grassroots environmental activists have sounded the alarm about the rise of the "Big Greens." Featuring six-figure salaries and foundation funding, critics say the large environmental NGOs coopt grassroots movements and excercise control over what issues are brought up. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/1473 [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/can-pew039s-charity-be-trusted URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/can-pew039s-charity-be-trusted From news at resist.ca Mon Nov 26 10:17:10 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, 26 Nov 2007 18:17:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] TransCanada Corp. seeks permit to build $983M gas pipeline in Alberta Message-ID: <20071126181712.14247.qmail@resist.ca> TransCanada Corp. seeks permit to build $983M gas pipeline in Alberta at 16:24 on November 21, 2007, EST. THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY - A TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) subsidiary is seeking permission to build a 300-kilometre natural gas pipeline in Alberta at an estimated cost of $983 million, largely to transport fuel to oilsands operations in the province's northeast. TransCanada said Wednesday that Nova Gas Transmission's application to the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board comes after 11 years of considering the North Central Corridor. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/transcanada-corp-seeks-permit-build-983m-gas-pipeline-alberta URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/transcanada-corp-seeks-permit-build-983m-gas-pipeline-alberta From news at resist.ca Tue Nov 27 11:17:29 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, 27 Nov 2007 19:17:29 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Scale of tar sands project impresses Ritter" Message-ID: <20071127191729.28783.qmail@resist.ca> Colorado, unlike much of the US, cannot convince its commerce department and those involved in industry that it is alright to ignore Alberta's hydrocarbon devastation programs. Many have shown how the American media in publications such as the Washington Post or New York Times can be quite honest about the death of the land and air north of Fort McMurray and elsewhere. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotscale-tar-sands-project-impresses-ritterquot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotscale-tar-sands-project-impresses-ritterquot From news at resist.ca Tue Nov 27 20:40:10 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: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:40:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Rise in tanker traffic sparks fear of spills Message-ID: <20071128044010.20250.qmail@resist.ca> Rise in tanker traffic sparks fear of spills Concern about a crude spill has one councillor trying to slow the increase of exports from Burnaby terminal DON WHITELEY Special to The Globe and Mail November 27, 2007 VANCOUVER -- The potential for large increases in exports of crude oil through the Port of Vancouver has local politicians concerned about the port's growing vulnerability to oil spills. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/rise-tanker-traffic-sparks-fear-spills URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/rise-tanker-traffic-sparks-fear-spills From news at resist.ca Tue Nov 27 20:40:10 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: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:40:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Group calls officials to Keystone hearings Message-ID: <20071128044010.20251.qmail@resist.ca> Group calls officials to Keystone hearings Argus Leader, South Dakota By staff reports November 27, 2007 The WEB Rural Water system in Aberdeen is calling eight state officials to appear and respond to questions when the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission holds hearings in December on whether to grant TransCanada a permit for its proposed Keystone Pipeline. The pipeline would run the length of South Dakota and could carry almost 600,000 barrels of crude oil daily from Alberta to oil refineries in Illinois and Oklahoma. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/group-calls-officials-keystone-hearings URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/group-calls-officials-keystone-hearings From news at resist.ca Wed Nov 28 14:17:18 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: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:17:18 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] The Origins of Neoliberal Environmentalism Message-ID: <20071128221718.23967.qmail@resist.ca> Weekend Edition November 24 / 25, 2007 The Origins of Neoliberal Environmentalism Justice Stephen Breyer and Cancer Bonds By JEFFREY ST. CLAIR Any man admired by both Senators Ted Kennedy and Orin Hatch can't be all good. And, in fact, Stephen Breyer's elevation to the highest bench illustrates concisely how, across the past twenty years, Kennedyesque liberalism and Hatchian conservatism have merged into a unified, pro-corporate posture. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/origins-neoliberal-environmentalism URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/origins-neoliberal-environmentalism From news at resist.ca Thu Nov 29 18:17:07 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: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:17:07 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Pembina's Unlikely Corporate Allies: Making Xmas Baskets for Coal Bed Methane companies? Message-ID: <20071130021708.16598.qmail@resist.ca> Pembina Institute Releases Report, Hosts Forum on "Unlikely Allies" Media Contact: Ed Whittingham Calgary-November 28, 2007-The Pembina Institute, a national environmental think tank, today released a case study compendium and hosted a forum on innovative partnerships between unlikely allies who help make resource development sustainable. The unlikely allies comprise resource companies and their external stakeholders such as communities, landowner associations and environmental groups. This is the first report of its kind to document Canada-based examples. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/pembina039s-unlikely-corporate-allies-making-xmas-baskets-coal-bed-methane-companies URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/pembina039s-unlikely-corporate-allies-making-xmas-baskets-coal-bed-methane-companies From news at resist.ca Fri Nov 30 02:18:30 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, 30 Nov 2007 10:18:30 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Bruce Power (TransCanada Pipelines, Cameco etc.) to buy out Peace River Nuke Project for Tarpits Message-ID: <20071130101833.19906.qmail@resist.ca> Bruce Power jumping into Alberta nuclear project Jon Harding, Financial Post Published: Thursday, November 29, 2007 CALGARY -- Bruce Power LP, operator of Canada's largest nuclear plant in western Ontario, has signed a letter of intent to buy some assets from Energy Alberta Corp., the private Calgary-based company that had planned to build a nuclear reactor in northern Alberta. As part of the transaction, Bruce Power, which is majority owned by Calgary-based pipeline giant TransCanada Corp., will acquire exclusive rights to use CANDU technology in Alberta. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/bruce-power-transcanada-pipelines-cameco-etc-buy-out-peace-river-nuke-project-tarpits URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/bruce-power-transcanada-pipelines-cameco-etc-buy-out-peace-river-nuke-project-tarpits From news at resist.ca Fri Nov 30 15:17:19 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: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:17:19 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] AFL group: oilpatch boom causes companies to cut corners on safety Message-ID: <20071130231719.16151.qmail@resist.ca> Labour group: oilpatch boom causes companies to cut corners on safety Canadian Press, Calgary, Alberta, November 29, 2007 The head of Alberta's Federation of Labour says the province's economic boom has caused some companies to cut corners on worker safety?an issue highlighted this week when a fire killed two workers on a major Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) pipeline in Minnesota. "Health and safety has become much more of an issue in Alberta workplaces right across the board since the economy has gone on such a booming trend," Gil McGowan said Thursday in an interview. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/afl-group-oilpatch-boom-causes-companies-cut-corners-safety URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/afl-group-oilpatch-boom-causes-companies-cut-corners-safety