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He has been studying and writing about global warming for over twenty years and is the Author of Heat (South End Press, 2007) which is about climate change and what needs to be done about it. He explains that because of recent scientific discoveries the book needs an extreme update. Indymedia.org.uk (August 31 2007) I'm going to start with some bad news, and the bad news is this. 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Message-ID: <20070902001708.11607.qmail@resist.ca> Seismic testing irks lakes' neighbours [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070830.ROSUM30/TPStor...][1] NORVAL SCOTT August 30, 2007 CALGARY -- Calgary-based OSUM Oil Sands Corp. looks set to face more opposition to its controversial proposals to test for crude oil under two Alberta lakes, as a coalition of residents is planning to take its protests straight to Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach's door. Earlier this month, Alberta regulators gave approval to privately held OSUM to conduct seismic testing at Marie Lake, 300 kilometres northeast of Edmonton. 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The Public Service Commission has denied a request by Keystone pipeline opponents to delay next week?s hearing on its proposed route. The commission voted Friday during an emergency meeting to go ahead with Wednesday?s hearing, which Commissioner Kevin Cramer expects to continue into Thursday. 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These resizes are done for torrents which have had on-going interest and traffic over time. In 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Cuba experienced an 'energy famine.' Transportation and agriculture virtually came to a stop due to lack of diesel fuel and fertilizer shortages. 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[read more][2] [1]: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/08/16/fortchip-oconnor.html (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/08/16/fortchip-oconnor.html) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/whistleblower-md-returns-fort-chipewyan URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/whistleblower-md-returns-fort-chipewyan From news at resist.ca Tue Sep 4 12:40:26 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: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:40:26 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Peak everything Message-ID: <20070904194027.600.qmail@resist.ca> Peak everything [http://www.energybulletin.net/34357.html][1] by Richard Heinberg This issue is an edited version of the Introduction to Richard Heinberg's new book Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines. A few excerpts are posted here. See Global Public Media for the entire posting. -BA [read more][2] [1]: http://www.energybulletin.net/34357.html (http://www.energybulletin.net/34357.html) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/peak-everything URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/peak-everything From news at resist.ca Tue Sep 4 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: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:40:11 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Imperial Oil getting Defensive over Mackenzie Gas Project Message-ID: <20070904204011.12267.qmail@resist.ca> Mackenzie pipeline critics using wrong numbers: Imperial Last Updated: Friday, August 31, 2007 | 10:39 AM CT [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/08/31/jrp-numbers.html][1] Critics of the proposed Mackenzie Valley pipeline have inflated some numbers related to the pipeline's impact on future development, an official with Imperial Oil told the joint review panel on Thursday. 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[read more][2] [1]: http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=3079 (http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=3079) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sand-mining-growing-huge-environmental-cost-0 URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sand-mining-growing-huge-environmental-cost-0 From news at resist.ca Tue Sep 4 13:40:10 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: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:40:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Feds praise Alaska pipeline process" Message-ID: <20070904204011.12264.qmail@resist.ca> Feds praise Alaska pipeline process [http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8R1QE381.htm][1] By STEVE QUINN JUNEAU, Alaska // The Associated Press August 15, 2007 Federal regulators on Wednesday praised Alaska's renewed attempts to get a natural gas pipeline built, a sharp contrast to a report earlier this year that said the process had "slipped considerably." [read more][2] [1]: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8R1QE381.htm (http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8R1QE381.htm) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/feds-praise-alaska-pipeline-process URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/feds-praise-alaska-pipeline-process From news at resist.ca Tue Sep 4 14:17:04 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, 04 Sep 2007 21:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Blaming labor for peak oil problems Message-ID: <20070904211705.16835.qmail@resist.ca> Blaming labor for peak oil problems [http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/08/15/oil_sands_labor/index.html][1] A labor shortage is "wracking" the province of Alberta, Macleans tell us, brought on by the mad rush to exploit the vast reserves of petroleum locked in the fabled oil sands of Canada's Wild West. The jobless rate in Alberta is a "historically low" 3.4 percent even with net inward migration in 2006 hitting 62,000. 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Experts said they were "stunned" by the loss of ice, with an area almost twice as big as Britain disappearing in the last week alone. So much ice has melted this summer that the north-west passage across the top of Canada is fully navigable, and [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/ice-free-arctic-could-be-here-23-years-area-2x-size-england-disappeared-last-week URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/ice-free-arctic-could-be-here-23-years-area-2x-size-england-disappeared-last-week From news at resist.ca Wed Sep 5 12:40:13 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: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:40:13 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Mining Industry PR: "Canada's Top 40: Suncor leads the pack" Message-ID: <20070905194013.17445.qmail@resist.ca> Canada's Top 40 [http://www.canadianminingjournal.com/issues/ISarticle.asp?id=189929&stor...][1] By: Marilyn Scales Oil sands miner Suncor leads pack Any company with annual revenues of over $7.4 billion is a contender for the top spot on many lists. In the case of the largest 40 Canadian mining companies, the honour goes to Suncor Energy thanks to its oil sands income alone. The rising price of oil continues to bolster Suncor's bottom line. Last year the company ranked eighth on our list with almost $4.0 billion in revenue from its oil sands operations. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.canadianminingjournal.com/issues/ISarticle.asp?id=189929&story_id=40757135139&issue=08012007&PC= (http://www.canadianminingjournal.com/issues/ISarticle.asp?id=189929&story_id=40757135139&issue=08012007&PC=) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/mining-industry-pr-canadas-top-40-suncor-leads-pack URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/mining-industry-pr-canadas-top-40-suncor-leads-pack From news at resist.ca Wed Sep 5 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: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Finding the right balance is tough..." Message-ID: <20070905201705.21974.qmail@resist.ca> Finding the right balance is tough... [http://www.thenorthernview.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=142&cat=48&id...][1] By - Brooke Ward Sep 05 2007 Many of us here in the Northwest seem to know what we want: economic development and sustainability. And we also know what we don?t want: destruction of natural resources. Unfortunately, the Provincial Government seems convinced that we can?t have one without the other. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.thenorthernview.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=142&cat=48&id=1057175&more=0 (http://www.thenorthernview.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=142&cat=48&id=1057175&more=0) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/finding-right-balance-tough URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/finding-right-balance-tough From news at resist.ca Wed Sep 5 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: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Kings of the coal habit Message-ID: <20070905201705.21975.qmail@resist.ca> Kings of the coal habit The fate of our warming planet hinges on six nations, and five of them meet in Sydney this week Jeremy Leggett Wednesday September 5, 2007 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2162457,00.html][1] Through his long years of greenhouse denial, George Bush must have been particularly grateful to John Howard. The Australian prime minister was quick to join Bush in refusing to ratify the Kyoto protocol, and has batted for his country's coal interests as trenchantly as Bush has batted for US coal and oil interests. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2162457,00.html (http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2162457,00.html) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/kings-coal-habit URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/kings-coal-habit From news at resist.ca Wed Sep 5 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: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Leading the eco-revolution Message-ID: <20070905201705.21976.qmail@resist.ca> Leading the eco-revolution Activist Clayton Thomas-Muller is building an 'inclusive movement for climate justice' in Canada. [http://www.rabble.ca/news_full_story.shtml?x=61919][1] by Nina Winham September 4, 2007 It was a lake without stories that first signaled something wrong to Clayton Thomas-Muller and fed the future activist's passion for justice. A lake with no stories and no life, spread thin across his peoples' traditional territory. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.rabble.ca/news_full_story.shtml?x=61919 (http://www.rabble.ca/news_full_story.shtml?x=61919) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/leading-eco-revolution URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/leading-eco-revolution From news at resist.ca Wed Sep 5 13:17:05 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, 05 Sep 2007 20:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Mexican Rights Violated by Canada in Free =?utf-8?b?VHJhZGXigJlz?= Name Message-ID: <20070905201705.21978.qmail@resist.ca> Mexican rights violated in free trade?s name Published September 3rd, 2007 in Opinion [http://www.cordweekly.com/archives/2168][1] ALEX HUNDERT JOURNALISTS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS In mid-August, I spent several days in a small vacation town called Montebello, located between Ottawa and Montreal. In this town on the historic Ottawa River is a resort complex owned by a prominent hotel chain. The heads of state from Canada, the United States and Mexico were there meeting on August 21 and 22 with an array of the most powerful businessmen and industrialists from North America. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.cordweekly.com/archives/2168 (http://www.cordweekly.com/archives/2168) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/mexican-rights-violated-canada-free-trade-s-name URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/mexican-rights-violated-canada-free-trade-s-name From news at resist.ca Wed Sep 5 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: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Marie Lake resident vows to block seismic testing Message-ID: <20070905211705.28786.qmail@resist.ca> 'We'll break the law if need be' Marie Lake resident vows to block seismic testing By CARTER HAYDU, SUN MEDIA Cabin owners protesting seismic testing at Marie Lake are so determined to keep oilsands development off their water, that they're prepared to block the lake to seismic crews when they try to test the area. Hal Bekolay, Marie Lake resident, said concerned cabin owners will stop seismic testing on the lake any way possible, even if that means blocking the boat launches, so seismic crews can't go out to do their work. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/marie-lake-resident-vows-block-seismic-testing URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/marie-lake-resident-vows-block-seismic-testing From news at resist.ca Wed Sep 5 14:40:29 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: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:40:29 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Victory for Marie Lake Residents: Seismic Testing Halted Message-ID: <20070905214031.14679.qmail@resist.ca> Alberta government halts plans to allow seismic testing on Marie Lake [http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/070905/national/alta_seismic_testing_...][1] Wed Sep 5, 8:31 AM EDMONTON (CP) - The Alberta government has halted a plan to allow controversial seismic testing on Marie Lake. ADVERTISEMENT Premier Ed Stelmach announced Tuesday night that there were too many safety questions about the technology involved in drilling for oilsands under water. [read more][2] [1]: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/070905/national/alta_seismic_testing_cancelled (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/070905/national/alta_seismic_testing_cancelled) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/victory-marie-lake-residents-seismic-testing-halted URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/victory-marie-lake-residents-seismic-testing-halted From news at resist.ca Thu Sep 6 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: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:40:11 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Bell wants Tax Incentives to Destroy Mackenzie Valley Message-ID: <20070906204011.24180.qmail@resist.ca> Canadian Min Sees Tax Deal On Mackenzie Gas Project By Fall 2008 Dow Jones [http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200709051521DOWJONES...][1] September 05, 2007: 03:21 PM EST WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Regional Canadian investment minister Brendan Bell said Wednesday that he believes the federal government may be able to negotiate a tax agreement with companies partnering on the Mackenzie gas project by next fall. [read more][2] [1]: http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200709051521DOWJONESDJONLINE000918_FORTUNE5.htm (http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200709051521DOWJONESDJONLINE000918_FORTUNE5.htm) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/bell-wants-tax-incentives-destroy-mackenzie-valley URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/bell-wants-tax-incentives-destroy-mackenzie-valley From news at resist.ca Thu Sep 6 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: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:40:11 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Keystone Pipeline gets Preliminary Nod from US State Department Message-ID: <20070906204012.24203.qmail@resist.ca> Oil Pipeline Gets Preliminary Nod By JAMES MacPHERSON 09.05.07, 5:40 PM ET [http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/09/05/ap4086122.html][1] BISMARCK, N.D. - The U.S. State Department has given a preliminary nod to a $2 billion pipeline that would transport crude oil from Canada through seven states. The Keystone pipeline, a project of TransCanada Corp. (nyse: TRP - news - people ) of Calgary, Alberta, is planned to stretch more than 1,800 miles from Hardisty, in east-central Alberta, to refineries in Illinois, with a spur to Oklahoma. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/09/05/ap4086122.html (http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/09/05/ap4086122.html) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/keystone-pipeline-gets-preliminary-nod-us-state-department URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/keystone-pipeline-gets-preliminary-nod-us-state-department From news at resist.ca Thu Sep 6 17:17:08 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: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:17:08 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Big Oil Angry over Marie Lake People's Victory Message-ID: <20070907001708.19292.qmail@resist.ca> Stelmach decision worries oilpatch Industry wonders if cancelling Marie Lake permits for bitumen mining hints at new rules for future [http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/cityplus/story.html?id=9b00c5...][1] Archie McLean, The Edmonton Journal Published: 1:50 am EDMONTON - Premier Ed Stelmach's decision to halt seismic testing at a northern Alberta lake is raising concerns in the oilpatch over what it means for future projects. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/cityplus/story.html?id=9b00c5e0-ba3e-4464-8cf7-817cf3e3ff9b (http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/cityplus/story.html?id=9b00c5e0-ba3e-4464-8cf7-817cf3e3ff9b) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/big-oil-angry-over-marie-lake-peoples-victory URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/big-oil-angry-over-marie-lake-peoples-victory From news at resist.ca Fri Sep 7 12:17:04 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, 07 Sep 2007 19:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] N Dakota: Federal regulators give favorable preliminary review of Keystone Pipeline Message-ID: <20070907191704.11699.qmail@resist.ca> Federal regulators give favorable preliminary review of pipeline... Sep 5 2007 5:02PM Associated Press [http://www.kxmb.com/News/159289.asp][1] GRAFTON, N.D. (AP) The U.S. State Department has given a favorable preliminary review of a pipeline that would pump crude oil from Canada through South Dakota and six other states. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.kxmb.com/News/159289.asp (http://www.kxmb.com/News/159289.asp) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/n-dakota-federal-regulators-give-favorable-preliminary-review-keystone-pipeline URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/n-dakota-federal-regulators-give-favorable-preliminary-review-keystone-pipeline From news at resist.ca Fri Sep 7 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: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] China explains Move Out of Canada, into Venezuela Message-ID: <20070907201705.1684.qmail@resist.ca> Chinese Chill CNPC executive announces China?s exit from the Gateway Pipeline Project [http://www.oilweek.com/articles.asp?ID=462][1] Andrea W. Lorenz China has dramatically altered its international investment policy, pulling back on its plans for direct participation in Canada?s oilsands and withdrawing its support for Enbridge Inc.?s $4-billion Gateway Pipeline Project to deliver bitumen and synthetic crude oil to the west coast. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.oilweek.com/articles.asp?ID=462 (http://www.oilweek.com/articles.asp?ID=462) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/china-explains-move-out-canada-venezuela URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/china-explains-move-out-canada-venezuela From news at resist.ca Sat Sep 8 13:40:12 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: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:40:12 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Rah-rah-radicals Message-ID: <20070908204012.13807.qmail@resist.ca> Rah-rah-radicals Changing the world, one pom-pom at a time Francois Marchand, edmontonjournal.com Published: Saturday, September 8, 2007 [http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/ed/story.html?id=96db584f-d46...][1] Samantha Power and her cheerleading squad are rehearsing their jumps and kicks and readying their rah-rah-rahs. "It's a lot of practice," says Power, a former University of Alberta Students' Union president. "We want to be pretty tight. We have a few friends who have been cheerleaders before to teach us how to do those types of things." [read more][2] [1]: http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/ed/story.html?id=96db584f-d46d-4e34-9b0a-dc79b058a76e&k=85305 (http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/ed/story.html?id=96db584f-d46d-4e34-9b0a-dc79b058a76e&k=85305) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/rah-rah-radicals URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/rah-rah-radicals From news at resist.ca Sat Sep 8 13:40:12 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: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:40:12 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Multinationals Predicted to begin Major Takeovers in Tar Sands Message-ID: <20070908204012.13808.qmail@resist.ca> Oil patch feeding frenzy predicted [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070907.RRUBIN07/TPSto...][1] DAVID PARKINSON September 7, 2007 The Canadian oil patch could be hit by a major round of takeovers by multinational giants in the next year, Jeff Rubin of CIBC World Markets predicts, as the global energy industry looks increasingly to Alberta's rich oil sands as one of the few major world oil reserves unfettered by political meddling. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070907.RRUBIN07/TPStory/Business (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070907.RRUBIN07/TPStory/Business) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/multinationals-predicted-begin-major-takeovers-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/multinationals-predicted-begin-major-takeovers-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Sat Sep 8 13:40:12 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: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:40:12 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Alberta Construction Workers Serve Strike Notice Message-ID: <20070908204013.13813.qmail@resist.ca> Alberta carpenters serve strike notice [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070906.RTICKERMAIN06/...][1] DAVID EBNER September 6, 2007 Carpenters in Alberta may briefly go on strike this weekend, a strange twist in prolonged and complicated contract talks between builders in the province and construction workers. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070906.RTICKERMAIN06/TPStory/Business (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070906.RTICKERMAIN06/TPStory/Business) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/alberta-construction-workers-serve-strike-notice URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/alberta-construction-workers-serve-strike-notice From news at resist.ca Sat Sep 8 13:40:12 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: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:40:12 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] S Dakota: Keystone Pipeline to be Allowed Violation of Safety Standards Message-ID: <20070908204013.13816.qmail@resist.ca> Pipeline builder can waive U.S. rule Canadian company to use thinner steel By Terry Woster [http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070908/NEWS/7090...][1] Published: September 8, 2007 PIERRE - A federal agency will allow TransCanada Keystone to design parts of its proposed crude oil pipeline for a stress level higher than current U.S. standards. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070908/NEWS/709080321/1001 (http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070908/NEWS/709080321/1001) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/s-dakota-keystone-pipeline-be-allowed-violation-safety-standards URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/s-dakota-keystone-pipeline-be-allowed-violation-safety-standards From news at resist.ca Sat Sep 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: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] =?utf-8?q?Canada=E2=80=99s?= Third World; The Plight of the Lubicon Cree Message-ID: <20070909001705.5688.qmail@resist.ca> Canada?s Third World; The Plight of the Lubicon Cree Posted: June 21, 2007 [http://www.tarsandswatch.org/canada-s-third-world-plight-lubicon-cree][1] Cosanna Preston, June 19, 2007, [read more][2] [1]: http://www.tarsandswatch.org/canada-s-third-world-plight-lubicon-cree (http://www.tarsandswatch.org/canada-s-third-world-plight-lubicon-cree) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/canada-s-third-world-plight-lubicon-cree URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/canada-s-third-world-plight-lubicon-cree From news at resist.ca Mon Sep 10 12:17:55 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, 10 Sep 2007 19:17:55 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Shell likely player in Peace River Nuke Plans (UK Press) Message-ID: <20070910191755.20565.qmail@resist.ca> As always, when a corporation (with their pliant media friends) wants to get away with something completely unattractive-- such as using disgusting power forms to get disgusting power forms of energy--- turning nukes into tar! They will not likely speak clearly about what they are doing to the local population, lest that engender resistance. So, why not look at the international media (in this case, the conservative UK daily "Independent"), who will definitely talk about something so big, important and likely to help set international trends. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/shell-likely-player-peace-river-nuke-plans-uk-press URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/shell-likely-player-peace-river-nuke-plans-uk-press From news at resist.ca Mon Sep 10 12:40:57 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, 10 Sep 2007 19:40:57 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Corporate PR: On the plan to Ravage Utah's Tar Sands Message-ID: <20070910194058.4715.qmail@resist.ca> Planet Resource Recovery, Inc.'s CEO to Be Featured Guest on [www.mn1.com][1] to Demonstrate PetroLuxus(TM) Effect on Utah Tar Sands [http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=766618][2] [read more][3] [1]: http://www.mn1.com (www.mn1.com) [2]: http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=766618 (http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=766618) [3]: http://oilsandstruth.org/corporate-pr-plan-ravage-utahs-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/corporate-pr-plan-ravage-utahs-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Mon Sep 10 13:17:11 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, 10 Sep 2007 20:17:11 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] More Pipeline Bombings in Mexico Message-ID: <20070910201712.12465.qmail@resist.ca> [Intro lifted from the MostlyWater News Feed at [http://mostlywater.org/more_pipeline_bombings_in_mexico][1] --M] [In what is becoming a time-honoured tradition in places where indigenous land and resources are being stolen by governments which don't represent the desires of the people, more strategic oil pipelines were blown up in Mexico earlier today. Meanwhile, in another time-honoured tradition, the corporate media coverage of the events failed to mention possible motivations for the bombings while racing to assure businesses that security along the pipeline has be increased. -r] [read more][2] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/more_pipeline_bombings_in_mexico (http://mostlywater.org/more_pipeline_bombings_in_mexico) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/more-pipeline-bombings-mexico URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/more-pipeline-bombings-mexico From news at resist.ca Mon Sep 10 13:17:11 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, 10 Sep 2007 20:17:11 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Canada's water 'on the negotiating table' Message-ID: <20070910201712.12466.qmail@resist.ca> Canada's water 'on the negotiating table,' report says Vague wording in NAFTA doesn't protect country against bulk shipments and other forms of sale to the U.S. MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070910.WATER10/TPStor...][1] September 10, 2007 Despite regular assurances from the federal government that Canada won't allow water exports, the country remains vulnerable to water diversions to an increasingly thirsty United States, says a new research paper commissioned by the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070910.WATER10/TPStory/National (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070910.WATER10/TPStory/National) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/canadas-water-negotiating-table URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/canadas-water-negotiating-table From news at resist.ca Mon Sep 10 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: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Nuclear power buyer not for real" Message-ID: <20070910211706.21320.qmail@resist.ca> Let me ask a question: Is it not incredibly bad PR for a corporation to announce that they have a "secret buyer" for one of the world's most infamous sources of energy, and a source of energy that hasn't even been approved or constructed yet? [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/nuclear-power-buyer-not-real URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/nuclear-power-buyer-not-real From news at resist.ca Mon Sep 10 14:40:13 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: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:40:13 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Suncor Trying to Buy Up Natural Gas Supplies for Tar Pits Message-ID: <20070910214013.7761.qmail@resist.ca> However benignly this article is written, it means that the pipeline infrastructure from all directions-- BC, NWT, southern AB, lower 48 and more-- is expected to grow heading *into* the tar pits so that it can grow heading *out of* the tar pits. This doesn't include the "into" pipelines for 'diluent' kerosene needed to convert heavy bitumen into a flowing sludge mock-oil. This article is timed with the corporate projection announcement made by Suncor that they intend to overtake Syncrude as the single largest producer of tar sands mock oil this year. Small wonder, it's a matter of physics. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/suncor-trying-buy-natural-gas-supplies-tar-pits URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/suncor-trying-buy-natural-gas-supplies-tar-pits From news at resist.ca Mon Sep 10 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: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Haisla Indian Act Government selling out to Liquified Natural Gas Port? Message-ID: <20070910221705.13734.qmail@resist.ca> This article would make some sort of sense if the proposed deal recognized the ownership of the Haisla, and if they were to be paying taxes, rent, and more in the way of revenue sharing that actually represents the Haisla as the eternal owners of this territory. It does not do any of that. It is more in the model of typical land grabs with shady councils of bought and paid for corruption. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/haisla-indian-act-government-selling-out-liquified-natural-gas-port URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/haisla-indian-act-government-selling-out-liquified-natural-gas-port From news at resist.ca Wed Sep 12 19:17:07 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, 13 Sep 2007 02:17:07 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Hugo Knows the Value of His Tar Message-ID: <20070913021707.8447.qmail@resist.ca> Exxon Mobil Seeks Arbitration Over Venezuela Assets (Update4) By Jim Kennett and Steven Bodzin Sept. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's largest oil company, filed for arbitration in a dispute over assets seized by the Venezuelan government. The Irving, Texas-based company's 41.7 percent stake in the heavy oil project had a net-book value of about $750 million at the time of the expropriation, according to a regulatory filing today. The company said it requested arbitration Sept. 6 with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/hugo-knows-value-his-tar URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/hugo-knows-value-his-tar From news at resist.ca Thu Sep 13 12:17:04 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, 13 Sep 2007 19:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Nebraska: Keystone Pipeline Concerns Are Aired Message-ID: <20070913191704.605.qmail@resist.ca> Wednesday, September 12, 2007 Story last updated at 1:16 am on 9/12/2007 Pipeline Concerns Are Aired By: Nathan Johnson [nathan.johnson at yankton.net][1] [http://images.morris.com/images/yankton/mdControlled/cms/2007/09/12/1988...][2] During a meeting Tuesday to comment on the Department of State's Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Keystone Pipeline, area residents pinpointed what they see as shortcomings in the document. [read more][3] [1]: mailto:nathan.johnson at yankton.net [2]: http://images.morris.com/images/yankton/mdControlled/cms/2007/09/12/198809963.jpg (http://images.morris.com/images/yankton/mdControlled/cms/2007/09/12/198809963.jpg) [3]: http://oilsandstruth.org/nebraska-keystone-pipeline-concerns-are-aired URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/nebraska-keystone-pipeline-concerns-are-aired From news at resist.ca Thu Sep 13 12:17:04 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, 13 Sep 2007 19:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Tahltan Protest against Shell/CBM takes campaign to British media Message-ID: <20070913191704.606.qmail@resist.ca> Protest against Shell takes campaign to British media CATHRYN ATKINSON September 11, 2007 [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070911.BCSHELL11/TPSt...][1] Native protesters and environmental groups are taking the next round of their fight against a coal-bed methane exploration project in a remote part of central B.C. to the British media. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070911.BCSHELL11/TPStory/TPNational/BritishColumbia/ (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070911.BCSHELL11/TPStory/TPNational/BritishColumbia/) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/tahltan-protest-against-shell-cbm-takes-campaign-british-media URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/tahltan-protest-against-shell-cbm-takes-campaign-british-media From news at resist.ca Thu Sep 13 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: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Angry Union Workers Continue Loud Demonstrations Against Labour Laws Message-ID: <20070913221705.19885.qmail@resist.ca> Angry Union Workers Continue Loud Demonstrations Against Labour Laws Sep, 13 2007 - 2:40 PM CALGARY/AM770CHQR - A court ruling early Thursday morning has put the kibosh on information pickets being staged at various locations throughout the province, particularly in the Edmonton area and Fort McMurray. Outside the Petro-Canada refinery in Fort Saskatchewan, the cease and desist order didn't have much of an impact, as many more workers gathered, including Roger Jordan. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/angry-union-workers-continue-loud-demonstrations-against-labour-laws URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/angry-union-workers-continue-loud-demonstrations-against-labour-laws From news at resist.ca Thu Sep 13 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: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Bitumen =?utf-8?b?V2hv4oCZcw==?= Who Message-ID: <20070913221705.19886.qmail@resist.ca> When I see an article like this, I am reminded of a quote from Utah Philips: "The earth is not dying, she is being killed... and the people killing her have names and addresses!" --M -- Bitumen Who?s Who Six influential individuals who's opinions count regarding oilsands development >From Western Gold: Heavy Oil and Oilsands in Canada There are a lot of things about Alberta?s oilsands that are nice to know: [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/bitumen-who-s-who URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/bitumen-who-s-who From news at resist.ca Thu Sep 13 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: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Canada votes 'no' as UN native rights declaration passes Message-ID: <20070913221705.19884.qmail@resist.ca> Canada votes 'no' as UN native rights declaration passes Last Updated: Thursday, September 13, 2007 | 3:07 PM CT CBC News The international community adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on Thursday, despite high-profile opposition from Canada and three other countries. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/canada-votes-no-un-native-rights-declaration-passes URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/canada-votes-no-un-native-rights-declaration-passes From news at resist.ca Thu Sep 13 15:40:10 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, 13 Sep 2007 22:40:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Street drugs, gangs on rise in the West Message-ID: <20070913224010.22445.qmail@resist.ca> Street drugs, gangs on rise in the West 'Street-level' social problems worst in Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver: study Larissa Liepins, CanWest News Service Published: Wednesday, September 12 Western Canadian cities are fighting a rising tide of street drugs and gang activity, says a report released Tuesday by the Canada West Foundation. In researching Hard Times: A Portrait of Street Level Social Problems in Western Canada, the foundation consulted 311 frontline workers, experts and community leaders. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/street-drugs-gangs-rise-west URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/street-drugs-gangs-rise-west From news at resist.ca Thu Sep 13 15:40:10 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, 13 Sep 2007 22:40:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Mackenzie Gas Project Proponents "Getting Optimistic" Again. Message-ID: <20070913224010.22448.qmail@resist.ca> Horizon North optimistic on Mackenzie pipeline Jon Harding, Financial Post Published: Thursday, September 13, 2007 One of Canada's largest logistics companies catering to northern development projects added its name to a growing list of optimists who believe the $16-billion Mackenzie Gas Project will proceed. "As others have said here this week, we believe it's not a question of 'if' but rather 'when'," said Bob German, CFO of Horizon North Logistics Inc., a publicly traded Calgary firm. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/mackenzie-gas-project-proponents-getting-optimistic-again URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/mackenzie-gas-project-proponents-getting-optimistic-again From news at resist.ca Thu Sep 13 15:40:10 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, 13 Sep 2007 22:40:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Peace River: Environmental group protests the nuclear plant Message-ID: <20070913224011.22453.qmail@resist.ca> Environmental group protests the nuclear plant Peace River Environmental Society questions economic benefit and ecological effect Justin Pot / R-G Staffwriter Tuesday September 11, 2007 It?s Wednesday afternoon. Inside the Peace Valley Inn?s Emerald Room representatives from Energy Alberta are handing out pamphlets and talking to citizens about their concerns regarding the proposed nuclear power plant. A Power Point presentation loops on a white screen, tables are arrayed with information and refreshments as the representatives make the rounds, talking to everyone who comes in. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/peace-river-environmental-group-protests-nuclear-plant URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/peace-river-environmental-group-protests-nuclear-plant From news at resist.ca Fri Sep 14 11:17:04 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, 14 Sep 2007 18:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Peak Oil Facts Converge with Theory Message-ID: <20070914181705.19461.qmail@resist.ca> Copyright 2007 Financial Times Information Global News Wire - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire Copyright 2007 Kasturi & Sons Ltd, The Financial Times Limited September 14, 2007 Friday PEAK OIL FACTS CONVERGE WITH THEORY [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/peak-oil-facts-converge-theory URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/peak-oil-facts-converge-theory From news at resist.ca Fri Sep 14 11:17:04 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, 14 Sep 2007 18:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Shell Claiming "Psychology" Driving Oil Prices; Aim to ramp up Tar Sands Production 5 times Message-ID: <20070914181705.19462.qmail@resist.ca> Shell Chief Says `Psychology' Boosting Oil Prices By Sonja Franklin Sept. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Dutch Shell Plc Chief Executive Officer Jeroen van der Veer said there is sufficient crude oil supply in global markets and that prices are driven by speculation. ``The supply and demand is pretty OK,'' he said at a briefing with reporters in Calgary today. ``What we do have is a lot of psychology in the price. We have to expect volatility in the oil price due to this psychological component.'' [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/shell-claiming-psychology-driving-oil-prices-aim-ramp-tar-sands-production-5-times URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/shell-claiming-psychology-driving-oil-prices-aim-ramp-tar-sands-production-5-times From news at resist.ca Fri Sep 14 11:17:05 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, 14 Sep 2007 18:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Editorial: North Dakota must step up on planned [Keystone] pipeline Message-ID: <20070914181705.19463.qmail@resist.ca> North Dakota must step up on planned pipeline Sep 14, 2007 - 08:30:11 CDT By TIM MATHERN Fargo A pipeline company wants access to thousands of acres of private land in the state. Recent hearings before the Public Service Commission tell me this issue goes way beyond the PSC; the governor needs to provide leadership. The TransCanada Keystone pipeline would carry Canadian "tar sands" oil from Alberta to refineries in other states. PSC approval of the route would make more than 400 landowners subject to condemnation proceedings. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/editorial-north-dakota-must-step-planned-keystone-pipeline URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/editorial-north-dakota-must-step-planned-keystone-pipeline From news at resist.ca Fri Sep 14 11:40:10 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: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:40:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Nuclear just too hot for Alberta Message-ID: <20070914184011.21572.qmail@resist.ca> It is important that the industry PR men & women are able to believe their own press-- but it is equally important that they are not believed by those of us who wish to counter their stories. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/nuclear-just-too-hot-alberta URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/nuclear-just-too-hot-alberta From news at resist.ca Fri Sep 14 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: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] CNN gets in on the Peak: "The End of Oil" Message-ID: <20070914211705.26498.qmail@resist.ca> The article here, rather poorly put together, nonetheless should be noted for a multitude of reasons & not least that this is on CNN and is a follow up on the GAO in the lower 48 actually discussing the problem. There is a slow but clear trend towards not just peak oil, but peak denial. We have hit the peak in reasonable denial; the costs of continuing any further such denial are simply too great for the "market of ideas" to bear. --M The end of oil A small - but growing - group of experts think world oil production will peak in the next few years, to devastating effect. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/cnn-gets-peak-end-oil URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/cnn-gets-peak-end-oil From news at resist.ca Fri Sep 14 19:17:06 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, 15 Sep 2007 02:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Rainbow Lake oil pipeline put on sale by Imperial; Tied to MGP? Message-ID: <20070915021706.7423.qmail@resist.ca> Rainbow Lake oil pipeline put on sale by Imperial Oil and partners Published: Thursday, September 6, 2007 | 8:44 PM ET Canadian Press: JUDY MONCHUK CALGARY (CP) - The energy champions behind the proposed $16-billion Mackenzie pipeline are selling a small oil pipeline in northern Alberta, bewildering observers who say the Rainbow line has strategic importance. Rainbow is owned by Imperial Oil (TSX:IMO), ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell, all partners in plans to bring Canada's large Arctic reserves of natural gas to southern markets. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/rainbow-lake-oil-pipeline-put-sale-imperial-tied-mgp URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/rainbow-lake-oil-pipeline-put-sale-imperial-tied-mgp From news at resist.ca Sat Sep 15 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, 15 Sep 2007 19:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Lunn: It should be the market that determines the pace of development Message-ID: <20070915191707.17122.qmail@resist.ca> Sep 12, 2007 9:41:00 PM MST Federal energy minister tells pipeline group plans to reduce regulatory process on track (Pipeline-Regulatory-L) CALGARY (CP) _ Plans to reduce the regulatory process for major pipeline projects in the future are on track Federal Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn said Wednesday evening but won?t be any help to the $16.2 billion Mackenzie Gas pipeline. The Harper government put aside $150 million over five years in the last federal budget to set up a new Major Projects Management Office to help streamline the regulatory process. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/lunn-it-should-be-market-determines-pace-development URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/lunn-it-should-be-market-determines-pace-development From news at resist.ca Sun Sep 16 00:40:11 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, 16 Sep 2007 07:40:11 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Peak Pasta in Italy: Biofuel increases price of Wheat Message-ID: <20070916074012.19580.qmail@resist.ca> Wheat Prices Send Italian Pasta Costs Up By COLLEEN BARRY The Associated Press Thursday, September 13, 2007; 8:40 PM MILAN, Italy -- Consumer groups urged Italians to refrain from buying pasta Thursday to protest rising prices for the beloved Italian staple, in a strike that was high on symbolic value but apparently low on real impact. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/peak-pasta-italy-biofuel-increases-price-wheat URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/peak-pasta-italy-biofuel-increases-price-wheat From news at resist.ca Sun Sep 16 12:17:04 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, 16 Sep 2007 19:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Keystone Pipeline Documents held in Public Libraries in South Dakota Message-ID: <20070916191704.18708.qmail@resist.ca> Libraries have assessment of pipeline plans By Staff Reports Argus Leader Published: September 13, 2007 Documents related to the environmental analysis of the planned Keystone pipeline that would traverse South Dakota from the North Dakota border near Aberdeen to Yankton are available in the government documents section at public libraries throughout eastern South Dakota. TransCanada is seeking federal and state regulatory permission to build a pipeline that would carry more than 500,000 gallons of crude oil daily from Alberta to oil refineries in Missouri, Illinois and Oklahoma. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/keystone-pipeline-documents-held-public-libraries-south-dakota URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/keystone-pipeline-documents-held-public-libraries-south-dakota From news at resist.ca Sun Sep 16 12:17:04 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, 16 Sep 2007 19:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Pasta, Beer, Easter Eggs too Expensive because of Ethanol Message-ID: <20070916191704.18709.qmail@resist.ca> Meat, dairy and other food producers assail ethanol Congress about to decide whether to require sixfold hike in fuel output Tucson, Arizona | Published: 09.16.2007 WASHINGTON ? Already this year, ethanol has been blamed for more expensive Easter eggs, dying shrimp along the Louisiana coastline and costlier milk in school lunches. Germans curse biofuels for higher beer costs. In Italy, consumer advocates organized a pasta boycott last week, complaining that pasta prices have soared because farmers grow crops for fuel, not food. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/pasta-beer-easter-eggs-too-expensive-because-ethanol URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/pasta-beer-easter-eggs-too-expensive-because-ethanol From news at resist.ca Sun Sep 16 12:17:04 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, 16 Sep 2007 19:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Shifting Tar Sands Message-ID: <20070916191705.18712.qmail@resist.ca> Shifting oil sands Telegraph UK Magazine 15/09/2007 In the hunt for new fuel sources, a vast swath of western Canada is being mined for its precious 'oil sands'. Jack Fairweather visits the centre of the new gold rush. Photographs by Jonas Bendiksen Donnie Leblanc is surprisingly nonchalant for a man who has just blown $20,000 on a two-day trip to Las Vegas. But then, since he came to northern Canada, he hasn't had to worry too much about money - and there is plenty more where that came from. In a few months' time he will have saved enough to hit the casinos again. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/shifting-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/shifting-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Sun Sep 16 12:17:04 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, 16 Sep 2007 19:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Is it too late to stop the ethanol con job? Message-ID: <20070916191704.18710.qmail@resist.ca> Is it too late to stop the ethanol con job? ERIC REGULY September 14, 2007 at 6:27 AM EDT ROME ? Not so long ago, you could feel complacent - smug even - about your little greenish exertions. You traded your SUV for a smaller set of wheels. You bought compact florescent bulbs and dragged the old push mower out of storage. You approved of ethanol and other biofuels and vowed to buy them whenever possible. Okay, there wasn't a lot of sacrifice involved. But you could feel a tad superior to your fossil-fuel-slurping neighbours. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/it-too-late-stop-ethanol-con-job URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/it-too-late-stop-ethanol-con-job From news at resist.ca Sun Sep 16 12:17:04 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, 16 Sep 2007 19:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Oil industry 'sleepwalking into crisis' Message-ID: <20070916191705.18711.qmail@resist.ca> Oil industry 'sleepwalking into crisis' Former Shell chairman says that diminishing resources could push price of crude to $150 a barrel By David Strahan and Andrew Murray-Watson Published: 16 September 2007 // Independent UK Lord Oxburgh, the former chairman of Shell, has issued a stark warning that the price of oil could hit $150 per barrel, with oil production peaking within the next 20 years. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/oil-industry-sleepwalking-crisis URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/oil-industry-sleepwalking-crisis From news at resist.ca Sun Sep 16 12:17:04 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, 16 Sep 2007 19:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Workers Defying "Cease & Desist" Order Message-ID: <20070916191705.18722.qmail@resist.ca> Pickets vow they will ignore order to stop Jamie Hall, The Edmonton Journal Published: Friday, September 14 EDMONTON - Undaunted by the prospect of arrest and fines, scores of protesters vowed Thursday to continue a crusade that has disrupted work at more than a dozen construction sites and cost oilsands contractors millions of dollars. Union members who again formed "information lines" early Thursday were served with copies of a cease-and-desist order issued on Wednesday night, which bars picketing at any construction or maintenance site. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/workers-defying-cease-desist-order URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/workers-defying-cease-desist-order From news at resist.ca Sun Sep 16 12:17:04 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, 16 Sep 2007 19:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] CNRL Abandons Newfoundlanders in Northern Alberta Message-ID: <20070916191705.18715.qmail@resist.ca> Newfoundlanders claim company has left them stranded in Alberta JAMIE BAKER The Telegram What was supposed to be a tasty piece of the Alberta employment pie quickly turned into a sour serving of severance for a small group of Newfoundland workers who found themselves on their own in the oil-rich western province with no job and no way home. The group had been working on a 20 days on, eight days off schedule for one of the many contractors at the huge Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (CNRL) Horizon oil sands project near Fort McMurray. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/cnrl-abandons-newfoundlanders-northern-alberta URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/cnrl-abandons-newfoundlanders-northern-alberta From news at resist.ca Mon Sep 17 02:17:04 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, 17 Sep 2007 09:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] West's ravenous oil appetite may lead to tough sacrifices (like giving up your equestrian estates and SUV's) Message-ID: <20070917091704.657.qmail@resist.ca> My heart bleeds for the oiligarchy wringing their hands in their country estates. -Petro-Pete West's ravenous oil appetite may lead to tough sacrifices GWYN MORGAN Read Bio | Latest Columns September 17, 2007 CALGARY -- The Southern family's Spruce Meadows equestrian centre near Calgary is ranked as the world's top show-jumping venue. Each September, its flagship Masters Tournament brings together the sport's best horses and riders. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/wests-ravenous-oil-appetite-may-lead-tough-sacrifices-giving-your-equestrian-estates-and-suvs URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/wests-ravenous-oil-appetite-may-lead-tough-sacrifices-giving-your-equestrian-estates-and-suvs From news at resist.ca Tue Sep 18 01:17:05 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, 18 Sep 2007 08:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] EUB Spies on Landowners; New EUB Chair also brokered the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Message-ID: <20070918081705.9758.qmail@resist.ca> Note that Bill Tilleman, the new chair of the EUB was also involved in brokering the "streamlined" regulatory review of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline as a special advisor to then Indian Affairs Minister Nault -Petro-Pete Alberta names new chairman for embattled regulator Reuters Monday, September 17, 2007 CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Alberta has appointed a prominent lawyer to head the oil-rich province's energy regulator and restore public confidence after a spying scandal sparked calls for resignations at the agency's senior levels. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/eub-spies-landowners-new-eub-chair-also-brokered-mackenzie-valley-pipeline URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/eub-spies-landowners-new-eub-chair-also-brokered-mackenzie-valley-pipeline From news at resist.ca Wed Sep 19 12:17:10 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: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:17:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Tar sands are the enemy of the planet" Message-ID: <20070919191710.32451.qmail@resist.ca> Tar sands are the enemy of the planet Posted by Jon Rynn at 12:35 PM on 14 Sep 2007 Our civilization's addiction to oil is being displayed in all its nefarious glory in the tar sands of Canada. According to Chris Nelder: [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-are-enemy-planet URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-are-enemy-planet From news at resist.ca Wed Sep 19 13:17:05 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, 19 Sep 2007 20:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] A peek at the peak oil problem Message-ID: <20070919201705.23266.qmail@resist.ca> A peek at the peak oil problem By The Mogambo Guru // Asia Times Online There are a few people who ask me to rebut the argument that oil will go down in price, thanks to a slowing world economy and the increased use of alternative energy resources and the "fact" that the world has zillions of barrels of oil still waiting to be pumped. By now, my response is automatic; "Oil go down in demand or price? What a load of hooey! You're a stupid freaking moron!" To which they always bizarrely reply, "Oh, yeah? Well, screw you!" [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/peek-peak-oil-problem URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/peek-peak-oil-problem From news at resist.ca Wed Sep 19 13:17:05 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, 19 Sep 2007 20:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Peak Oil and Gender Message-ID: <20070919201705.23267.qmail@resist.ca> Peak Oil and Gender Jon Lebkowsky September 17, 2007 8:27 AM Kurt Cobb at Energy Bulletin wonders whether peak oil is a gender issue or, as he says, a "guy thing." (Thanks to Paul Robbins for the pointer.) [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/peak-oil-and-gender URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/peak-oil-and-gender From news at resist.ca Wed Sep 19 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: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:40:13 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Energy Alberta boss: "nuclear energy will protect province from carbon tax" Message-ID: <20070919204013.26793.qmail@resist.ca> Energy Alberta boss says nuclear energy will protect province from carbon tax September 18, 2007 CALGARY (CP) ? A businessman who wants to build Western Canada's first nuclear power plant says nuclear energy would help protect Alberta from a carbon tax. Wayne Henuset, president of Energy Alberta, told a Calgary business audience that with Ontario and Quebec relying heavily on nuclear and hydro electricity, there will be a move to apply the tax and come after Alberta's oil and gas resources. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/energy-alberta-boss-nuclear-energy-will-protect-province-carbon-tax URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/energy-alberta-boss-nuclear-energy-will-protect-province-carbon-tax From news at resist.ca Wed Sep 19 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: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:40:13 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Wildcat Strikes Continue to Sweep Across Alberta Message-ID: <20070919204013.26798.qmail@resist.ca> Booming Alberta crippled by wildcat strikes by frustrated tradesmen September 16, 2007 EDMONTON (CP) ? Alberta's booming construction landscape is being disrupted with pickets and protests as a complicated labour law that hobbles building trade unions from striking is being attacked by hundreds of workers. The giant Petro-Canada upgrader project in Edmonton was crippled for several days last week after unionized workers refused to cross picket lines set up by carpenters and other tradesman seeking higher wages but unable to stage a legal strike. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/wildcat-strikes-continue-sweep-across-alberta URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/wildcat-strikes-continue-sweep-across-alberta From news at resist.ca Wed Sep 19 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: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:40:13 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Closing Edmonton's Tent City Message-ID: <20070919204014.26799.qmail@resist.ca> Closing Edmonton's Tent City EDMONTON ? It?s a difficult feat to be homeless but still have a space that feels like a home, but that?s exactly what life in Edmonton?s tent city has felt like for Claude Parisee over the past month. Surrounded by the books he reads to pass the time, and secure in the knowledge that guards watched his belongings and kept unwanted troublemakers from causing a stir, the former resident of Hull, Que., said life has largely been good in the makeshift community, which was set up in May and at times swelled to 80 tents and up to 200 people. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/closing-edmontons-tent-city URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/closing-edmontons-tent-city From news at resist.ca Fri Sep 21 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: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:17:25 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Alberta going Socialist (again)!!! Message-ID: <20070921191729.28679.qmail@resist.ca> U.S. market pundit flees 'socialist' North JOHN PARTRIDGE Globe and Mail Update September 19, 2007 at 3:28 PM EDT The sky must be falling: Denis Gartman is beating a white-knuckle retreat from the Great White North. The U.S. market commentator is abandoning his lengthy love affair with Canada and he's blaming Alberta's oil and gas Royalty Review Panel and the province's suddenly ? wait for it ??socialist? government for his hasty exit. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/alberta-going-socialist-again URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/alberta-going-socialist-again From news at resist.ca Mon Sep 24 12:40:10 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, 24 Sep 2007 19:40:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] TransCanada Defends Keystone Pipeline, Disputes Union Claims Message-ID: <20070924194010.23275.qmail@resist.ca> [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/transcanada-defends-keystone-pipeline-disputes-union-claims URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/transcanada-defends-keystone-pipeline-disputes-union-claims From news at resist.ca Mon Sep 24 12:40:10 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, 24 Sep 2007 19:40:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Keystone Pipeline gets Canadian approval Message-ID: <20070924194010.23273.qmail@resist.ca> We have to wait and see what the CEP and the AFL do to tackle this horrible (yet predictable) news... their campaigns against the pipeline has been in the forefront, and had it prevented the pipeline was also preventing the delivery of up to another half million barrels a day-- approximately the production of either the Suncor or Syncrude plants. Fight on all fronts! --M Keystone Pipeline gets Canadian approval Sep 24, 2007 - 11:24:21 CDT By the Associated Press [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/keystone-pipeline-gets-canadian-approval URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/keystone-pipeline-gets-canadian-approval From news at resist.ca Mon Sep 24 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: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Canada: Losing Water Through NAFTA" Message-ID: <20070924201704.29039.qmail@resist.ca> Canada: Losing Water Through NAFTA by Stephen Leahy Global Research, September 23, 2007 Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, Canada lost control over its energy resources. Now, with ?NAFTA-plus?, it could also lose control over its freshwater resources, say experts. Canada?s water is on the trade negotiating table despite widespread public opposition and assurances by Canadian political leaders, said Ad?le Hurley, director of the University of Toronto?s Programme on Water Issues at the Munk Centre for International Studies. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/canada-losing-water-through-nafta URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/canada-losing-water-through-nafta From news at resist.ca Mon Sep 24 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: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Tar Sands send Loonie Past Dollar Message-ID: <20070924201705.29040.qmail@resist.ca> "The rise in value of the Canadian dollar "is an energy story," said Busch. With crude oil futures trading at more than $83 U.S., investment capital is pouring north to help extract oil from so-called tar sands, also known as oil sands, in the province of Alberta. "The average cost to produce a barrel from tar sands is $40 to $45," Busch said. The current world oil price "puts oil development from tar sands on steroids." Go crazy: Dollar sinks below loonie Bill Barnhart | Market report September 21, 2007 [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-send-loonie-past-dollar URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-send-loonie-past-dollar From news at resist.ca Mon Sep 24 14:17:04 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, 24 Sep 2007 21:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Tuning in to the North, review of "Late Nights on Air" Message-ID: <20070924211704.5169.qmail@resist.ca> Tuning in to the North Review by MARIAN BOTSFORD FRASER September 22, 2007 "Late Nights on Air" By Elizabeth Hay // McClelland & Stewart // 364 pages, $32.99 [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/tuning-north-review-late-nights-air URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/tuning-north-review-late-nights-air From news at resist.ca Mon Sep 24 14:40:10 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, 24 Sep 2007 21:40:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Grandma vs. the Tar Pit Mine Message-ID: <20070924214011.23172.qmail@resist.ca> Grandma vs. the Oil-Sands Mine By Kevin Graham E/The Environmental Magazine September/October, 2007 Eighty-five-year-old grandmothers aren?t typically subject to censorship, but Liz Moore is no ordinary grandma. After touring an oil-sands operation in Canada, Moore returned to her home in Colorado and began researching the mining process. Eventually, she spent $3,600 on a website that chronicles the destructive environmental impacts of oil-sands mining. ?I was appalled at what I saw?the devastation of the land,? she says [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/grandma-vs-tar-pit-mine URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/grandma-vs-tar-pit-mine From news at resist.ca Mon Sep 24 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: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:40:12 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Hundreds march in Edmonton to protest labour laws Message-ID: <20070925014012.21975.qmail@resist.ca> Hundreds march in Edmonton to protest labour laws Canadian Press September 22, 2007 at 10:21 PM EDT EDMONTON ? Hundreds of angry and loud tradespeople have laid Alberta's labour code to rest in a dramatic mock funeral. Protest organizer Eric Klyne led the funeral procession to the legislature Saturday, flanked by men dressed as the grim reaper and a priest. The demonstration capped off two weeks of labour unrest that began following an Alberta Labour Relations Board ruling that forbid the carpenters union from going on strike. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/hundreds-march-edmonton-protest-labour-laws URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/hundreds-march-edmonton-protest-labour-laws From news at resist.ca Mon Sep 24 20:40:15 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, 25 Sep 2007 03:40:15 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Conservation, not pipeline, gaining N.W.T. support Message-ID: <20070925034015.21225.qmail@resist.ca> Conservation, not pipeline, gaining N.W.T. support: poll Last Updated: Monday, September 24, 2007 | 5:43 PM CT CBC News Support among residents of the Northwest Territories is waning for the proposed Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline, while interest in conservation is rising, according to the results of a poll released Monday. The poll, conducted by McAllister Opinion Research, says backing for the pipeline is at 68 per cent, which is down six per cent from its last poll in 2004. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/conservation-not-pipeline-gaining-n-w-t-support URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/conservation-not-pipeline-gaining-n-w-t-support From news at resist.ca Mon Sep 24 21:40:11 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, 25 Sep 2007 04:40:11 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Energy Corporations on offensive against Alberta royalty report Message-ID: <20070925044011.32051.qmail@resist.ca> Energy Corporations on offensive against Alberta royalty report Last Updated: Monday, September 24, 2007 | 6:01 PM MT CBC News Oil and gas producers, angry with a government report that recommends hiking the royalties they pay, shot back Monday warning higher royalty rates will be a major blow to Alberta's energy sector. The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, which represents major companies in the industry, says last week's report is flawed. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/energy-corporations-offensive-against-alberta-royalty-report URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/energy-corporations-offensive-against-alberta-royalty-report From news at resist.ca Tue Sep 25 10:40:15 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, 25 Sep 2007 17:40:15 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] As race for oil-rich Arctic heats up, Inuit stake their claim, too Message-ID: <20070925174016.24052.qmail@resist.ca> As race for oil-rich Arctic heats up, Inuit stake their claim, too Indigenous to the region, the Inuit want a 'meaningful voice' in the territory dispute. By Colin Woodard | The Christian Science Monitor / from the September 25, 2007 [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/race-oil-rich-arctic-heats-inuit-stake-their-claim-too URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/race-oil-rich-arctic-heats-inuit-stake-their-claim-too From news at resist.ca Tue Sep 25 12:17:11 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: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:17:11 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Alaskan Business: Mackenzie Pipeline Back on Track! Message-ID: <20070925191711.7780.qmail@resist.ca> Canada's Mackenzie Valley pipe project is finally back on track By Tim Bradner // September 23, 2007 Alaska Journal of Commerce The Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline in Canada's Northwest Territories may finally be on track after delays in regulatory proceedings, the territory's industry minister told an oil and gas symposium in Anchorage on Sept. 17. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/alaskan-business-mackenzie-pipeline-back-track URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/alaskan-business-mackenzie-pipeline-back-track From news at resist.ca Tue Sep 25 12:40:11 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, 25 Sep 2007 19:40:11 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Greenpeace wraps up Action Camp Message-ID: <20070925194011.26835.qmail@resist.ca> Greenpeace wraps up Action Camp By CARY CASTAGNA, SUN MEDIA It's been nearly two months since Greenpeace set up shop in Edmonton with the lofty goal of shutting down Alberta's oilsands, but don't expect to see any high-profile demonstrations anytime soon, says a local member of the international environmental group. "We haven't made any concrete plans to chain ourselves to trees," said a chuckling Geeta Sehgal, one of two campaign organizers working out of the Greenpeace office at Calgary Trail and Argyll Road. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/greenpeace-wraps-action-camp URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/greenpeace-wraps-action-camp From news at resist.ca Thu Sep 27 00:40:10 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, 27 Sep 2007 07:40:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Energy Alberta Corporation backtracks on firm nuclear power purchase agreements Message-ID: <20070927074010.17932.qmail@resist.ca> Henuset pursues nuclear power for Alberta Jon Harding, Financial Post Published: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 CALGARY -- A fuel bundle from a nuclear reactor seems wildly out of place inside the rustic lobby of Calgary's Willow Park Wines & Spirits. Courtesy of Atomic Energy Canada Ltd. (AECL), the cylinder sits beside a display case containing some of the world's finest wine and scotch. It is a serious juxtaposition in the chalet-like business office of Canada's largest private liquor store, which now doubles as the home of Energy Alberta Corp. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/energy-alberta-corporation-backtracks-firm-nuclear-power-purchase-agreements URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/energy-alberta-corporation-backtracks-firm-nuclear-power-purchase-agreements From news at resist.ca Fri Sep 28 07:17:05 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, 28 Sep 2007 14:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Russian Tar Sands! Message-ID: <20070928141705.5988.qmail@resist.ca> Tatneft, Shell Deal on Russian Oil Sands Associated Press 09.27.07, 11:04 AM ET MOSCOW - Russian oil producer OAO Tatneft said Thursday it signed a deal with Royal Dutch Shell Group to jointly develop oil-bearing tar sands in the central Tatarstan region. The company gave no indication of when it expected to start producing oil from the project, or how much it could ultimately produce. Earlier reports had put the project's potential daily output at around 40,000 barrels. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/russian-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/russian-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Fri Sep 28 14:40:10 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: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:40:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Long emergency or long march back to the cave?: America's New Religion, Part II Message-ID: <20070928214011.27059.qmail@resist.ca> America's New Religion, Part II Dubai, UAE Thursday, September 27, 2007 Long emergency or long march back to the cave? You decide, Resurrection the mainline of American industrial power, Tarantulas and the Gila monsters in Las Vegas and more... ------------------------- Joel Bowman, reporting from the sweltering Middle East... Yesterday we brought you an essay by James Howard Kunstler. Mr. Kunstler is the author of the book, "The Long Emergency," in which he predicted, as Eric pointed out yesterday, "the end of the privileged, energy-dependent American lifestyle." [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/long-emergency-or-long-march-back-cave-americas-new-religion-part-ii URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/long-emergency-or-long-march-back-cave-americas-new-religion-part-ii From news at resist.ca Fri Sep 28 14:40:10 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: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:40:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Why Ottawa must back pipeline" Message-ID: <20070928214011.27065.qmail@resist.ca> Anytime Diane Francis starts her turgid prose, if you instinctively stay on the opposite side of whatever she is saying then you will probably be fairly safe. In this case, the rule holds. Ever more so, however, is a slight admission contained within the article: "There's enough already to produce one billion cubic feet per day and the pipeline needs 1.3 billion a day," why, pray tell, does the pipeline "need" 1 billion point three cubic feet a day? [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/why-ottawa-must-back-pipeline URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/why-ottawa-must-back-pipeline From news at resist.ca Fri Sep 28 15:17:10 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, 28 Sep 2007 22:17:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Prentice awaits input over aid for Mackenzie" Message-ID: <20070928221711.31538.qmail@resist.ca> Prentice awaits input over aid for Mackenzie 'It's really in the hands of the proponents,' Industry Minister says DAVID EBNER AND NORVAL SCOTT September 22, 2007 BANFF AND CALGARY -- Imperial Oil Ltd. still hasn't restarted negotiations with Ottawa over potential federal aid for the beleaguered $16-billion Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline project. "We are awaiting a response from industry," Jim Prentice, federal Industry Minister, said in an interview in Banff Thursday night before his first major speech in his new job. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/prentice-awaits-input-over-aid-mackenzie URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/prentice-awaits-input-over-aid-mackenzie From news at resist.ca Sat Sep 29 11:41:03 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: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:41:03 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Stupid to the Last Drop: How plans to detonate a nuke to get the tarpits flowing never came to pass Message-ID: <20070929184105.11027.qmail@resist.ca> Big, bad oil in all its glory Financial Post Saturday, September 29, 2007 STUPID TO THE LAST DROP: HOW ALBERTA IS BRINGING ENVIRONMENTAL ARMAGEDDON TO CANADA (AND DOESN'T SEEM TO CARE) William Marsden, Alfred A. Knopf Canada 256 pp. $29.95 (Available Oct. 2) --- The rise of the loonie has been partially explained by the price of oil, which recently hit a record of almost US$84 a barrel. The Canadian economy has the world's attention because Alberta's oilsands contain an estimated 174 billion barrels of oil, the second-largest oil reserve tally after Saudi Arabia. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/stupid-last-drop-how-plans-detonate-nuke-get-tarpits-flowing-never-came-pass URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/stupid-last-drop-how-plans-detonate-nuke-get-tarpits-flowing-never-came-pass