From news at resist.ca Mon Feb 4 01:17:11 2008 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, 04 Feb 2008 09:17:11 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Profit and Power at the Expense of the Lubicon: Pipeline Pushes On Message-ID: <20080204091711.12057.qmail@resist.ca> Profit and Power at the Expense of the Lubicon: Pipeline Pushes On [http://mostlywater.org/profit_and_power_expense_lubicon][1] Syndicated from Intercontinental Cry Promoted by ron collins on Mon, 2008-02-04 07:50. According to a recent communique from Friends of the Lubicon, TransCanada officials have decided to proceed with their application to build a new jumbo gas pipeline across unceded Lubicon Territory. [read more][2] [1]: http://mostlywater.org/profit_and_power_expense_lubicon (http://mostlywater.org/profit_and_power_expense_lubicon) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/profit-and-power-expense-lubicon-pipeline-pushes URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/profit-and-power-expense-lubicon-pipeline-pushes From news at resist.ca Wed Feb 6 14:17:05 2008 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, 06 Feb 2008 22:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Looking for solutions to the carbon conundrum" Message-ID: <20080206221705.6635.qmail@resist.ca> This article, while interesting, has a major flaw: There is no sequestration program nor technology, and instead of dealing with the issues of Climate Change RIGHT NOW, with the means available before the next washes into the sea and hurricane hits New Orleans or elsewhere, this "plan" is precisely being taken up to *avoid* planning. It's interesting, but the logic is not merely flawed, it's criminal. --M Looking for solutions to the carbon conundrum [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotlooking-solutions-carbon-conundrumquot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotlooking-solutions-carbon-conundrumquot From news at resist.ca Wed Feb 6 14:17:05 2008 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, 06 Feb 2008 22:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Capitalism and Peak Oil: The Perfect Storm Message-ID: <20080206221705.6634.qmail@resist.ca> Capitalism and Peak Oil: The Perfect Storm by Jim Lydecker Napa Valley Register (January 18 2008) Americans have recently become aware of converging crises that can end life as we know it, though experts have been warning us for many years. For example, many economists have been warning for decades of the severe consequences resulting from runaway national debt and an imbalance of trade. And the current mortgage/liquidity crisis was first discussed in the early 1990s by a number of financial experts. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/capitalism-and-peak-oil-perfect-storm URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/capitalism-and-peak-oil-perfect-storm From news at resist.ca Wed Feb 6 16:17:04 2008 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, 07 Feb 2008 00:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Saskatchewan uranium expert brings warning to eastern Ontario, western Quebec Message-ID: <20080207001704.5529.qmail@resist.ca> [http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2008/01/22/02152.html][1] Saskatchewan uranium expert brings warning to eastern Ontario, western Quebec Four city tour to reveal uranium's long-term ecological and health pain for short-term private economic gain by Lynn Daniluk OTTAWA - An expert on Saskatchewan's uranium mining industry will warn people against letting the industry establish itself in the Ottawa River watershed in a 5-day book tour Jan. 22-26, 2008. [read more][2] [1]: http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2008/01/22/02152.html (http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2008/01/22/02152.html) [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/saskatchewan-uranium-expert-brings-warning-eastern-ontario-western-quebec URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/saskatchewan-uranium-expert-brings-warning-eastern-ontario-western-quebec From news at resist.ca Thu Feb 7 11:17:06 2008 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, 07 Feb 2008 19:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Big oil stokes the fires for the planet to burn Message-ID: <20080207191706.1896.qmail@resist.ca> Big oil stokes the fires for the planet to burn BP promised to go 'beyond petroleum'. But carbon remains at the heart of big energy firms February 7, 2008 12:01 AM There is a parallel universe in operation out there. Politicians try to negotiate a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, while business executives lay plans to expand their carbon footprint. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/big-oil-stokes-fires-planet-burn URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/big-oil-stokes-fires-planet-burn From news at resist.ca Thu Feb 7 12:17:38 2008 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, 07 Feb 2008 20:17:38 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] WBNP Officials and Native Leaders Address Water Quality in Peace-Athabasca Delta Message-ID: <20080207201740.18874.qmail@resist.ca> WBNP Officials and Native Leaders Address Water Quality in Peace-Athabasca Delta By GABRIEL ZARATE, SRJ Reporter 23.JAN.08 Ongoing concerns about water quality and possible contamination brought officials from Wood Buffalo National Park (WBNP) and regional native government representatives to Fort Chipewyan Wednesday, Jan. 16. The Peace-Athabasca Delta was the focus of talks, as it lies downstream from the oil sands extraction operations of Fort McMurray. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/wbnp-officials-and-native-leaders-address-water-quality-peaceathabasca-delta URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/wbnp-officials-and-native-leaders-address-water-quality-peaceathabasca-delta From news at resist.ca Thu Feb 7 12:17:39 2008 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, 07 Feb 2008 20:17:39 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] How to Avoid Action on Climate Change Message-ID: <20080207201741.18875.qmail@resist.ca> How to Avoid Action on Climate Change The following is the text of Ian Angus?s keynote speech at ?Smells Like Green Spirit,? a conference sponsored by the University of British Columbia Student Environment Centre, on January 19, 2008. by Ian Angus, editor Climate and Capitalism Canadians are known for being modest and self-effacing. We don?t brag much, and sometimes we seem to have an inferiority complex, a belief that we do okay, but we seldom excel. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/how-avoid-action-climate-change URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/how-avoid-action-climate-change From news at resist.ca Thu Feb 7 13:17:06 2008 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, 07 Feb 2008 21:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Foreign worker plan under fire Message-ID: <20080207211706.31088.qmail@resist.ca> The temporary foreign worker programs, already a grotesque violation of the most basic, elementary labour (and human) rights, are being ramped up for the construction plans associated with Alberta's Tar Sands boom, and the Olympics set to cripple Vancouver and indigenous territories throughout BC. These TFW's are a *needed* component of all of this, thanks to the unprecedented size of the gigaproject/Tar Sands. Further, the Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement [Tilma] is the facilitator of policy in Alberta being virtually the same in BC. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/foreign-worker-plan-under-fire URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/foreign-worker-plan-under-fire From news at resist.ca Thu Feb 7 13:17:06 2008 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, 07 Feb 2008 21:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] It's Not Nice to Let Eastern Canadians Freeze in the Dark Message-ID: <20080207211706.31089.qmail@resist.ca> Strategic Petroleum Reserves It's Not Nice to Let Eastern Canadians Freeze in the Dark GORDON LAXER The Globe and Mail February 7, 2008 - Page A19 When Cape Bretoners were hit with a furnace-oil shortage in December as the result of an early winter and late-arriving fuel tanker, it concentrated the mind: With icy winter now gripping Canada, isn't it time to counter the threat of longer and more widespread oil shortages in the near future? Canada is usually an avid joiner of international conventions. But we're the [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/it039s-not-nice-let-eastern-canadians-freeze-dark URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/it039s-not-nice-let-eastern-canadians-freeze-dark From news at resist.ca Thu Feb 7 14:17:05 2008 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, 07 Feb 2008 22:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] How the North Central Corridor and the Mackenzie Gas Project will Team to make Billions for TransCanada Message-ID: <20080207221707.13430.qmail@resist.ca> Feb. 1, 2008 TransCanada acquisitions boost profit $250 milion Bruce power overruns the lone dark spot in picture CALGARY TransCanada Corp. has seen its recent profits surge as the Calgary-based pipeline and power utility made several acquisitions and juggled a number of expensive mega-projects. Profit for the fourth quarter was $377 million, up from $269 million. Revenue rose to $2.19 billion from $2.09 billion. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/how-north-central-corridor-and-mackenzie-gas-project-will-team-make-billions-transcanada URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/how-north-central-corridor-and-mackenzie-gas-project-will-team-make-billions-transcanada From news at resist.ca Sat Feb 9 13:17:04 2008 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, 09 Feb 2008 21:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Biofuels Deemed a Greenhouse Threat Message-ID: <20080209211705.11199.qmail@resist.ca> February 8, 2008 Biofuels Deemed a Greenhouse Threat By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL Almost all biofuels used today cause more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional fuels if the full emissions costs of producing these "green" fuels are taken into account, two studies being published Thursday have concluded. The benefits of biofuels have come under increasing attack in recent months, as scientists took a closer look at the global environmental cost of their production. These latest studies, published in the prestigious journal Science, are likely to add to the controversy. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/biofuels-deemed-greenhouse-threat URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/biofuels-deemed-greenhouse-threat From news at resist.ca Sat Feb 9 14:17:05 2008 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, 09 Feb 2008 22:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] N.D. Oil Pipeline Should Be Rerouted (Keystone) Message-ID: <20080209221706.20986.qmail@resist.ca> N.D. Oil Pipeline Should Be Rerouted By DALE WETZEL 02.08.08, 1:55 PM ET BISMARCK, N.D. - Opponents of a proposed oil pipeline want North Dakota regulators to reroute it away from an aquifer, lake and forested river valley, saying the pipeline developer's efforts to safeguard against leaks are inadequate. TransCanada Corp. (nyse: TRP - news - people ), which is developing the Keystone pipeline, has said it will install heavier pipe near the Fordville aquifer, which is six miles southwest of Park River in southern Walsh County, and close to Lake Ashtabula north of Valley City. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/nd-oil-pipeline-should-be-rerouted-keystone URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/nd-oil-pipeline-should-be-rerouted-keystone From news at resist.ca Sat Feb 9 14:17:05 2008 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, 09 Feb 2008 22:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Enbridge Gateway Pipeline Across North BC Gets a "Boost" Message-ID: <20080209221706.20987.qmail@resist.ca> Enbridge makes pipeline progress (News) Saturday, 09 February 2008, 01:00 PST GORDON HOEKSTRA Citizen staff Enbridge says it has secured third-party funding to advance the regulatory process of its proposed $4-billion pipeline project through northern B.C., which would open up the possibility of shipping Alberta oilsands oil to markets in Asia. The company included the third-party funding information as part of an update on projects under development released in year-end financial results, a $636 million profit for 2007. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/enbridge-gateway-pipeline-across-north-bc-gets-quotboostquot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/enbridge-gateway-pipeline-across-north-bc-gets-quotboostquot From news at resist.ca Sat Feb 9 15:17:12 2008 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, 09 Feb 2008 23:17:12 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Toronto Star: We'll pay for Suncor expansion Message-ID: <20080209231712.14692.qmail@resist.ca> We'll pay for Suncor expansion Feb 09, 2008 04:30 AM Cameron Smith Turning a blind eye is supposed to be a bad thing, because you live a lie. You act as if you didn't know. In Canada, we do this every day. Some make a lot of money at it. Others believe ? in a mad, schizophrenic way ? that it's a formula for prosperity. Last week there was a prime example of turning a blind eye. The business press carried stories that Suncor Energy Inc. is planning to expand its oil sands operations in northern Alberta, at a cost of $20 billion. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/toronto-star-we039ll-pay-suncor-expansion URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/toronto-star-we039ll-pay-suncor-expansion From news at resist.ca Mon Feb 11 20:17:05 2008 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, 12 Feb 2008 04:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Manitoba Nations Fighting Keystone Pipeline in Court Message-ID: <20080212041705.28709.qmail@resist.ca> Native bands ask court to block pipeline Updated at 4:41 PM By Mary Agnes Welch Some Manitoba bands have asked the court to quash a plan to build an oil pipeline through southern Manitoba, saying the federal government failed to consult with First Nations or offer compensation. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/manitoba-nations-fighting-keystone-pipeline-court URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/manitoba-nations-fighting-keystone-pipeline-court From news at resist.ca Tue Feb 12 11:17:09 2008 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, 12 Feb 2008 19:17:09 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Chiefs want pipeline royalties"-- Keystone Message-ID: <20080212191709.27189.qmail@resist.ca> Chiefs want pipeline royalties By Paul Turenne A group of southern Manitoba chiefs is asking the federal court to overturn Ottawa?s decision to allow a massive pipeline project to be built in the province because the chiefs say the government did not fulfill its duty to consult them about it. TransCanada?s Keystone pipeline project, approved by the National Energy Board and the federal cabinet last fall, would pump more than half a million barrels of oil per day from Alberta to Illinois and Oklahoma. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotchiefs-want-pipeline-royaltiesquot-keystone URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotchiefs-want-pipeline-royaltiesquot-keystone From news at resist.ca Tue Feb 12 13:17:05 2008 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, 12 Feb 2008 21:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Finanical Post: Dirty oil tricks Message-ID: <20080212211705.31951.qmail@resist.ca> Dirty oil tricks Peter Foster, Financial Post Published: Saturday, February 09, 2008 So much for any suggestion that press baron Rupert Murdoch is a right-wing dinosaur, or that his media empire is out of step with the eco-zeitgeist. First he announces that News Corp. will become "carbon neutral" by 2010. Now his flagship British organ, The Times of London, has started crusading against Alberta 's oilsands. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/finanical-post-dirty-oil-tricks URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/finanical-post-dirty-oil-tricks From news at resist.ca Tue Feb 12 13:17:05 2008 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, 12 Feb 2008 21:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Chavez Threatens to Halt Oil Sales to US Message-ID: <20080212211705.31952.qmail@resist.ca> Associated Press February 10, 2008 Chavez Threatens to Halt Oil Sales to US Venezuelan President Threatens to Cut Off Oil Sales to US, Calls Exxon Mobil 'Outlaws' By Sandra Sierra, Associated Press Writer Caracas, Venezuela (AP) -- President Hugo Chavez on Sunday threatened to cut off oil sales to the United States in an "economic war" if Exxon Mobil Corp. wins court judgments to seize billions of dollars in Venezuelan assets. Exxon Mobil has gone after the assets of state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA in U.S., British and Dutch courts as it challenges the [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/chavez-threatens-halt-oil-sales-us URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/chavez-threatens-halt-oil-sales-us From news at resist.ca Wed Feb 13 11:17:05 2008 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, 13 Feb 2008 19:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] CNRL Raises Costs Estimates-- Again Message-ID: <20080213191705.17941.qmail@resist.ca> Canadian Natural Resources Ltd, the company that is already using Temporary Foreign Worker labour from behind fences to construct their massive "Horizon" project, is one of the biggest anti-union, pro mining, and generally reactionary, "cost-cutting" corporations already deep at work in the tar pits. These projections are released in order to soften up an audience to their desire to ramp up TFW's, for one-- also this is a set up for further de-regulation and more. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/cnrl-raises-costs-estimates-again URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/cnrl-raises-costs-estimates-again From news at resist.ca Wed Feb 13 11:17:05 2008 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, 13 Feb 2008 19:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Conoco not Planning Immediate Expansion in the Tar Pits Message-ID: <20080213191706.17942.qmail@resist.ca> Conoco content with current oil sands position Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:54am EST HOUSTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The head of ConocoPhillips (COP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) in Canada said on Wednesday the company is content with its oil sands position and has no current plans for expansion. "We have a substantial resource position, and at this time, we're focused on developing that resource position," Kevin Meyers, president of ConocoPhillips Canada, told reporters after a CERA conference breakfast meeting. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/conoco-not-planning-immediate-expansion-tar-pits URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/conoco-not-planning-immediate-expansion-tar-pits From news at resist.ca Wed Feb 13 11:17:05 2008 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, 13 Feb 2008 19:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "We are willing to pay for our emissions with offsets." Message-ID: <20080213191706.17944.qmail@resist.ca> How Crude Midwest refineries source more crude from tar sands; emissions will rise Posted at 12:39 PM on 12 Feb 2008 [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotwe-are-willing-pay-our-emissions-offsetsquot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotwe-are-willing-pay-our-emissions-offsetsquot From news at resist.ca Wed Feb 13 16:17:19 2008 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, 14 Feb 2008 00:17:19 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Northern pipelines (Alaska Highway, MGP) at mercy of global energy prices, experts say Message-ID: <20080214001719.26535.qmail@resist.ca> Northern pipelines at mercy of global energy prices, experts say Last Updated: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 | 3:05 PM CT CBC News Natural gas pipelines being proposed in the North may never be built at this point if global energy consumers can instead import liquefied natural gas from other sources around the world at cheaper prices, experts say. Projects like the Mackenzie pipeline in the Northwest Territories and the North Slope pipeline down the Alaska Highway have been in the planning stages for decades, with Mackenzie pipeline proponents waiting for regulatory approvals. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/northern-pipelines-alaska-highway-mgp-mercy-global-energy-prices-experts-say URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/northern-pipelines-alaska-highway-mgp-mercy-global-energy-prices-experts-say From news at resist.ca Thu Feb 14 01:17:12 2008 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, 14 Feb 2008 09:17:12 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] =?iso-8859-1?q?Ch=C3=A1vez=27s_Oil_Threats_Slick_but_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?Not_Solid?= Message-ID: <20080214091712.851.qmail@resist.ca> Ch?vez's Oil Threats Slick but Not Solid Halting Exports Would Hurt Venezuela More Than U.S. Venezuelan President Hugo Ch?vez, center, has threatened to halt oil sales to the United States. By Steven Mufson Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, February 13, 2008; Page D01 [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/ch%C3%A1vez039s-oil-threats-slick-not-solid URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/ch%C3%A1vez039s-oil-threats-slick-not-solid From news at resist.ca Thu Feb 14 14:17:04 2008 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, 14 Feb 2008 22:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Chief Terry Nelson: Letter to WFPress on Keystone Pipeline Message-ID: <20080214221705.6025.qmail@resist.ca> Dear Editors of Winnipeg Free Press First of all, I thank you for sending a reporter to our Treaty One Press Conference. I would also like to clarify some of the comments makes regarding the issue in the article and then for the benefit of the readers to restate some of the conference information left out of the article as written by Ms. Welch. "The First Nations hope to parlay those consultations into a funding deal that would give the bands a source of revenue, similar to property taxes collected on the pipeline by rural municipalities." [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/chief-terry-nelson-letter-wfpress-keystone-pipeline URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/chief-terry-nelson-letter-wfpress-keystone-pipeline From news at resist.ca Thu Feb 14 14:17:04 2008 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, 14 Feb 2008 22:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] How do Companies Like Suncor Successfully Buy Off "Opposition" to them? Message-ID: <20080214221705.6026.qmail@resist.ca> Don't fight the Environmental movement-- Buy your own. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/how-do-companies-suncor-successfully-buy-quotoppositionquot-them URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/how-do-companies-suncor-successfully-buy-quotoppositionquot-them From news at resist.ca Thu Feb 14 14:17:05 2008 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, 14 Feb 2008 22:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Former chief won't give up uranium mine battle Message-ID: <20080214221705.6027.qmail@resist.ca> Former chief won't give up uranium mine battle Posted By Sue Yanagisawa A former chief of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nations yesterday told Justice Douglas Cunningham that he will continue to resist uranium prospecting on lands claimed by Frontenac Ventures Corp. north of Sharbot Lake, even if it means disobeying an order of the court. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/former-chief-won039t-give-uranium-mine-battle URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/former-chief-won039t-give-uranium-mine-battle From news at resist.ca Fri Feb 15 11:17:05 2008 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, 15 Feb 2008 19:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] ConocoPhillips Wants to go Nuclear in the Tar Pits Message-ID: <20080215191705.6068.qmail@resist.ca> ConocoPhillips seeks oil sands cost-cutting By Bloomberg AP and Staff Reports 2/15/2008 A ConocoPhillips executive says the company would be a "fast follower" if other producers were to successfully use nuclear energy to power Canadian oil-sands operations. "If they should be successful, we would be fast on their heels," Kevin Meyers, president of the Canadian unit of ConocoPhillips, said this week during an energy conference in Houston hosted by Cambridge Energy Research Associates. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/conocophillips-wants-go-nuclear-tar-pits URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/conocophillips-wants-go-nuclear-tar-pits From news at resist.ca Fri Feb 15 13:17:04 2008 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, 15 Feb 2008 21:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Environmentalists' report to call for Ottawa to act on tar sands Message-ID: <20080215211705.10660.qmail@resist.ca> Environmentalists' report to call for Ottawa to act on tar sands BILL CURRY >From Friday's Globe and Mail February 15, 2008 OTTAWA - Alberta's oil sands are the most destructive project on Earth, causing environmental damage well beyond provincial borders, a new report says. >From acid rain falling in Saskatchewan to toxic pollution spewing from Ontario oil refineries, a report to be released this morning by Toronto-based Environmental Defence calls on Ottawa to act where Alberta will not. The environmentalists will be joined by two Alberta native leaders, who will [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/environmentalists039-report-call-ottawa-act-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/environmentalists039-report-call-ottawa-act-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Fri Feb 15 18:17:28 2008 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, 16 Feb 2008 02:17:28 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Production from unconventional source expected to gain supremacy Message-ID: <20080216021729.23669.qmail@resist.ca> Oilsands future looks rosy Production from unconventional source expected to gain supremacy John Morrissy, Canwest News Service Published: 1:31 am OTTAWA - Canada's oilsands are taking over where conventional oil production left off, with profits in the oil-extraction industry rising 18 per cent to a record $23 billion in 2008 on rapidly rising output from the huge oil reserves, according to the Conference Board of Canada. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/production-unconventional-source-expected-gain-supremacy URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/production-unconventional-source-expected-gain-supremacy From news at resist.ca Fri Feb 15 18:17:28 2008 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, 16 Feb 2008 02:17:28 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Mankind can't afford more oil drilling-ex-BP exec Message-ID: <20080216021729.23670.qmail@resist.ca> Mankind can't afford more oil drilling-ex-BP exec By Gerard Wynn LONDON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Known oil, gas and coal reserves may already contain a quarter more carbon than mankind can emit and still avoid dangerous climate change, putting the value of new oil exploration in doubt, said a former oil major executive. The oil industry may be wasting $50 billion annually searching for new fields, said Jan-Peter Onstwedder, formerly BP's most senior risk manager. He left BP in December. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/mankind-can039t-afford-more-oil-drillingexbp-exec URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/mankind-can039t-afford-more-oil-drillingexbp-exec From news at resist.ca Sat Feb 16 05:17:10 2008 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, 16 Feb 2008 13:17:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Canada in "The Prize" Message-ID: <20080216131711.25136.qmail@resist.ca> With the approach of the 150th anniversary of Canadian petroleum this year (1858-2008), I was reminded of something that has been on my mind for some time. It has to do with Daniel Yergin's best selling book "The Prize". This book is considered to be the most authoritative book on petroleum history. Even though I found this book to be very informative and interesting, I was upset by the fact that so little was written in it regarding Canada's oil. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/canada-quotthe-prizequot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/canada-quotthe-prizequot From news at resist.ca Sat Feb 16 09:17:19 2008 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, 16 Feb 2008 17:17:19 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Jail Time: A Clear Message to those who would oppose uranium mining Message-ID: <20080216171720.8706.qmail@resist.ca> Algonquin leader fined, jailed six months; Second uranium mining protester also fined but released on 'compassionate grounds' Posted By Sue Yanagisawa Whig-Standard Court Reporter Feb 16/08 The lawyer for a uranium prospecting company, frustrated by an Algonquin-led protest that disrupted the company's plans for test drilling north of Sharbot Lake last summer, said it gave him "no pleasure to ask for incarceration." [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/jail-time-clear-message-those-who-would-oppose-uranium-mining URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/jail-time-clear-message-those-who-would-oppose-uranium-mining From news at resist.ca Mon Feb 18 10:17:04 2008 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, 18 Feb 2008 18:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Saying Goodbye To The Oil Age Message-ID: <20080218181705.23322.qmail@resist.ca> Saying Goodbye To The Oil Age by Peter Goodchild Countercurrents.org (January 29 2008) The first practical oil drill was developed in Titusville, Pennsylvania, in 1859, by Edwin L Drake. Now, only a short while later, the planet Earth is running out of oil, without which almost nothing in modern civilization can function. A number of scientists and engineers have pointed out that the world's oil production will peak early in the twenty-first century; it has probably already done so. At the beginning of the century, the human race was using about thirty billion barrels of [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/saying-goodbye-oil-age URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/saying-goodbye-oil-age From news at resist.ca Mon Feb 18 10:17:04 2008 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, 18 Feb 2008 18:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Alberta Tar Sands Cause Acid Rain Message-ID: <20080218181705.23323.qmail@resist.ca> Alta. oilsands cause acid rain Report issued by environmental group warns of 'most destructive project on Earth' Matthew Kruchak and James Wood, The StarPhoenix Published: Saturday, February 16, 2008 Acid rain caused by Alberta oilsands production is pouring down on Saskatchewan and if governments don't take note, any oilsands development in this province will contribute to the "most destructive project on Earth," the Environmental Defence organization warns. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/alberta-tar-sands-cause-acid-rain URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/alberta-tar-sands-cause-acid-rain From news at resist.ca Mon Feb 18 10:17:04 2008 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, 18 Feb 2008 18:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Fort Chip Residents Confront Stelmach on Tar Sands Poisoning of their People Message-ID: <20080218181705.23324.qmail@resist.ca> Stelmach denies governments ignoring oilsands health woes PC leader listens to concerns from native spokesman Darcy Henton, with files from Mike De Souza, Canwest News Service, Edmonton Journal Published: Saturday, February 16, 2008 Just after Tory Leader Ed Stelmach derided a new report that calls Alberta's oilsands "the most destructive development on earth," he was confronted by a Mikisew Cree who's worried the megaprojects are poisoning his people. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/fort-chip-residents-confront-stelmach-tar-sands-poisoning-their-people URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/fort-chip-residents-confront-stelmach-tar-sands-poisoning-their-people From news at resist.ca Tue Feb 19 15:17:45 2008 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, 19 Feb 2008 23:17:45 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Dehcho "Unlikely to Buckle" under new Chief over MGP Message-ID: <20080219231745.1332.qmail@resist.ca> Pipeline holdouts unlikely to buckle By CP FORT SIMPSON, N.W.T. -- The new leader of the last aboriginal group to hold out against a northern natural gas pipeline says he isn't likely to bring the Dehcho First Nation on board the $16-billion project any time soon. Gerald Antoine, chosen last week as interim chief, said yesterday he's not convinced joining a consortium of northern aboriginals that would own a one-third share in the Mackenzie Valley project would serve his people's best interests. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/dehcho-quotunlikely-bucklequot-under-new-chief-over-mgp URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/dehcho-quotunlikely-bucklequot-under-new-chief-over-mgp From news at resist.ca Wed Feb 20 15:17:13 2008 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, 20 Feb 2008 23:17:13 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Big oil's enemy within Message-ID: <20080220231714.1836.qmail@resist.ca> Big oil's enemy within The ultimate threat to big oil comes not from green campaigners - but its own shareholders February 20, 2008 12:15 AM Tony Hayward New BP boss Tony Hayward has overseen a reversal of policy towards tar sands. Business leaders are now pleading with governments for regulation. When did that last happen? Executives usually hate anything that interferes with their freedom of movement. But climate change appears to have changed all that. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/big-oil039s-enemy-within URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/big-oil039s-enemy-within From news at resist.ca Wed Feb 20 15:17:13 2008 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, 20 Feb 2008 23:17:13 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Utah: Meetings set in 3 cities on oil shale, tar sands Message-ID: <20080220231714.1837.qmail@resist.ca> Meetings set in 3 cities on oil shale, tar sands Feb. 16, 2008 12:09 a.m. MST Public meetings have been scheduled in three Utah cities to discuss development of the state's oil shale and tar sands resources. The shale and sands resources fall within the jurisdictions of the Moab, Monticello, Price, Richfield and Vernal BLM field offices. The Bureau of Land Management has set up the following informal meetings: [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/utah-meetings-set-3-cities-oil-shale-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/utah-meetings-set-3-cities-oil-shale-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Wed Feb 20 15:17:14 2008 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, 20 Feb 2008 23:17:14 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Excerpt from Alberta Liberals / Kevin Taft on "Labour Shortages" Message-ID: <20080220231715.1840.qmail@resist.ca> Excerpt from Alberta Liberals / Kevin Taft on "Labour Shortages" [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/excerpt-alberta-liberals-kevin-taft-quotlabour-shortagesquot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/excerpt-alberta-liberals-kevin-taft-quotlabour-shortagesquot From news at resist.ca Wed Feb 20 15:17:13 2008 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, 20 Feb 2008 23:17:13 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Oil Price Closed Above $100 a Barrel; World Leaders Ignore this Signal of Impending Shortages Message-ID: <20080220231714.1839.qmail@resist.ca> Oil Price Closed Above $100 a Barrel; World Leaders Ignore this Signal of Impending Shortages Press release, The Oil Drum The price for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil closed above $100 for the first time on February 19, 2008. "Rising oil prices have been giving a clear signal of pending shortages for over five years now," according to TheOilDrum.com. By ignoring this signal, world leaders are steering the world toward an energy disaster characterized by shortages, high energy prices, inflation, civil unrest and famine. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/oil-price-closed-above-100-barrel-world-leaders-ignore-signal-impending-shortages URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/oil-price-closed-above-100-barrel-world-leaders-ignore-signal-impending-shortages From news at resist.ca Wed Feb 20 15:17:14 2008 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, 20 Feb 2008 23:17:14 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Feds Expand TFW Programs Message-ID: <20080220231715.1843.qmail@resist.ca> Ottawa expands work program 2 new offices to help ease labour needs Feb 12, 2008 04:30 AM Nicholas Keung IMMIGRATION/DIVERSITY REPORTER Ottawa is expanding the temporary foreign worker program into Ontario to help fill the province's labour needs, a move some fear could further hurt already underutilized and underpaid skilled immigrants. Immigration Minister Diane Finley announced yesterday the opening of the program's two new offices in Toronto and Moncton, N.B., in addition to the three already established in Vancouver, Calgary and Montreal. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/feds-expand-tfw-programs URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/feds-expand-tfw-programs From news at resist.ca Thu Feb 21 11:17:26 2008 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, 21 Feb 2008 19:17:26 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Apples, not Applause, for AFN's Fontaine Message-ID: <20080221191727.17284.qmail@resist.ca> URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/apples-not-applause-afn039s-fontaine From news at resist.ca Thu Feb 21 17:17:20 2008 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, 22 Feb 2008 01:17:20 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Prestigious Scientific Journal "Nature" Slams Conservative Anti-Science Politics on Climate Change and the Tarpits Message-ID: <20080222011720.577.qmail@resist.ca> Nature Nature 451, 866 (21 February 2008) | doi:10.1038/451866a; Published online 20 February 2008 Science in retreat Canada has been scientifically healthy. Not so its government. Comparisons of nations? scientific outputs over the years have shown that Canada?s researchers have plenty to be proud of, consistently maintaining their country?s position among the world?s top ten (see, for example, Nature 430, 311?316; 2004). Alas, their government?s track record is dismal by comparison. When the Canadian government announced earlier this year that it [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/prestigious-scientific-journal-quotnaturequot-slams-conservative-antiscience-politics-climate-change URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/prestigious-scientific-journal-quotnaturequot-slams-conservative-antiscience-politics-climate-change From news at resist.ca Thu Feb 21 23:17:09 2008 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, 22 Feb 2008 07:17:09 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Ottawa Citizen Op Ed on Tar Sands Message-ID: <20080222071709.4734.qmail@resist.ca> Matt Price and Allan Adam Citizen Special Thursday, February 21, 2008 Todd Korol, Reuters Canadians are becoming familiar with the scale of destruction in the tarsands, something that First Nations of the region have known for some time now. And people around the world are learning why our country has taken such an obstructionist role on global warming. Canada and the Bush administration stand alone against the rest of the world because with the tarsands we are housing the single most destructive project anywhere on Earth, and the Americans are getting the oil. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/ottawa-citizen-op-ed-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/ottawa-citizen-op-ed-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Fri Feb 22 14:17:27 2008 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, 22 Feb 2008 22:17:27 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Enbridge Gateway "Rekindled" for BC Tankers and Massive Pipelines Message-ID: <20080222221727.31564.qmail@resist.ca> Enbridge rekindles oilsands pipeline plan Jeffrey Jones, Reuters Published: Thursday, February 21, 2008 CALGARY -- Enbridge Inc. has rekindled plans for a $4-billion pipeline to Canada's West Coast in response to demand from producers and refiners wanting oilsands-derived crude shipped to Asia, Enbridge's chief executive said Thursday. Enbridge, the country's second-largest pipeline operator, has convinced enough potential customers to fund the remaining costs to get the Gateway pipeline project to the regulatory approval stage, CEO Pat Daniel said. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/enbridge-gateway-quotrekindledquot-bc-tankers-and-massive-pipelnes URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/enbridge-gateway-quotrekindledquot-bc-tankers-and-massive-pipelnes From news at resist.ca Fri Feb 22 18:17:05 2008 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, 23 Feb 2008 02:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] North Dakota: Keystone Pipeline Approved Message-ID: <20080223021705.15798.qmail@resist.ca> New Pipeline Approved Feb 21 2008 7:19PM KXMBTV Bismarck The Public Service Commission gives the go-ahead for a 218 mile oil pipeline through eastern North Dakota. The Keystone Pipeline will run through eight counties. You can see it on this map. The pipeline will carry about 600-thousand barrels of oil per day from Alberta to Illinois and Oklahoma. Commissioner Kevin Cramer says it's in the public interest to build the pipeline. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/north-dakota-keystone-pipeline-approved URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/north-dakota-keystone-pipeline-approved From news at resist.ca Fri Feb 22 20:17:25 2008 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, 23 Feb 2008 04:17:25 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Grande Prairie suffering effects of uncontrolled growth Message-ID: <20080223041726.21982.qmail@resist.ca> Grande Prairie suffering effects of uncontrolled growth City's national ranking fell from fourth to 99th in one year Dan Barnes, The Edmonton Journal Published: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 GRANDE PRAIRIE - On a brilliant, blue sunglasses-mandatory Monday, the good folks of Grande Prairie were enjoying the outdoor pleasures of a city that just two short years ago was ranked the fourth best place to live in the country. Ahead of Calgary. And Vancouver. And yes, even Edmonton. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/grande-prairie-suffering-effects-uncontrolled-growth URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/grande-prairie-suffering-effects-uncontrolled-growth From news at resist.ca Fri Feb 22 21:17:13 2008 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, 23 Feb 2008 05:17:13 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Another sex trade murder in Edmonton Message-ID: <20080223051714.19103.qmail@resist.ca> The housing crisis in Alberta, as it gets more and more desperate has as it's corollary more people-- in particular young, often racialized women-- working in the survival sex trade. This, like almost everything else in Alberta, comes from the extremity of the tar sands boom with no attention paid to human or environmental cost. The woman below is likely another victim of the tar sands. --M Sex trade slay Fri, February 22, 2008 RCMP need the publics help with the latest homicide By KEVIN CRUSH, SUN MEDIA [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/another-sex-trade-murder-edmonton URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/another-sex-trade-murder-edmonton From news at resist.ca Sat Feb 23 12:17:10 2008 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, 23 Feb 2008 20:17:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Canada-U.S. pact allows cross-border military activity Message-ID: <20080223201711.24237.qmail@resist.ca> Clip: "Are we going to see [U.S.] troops on our soil for minor potential threats to a pipeline or a road?" he asked. Good question, but what's our collective answer? --M Vancouver Sun February 23, 2008 Canada-U.S. pact allows cross-border military activity Deal allows either country to send troops across the other's border to deal with an emergency David Pugliese Canada and the U.S. have signed an agreement that paves the way for the militaries from either nation to send troops across each other's borders [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/canadaus-pact-allows-crossborder-military-activity URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/canadaus-pact-allows-crossborder-military-activity From news at resist.ca Sat Feb 23 12:17:10 2008 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, 23 Feb 2008 20:17:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Enbridge Gateway pipeline "back on track" Message-ID: <20080223201710.24236.qmail@resist.ca> Fri, February 22, 2008 Gateway pipeline back on track UPDATED: 2008-02-22 01:25:47 MST Enbridge will transport product from Alberta oilsands to B.C. coast By MARKUS ERMISCH, SUN MEDIA Pipeline company Enbridge Inc. has picked up construction pace on the Gateway Pipeline after slowing down the project in late 2006. Construction is expected to finish between 2012 and 2014, said company spokeswoman Jennifer Varey, noting that construction costs will most likely come in above the original $4 billion. Cost pressures primarily stem from higher labour prices and materials costs. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/enbridge-gateway-pipeline-quotback-trackquot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/enbridge-gateway-pipeline-quotback-trackquot From news at resist.ca Mon Feb 25 11:17:11 2008 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, 25 Feb 2008 19:17:11 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Clipper pipeline project approved Message-ID: <20080225191711.17435.qmail@resist.ca> Sun, February 24, 2008 Clipper pipeline project approved But Canadian regulator attaches conditions By LAUREN KRUGEL, CP CALGARY -- The National Energy Board has approved the $2-billion Alberta Clipper oil pipeline proposed by Enbridge Inc. but attached certain conditions in response to concerns raised in public hearings last November. The 1,600-km pipeline will stretch from Alberta to Wisconsin and will have an initial capacity of 450,000 barrels of oil a day. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/clipper-pipeline-project-approved URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/clipper-pipeline-project-approved From news at resist.ca Mon Feb 25 12:17:07 2008 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, 25 Feb 2008 20:17:07 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Arctic =?utf-8?b?4oCYRG9vbXNkYXlWYXVsdOKAmQ==?= Filled With =?utf-8?b?V29ybGTigJlz?= Seeds Comes to Life Message-ID: <20080225201708.27682.qmail@resist.ca> Arctic ?Doomsday Vault? Filled With World?s Seeds Comes to Life by Pierre-Henry Deshayes in Longyearbyen, Norway AN Arctic ?doomsday vault? filled with samples of the world?s most important seeds will be inaugurated in Norway today. 0224 03The vault aims to provide humankind with a Noah?s Ark of food in the event of a global catastrophe. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/arctic-%E2%80%98doomsday-vault%E2%80%99-filled-world%E2%80%99s-seeds-comes-life URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/arctic-%E2%80%98doomsday-vault%E2%80%99-filled-world%E2%80%99s-seeds-comes-life From news at resist.ca Mon Feb 25 12:17:07 2008 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, 25 Feb 2008 20:17:07 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Globe on Keystone and Clipper Approvals Process Message-ID: <20080225201708.27683.qmail@resist.ca> Pipeline approvals ease strain on network NORVAL SCOTT Globe and Mail Update February 24, 2008 at 10:39 PM EST CALGARY ? Pipeline companies are set to build the projects needed to transport higher levels of crude production from Alberta's oil sands, resolving the question of how energy firms will bring their future output to market. Last week, the National Energy Board ? Canada's energy regulator ? approved two projects being proposed by Calgary-based Enbridge Inc., including its giant Alberta Clipper pipeline that would allow increased exports to Wisconsin. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/globe-keystone-and-clipper-approvals-process URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/globe-keystone-and-clipper-approvals-process From news at resist.ca Mon Feb 25 12:17:08 2008 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, 25 Feb 2008 20:17:08 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Oil patch split over proposal for partial moratorium" Message-ID: <20080225201708.27684.qmail@resist.ca> Oil patch split over proposal for partial moratorium NORVAL SCOTT February 25, 2008 CALGARY -- A business-led lobbying effort to create a partial moratorium on oil sands development in order to free up conservation land has divided Canada's major energy companies, while a government decision on the issue will likely be delayed until after next Monday's provincial election. Major oil producers - led by Petro-Canada Corp., Suncor Inc., Husky Energy Ltd., Shell Canada and Imperial Oil - have for the first time called on Alberta to slow development in the Athabasca region. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotoil-patch-split-over-proposal-partial-moratoriumquot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotoil-patch-split-over-proposal-partial-moratoriumquot From news at resist.ca Mon Feb 25 12:17:08 2008 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, 25 Feb 2008 20:17:08 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] TransCanada plans direct oil line to Gulf Coast Message-ID: <20080225201708.27685.qmail@resist.ca> TransCanada plans direct oil line to Gulf Coast By OGJ editors HOUSTON, Feb. 25 -- TransCanada Corp. said it is considering an oil pipeline directly to the US Gulf Coast from Alberta's oil sands, press reports said Feb. 21. An alternative would be to connect Alberta oil sands with Gulf Coast refineries by converting underused natural gas pipelines for part of the route, Chief Executive Officer Hal Kvisle was reported as saying. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/transcanada-plans-direct-oil-line-gulf-coast URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/transcanada-plans-direct-oil-line-gulf-coast From news at resist.ca Tue Feb 26 10:17:17 2008 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, 26 Feb 2008 18:17:17 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] The Great Coal Rush and Why It Will Fail Message-ID: <20080226181717.2514.qmail@resist.ca> The Great Coal Rush and Why It Will Fail by Richard Heinberg MuseLetter #190 (February 2008) This MuseLetter, and several more during the next few months, will be chapters for a forthcoming book on coal, to be published by Post Carbon Press. This month's issue is the book's Introduction. The world appears poised for a headlong sprint toward greater dependence on coal. This book's purpose is to examine one crucial question that will shape this next great coal rush: How much is left? The answer from conventional wisdom is, Lots. Coal appears to be the [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/great-coal-rush-and-why-it-will-fail URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/great-coal-rush-and-why-it-will-fail From news at resist.ca Tue Feb 26 10:17:16 2008 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, 26 Feb 2008 18:17:16 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Offshore oil a no-go for B.C. despite the value Message-ID: <20080226181717.2513.qmail@resist.ca> Offshore oil a no-go for B.C. despite the value Barbara Yaffe Vancouver Sun Saturday, February 23, 2008 Early this month Ottawa invited bids from oil companies for further exploration of the environmentally sensitive Beaufort Sea in the Arctic. And, of course, everyone knows development of Alberta's oilsands is going gangbusters. This, despite the fact environmental groups are sounding serious alarm bells about the devastation the project north of Edmonton is generating in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, use of valuable natural gas and water pollution. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/offshore-oil-nogo-bc-despite-value URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/offshore-oil-nogo-bc-despite-value From news at resist.ca Tue Feb 26 10:17:17 2008 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, 26 Feb 2008 18:17:17 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Proportionality Message-ID: <20080226181718.2516.qmail@resist.ca> Proportionality by Richard Heinberg Energy Bulletin (February 07 2008) There is a strange clause in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that applies to only one country - Canada. The clause states that Canada must continue to supply the same proportion of its oil and gas resources to the US in future years as it does now. That's rather a good deal for the US: it formalizes Canada's status as a resource satellite of its imperial hub to the south. >From a Canadian perspective there are some problems with the [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/proportionality URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/proportionality From news at resist.ca Tue Feb 26 15:17:04 2008 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, 26 Feb 2008 23:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Industry Smokescreen to Rein in the Tarpits Message-ID: <20080226231704.18454.qmail@resist.ca> Finally Canada's establishment newspaper gets it right! The proposed partial moratorium is indeed a PR greenwash smokescreen: [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/industry-smokescreen-rein-tarpits URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/industry-smokescreen-rein-tarpits From news at resist.ca Wed Feb 27 10:17:09 2008 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, 27 Feb 2008 18:17:09 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] A low-hanging fruit greenwash strategy for a kinder, gentler tarpits as revealed by the Report on Business Message-ID: <20080227181709.16142.qmail@resist.ca> Nothing new here really, as the multi-billion dollar US foundations along with the corporate environmentalists on their payrolls have been playing the low-hanging fruit greenwash strategy for decades, most recently in the Great Bear Rainforest deal and in the Mackenzie Valley. But in the mainstream media it takes the hard-nosed "Report on Business" to understand what's really going on, as the soft liberal left buys right into the greenwash game. - Tarpit Pete Why Big Oil discovered its love of trees DEREK DeCLOET [ddecloet at globeandmail.com][1] [read more][2] [1]: mailto:ddecloet at globeandmail.com [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/lowhanging-fruit-greenwash-strategy-kinder-gentler-tarpits-revealed-report-business URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/lowhanging-fruit-greenwash-strategy-kinder-gentler-tarpits-revealed-report-business