From news at resist.ca Sun Jun 1 12:17:06 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: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] US refiners, pipelines invest in Canadian tar sands Message-ID: <20080601191706.31381.qmail@resist.ca> WoodMac: US refiners, pipelines invest in Canadian tar sands By OGJ editors HOUSTON, May 30 -- The projected growth of Alberta oil sands production, which has in place some 1.75 trillion bbl of resources, is triggering a wave of investments, said Wood Mackenzie Ltd., Edinburgh. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/us-refiners-pipelines-invest-canadian-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/us-refiners-pipelines-invest-canadian-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Sun Jun 1 12:17:06 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: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Corp. Press Release: "Deep Well Purchases 6 New Sections of Land in the Peace River Area" Message-ID: <20080601191706.31382.qmail@resist.ca> Deep Well Purchases 6 New Sections of Land in the Peace River Area EDMONTON, ALBERTA, May 28, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) ----Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Deep Well") (PINK SHEETS: DWOG) are pleased to announce that they have purchased another 6 sections in the Peace River area. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/crop-press-release-quotdeep-well-purchases-6-new-sections-land-peace-river-areaquot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/crop-press-release-quotdeep-well-purchases-6-new-sections-land-peace-river-areaquot From news at resist.ca Sun Jun 1 12:17:06 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: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Exxon Mobil CEO takes aim at environmentalists" [MGP] Message-ID: <20080601191707.31383.qmail@resist.ca> Exxon Mobil CEO takes aim at environmentalists Claudia Cattaneo, Financial Post Thursday, May 29, 2008 DALLAS -- Rex Tillerson, chairman and chief executive of Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's largest oil-and-gas company, came out swinging Wednesday against the environmental movement, arguing the science of climate change is far from settled and that his company views it as its "corporate social responsibility" to continue to supply the world with fossil fuels. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotexxon-mobil-ceo-takes-aim-environmentalistsquot-mgp URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotexxon-mobil-ceo-takes-aim-environmentalistsquot-mgp From news at resist.ca Sun Jun 1 13:17:07 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: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:17:07 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Regulatory delay hits pipeline Message-ID: <20080601201707.25719.qmail@resist.ca> Regulatory delay hits pipeline Paul Bickford Northern News Services Published Monday, May 26, 2008 YELLOWKNIFE - The Mackenzie Gas Project is facing another regulatory delay. A report by the Joint Review Panel (JRP) expected in mid-2008 has now been once again delayed to sometime next year. "We cannot see this as a positive development for the project," said Pius Rolheiser, a spokesperson for Imperial Oil in Calgary. Rolheiser said it will delay the ultimate decision on whether the pipeline will proceed. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/regulatory-delay-hits-pipeline URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/regulatory-delay-hits-pipeline From news at resist.ca Wed Jun 4 12:17:58 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, 04 Jun 2008 19:17:58 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Stop the Tar Sands Oil Rush [Illinois] Message-ID: <20080604191758.31391.qmail@resist.ca> Stop the Tar Sands Oil Rush What's New Major oil companies want to use Illinois as a major artery for bringing dirty tar sands oil from Canada to the U.S. market ? with enormous consequences for our local environment and our global climate. Background [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/stop-tar-sands-oil-rush-illinois URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/stop-tar-sands-oil-rush-illinois From news at resist.ca Sun Jun 8 12:17:27 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: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:17:27 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] MPs to study impact of Alberta's tar sands on water supplies Message-ID: <20080608191727.26552.qmail@resist.ca> MPs to study impact of Alberta's oilsands on water supplies 3 days ago OTTAWA ? A parliamentary committee is launching a study on the impact of Alberta's oilsands on Canada's freshwater supplies. The House of Commons environment committee agreed this week to proceed June 16 with a study. Liberal MP Francis Scarpaleggia says there's growing concern in Alberta and among Canadians about the effect of the sprawling oilsands on the future of the country's freshwater supplies. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/mps-study-impact-alberta039s-tar-sands-water-supplies URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/mps-study-impact-alberta039s-tar-sands-water-supplies From news at resist.ca Sun Jun 8 12:17:27 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: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:17:27 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Kearl Project Permit Restored Message-ID: <20080608191727.26550.qmail@resist.ca> Imperial's oilsands permit restored Reuters Published: Saturday, June 07, 2008 CALGARY - Imperial Oil Ltd. again has all the approvals it needs to go ahead with its $8-billion Kearl oilsands project after the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) reinstated its authorization, revoked in March during a legal battle. The federal department gave Imperial, Canada's biggest oil producer and refiner, a new permit yesterday to disturb fish habitat at the proposed northern Alberta mining site, DFO spokesman Phil Jenkins said. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/kearl-project-permit-restored URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/kearl-project-permit-restored From news at resist.ca Sun Jun 8 12:17:27 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: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:17:27 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Chipewyan Prairie Dene Suing to Block New Tar Sands Project Message-ID: <20080608191727.26553.qmail@resist.ca> First Nation wants court to block oilsands deal Posted By THE CANADIAN PRESS A tiny aboriginal community wants to force Alberta to consult with First Nations in a meaningful way before approving oilsands projects that native leaders say threaten their traditional way of life. The Chipewyan Prairie Dene First Nation is asking Court of Queen's Bench to block the approval of Phase 3 of MEG Energy Corp.'s Christina Lake project near Fort McMurray until the province agrees to improve its regulatory process and hold talks with band leaders. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/chipewyan-prairie-dene-suing-block-new-tar-sands-project URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/chipewyan-prairie-dene-suing-block-new-tar-sands-project From news at resist.ca Sun Jun 8 12:17:27 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: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:17:27 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Tar sands demand spurs U.S. refinery boom Message-ID: <20080608191728.26554.qmail@resist.ca> Oil sands demand spurs U.S. refinery boom As refiners increase capacity to handle Alberta oil, environmental organizations ratchet up the pressure SHAWN MCCARTHY GLOBAL ENERGY REPORTER June 5, 2008 OTTAWA -- American refiners are making massive investments to dramatically increase imports from Alberta's oil sands, even as they face mounting pressure in the United States over the oil sands' impact on greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-demand-spurs-us-refinery-boom URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-demand-spurs-us-refinery-boom From news at resist.ca Sun Jun 8 12:17:27 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: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:17:27 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Fort McMurray Group wants to start needle exchange Message-ID: <20080608191728.26557.qmail@resist.ca> Group wants to start needle exchange By VERNA MURPHY Today staff Friday June 06, 2008 Injection drug users in Fort McMurray will soon have a safe place to drop off their dirty needles. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/fort-mcmurray-group-wants-start-needle-exchange URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/fort-mcmurray-group-wants-start-needle-exchange From news at resist.ca Sun Jun 8 16:17:05 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: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] On the Matter of Tar Sands & Indigenous Lands Message-ID: <20080608231706.5491.qmail@resist.ca> On the Matter of Tar Sands & Indigenous Lands Check out the video podcast: [http://citizen.nfb.ca/blogs/citizenshift/on-the-matter-of-tar-sands-indi...][1] [1]: http://citizen.nfb.ca/blogs/citizenshift/on-the-matter-of-tar-sands-indigenous-lands (http://citizen.nfb.ca/blogs/citizenshift/on-the-matter-of-tar-sands-indigenous-lands) URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/on-matter-tar-sands-amp-indigenous-lands From news at resist.ca Tue Jun 10 12:17:18 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, 10 Jun 2008 19:17:18 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Ottawa awards BP $1.2B in exploration permits in Beaufort Sea Message-ID: <20080610191720.703.qmail@resist.ca> Ottawa awards BP $1.2B in exploration permits in Beaufort Sea Last Updated: Monday, June 9, 2008 CBC News Energy giant BP came out the big winner in the federal government's latest auction for oil and gas exploration leases in the Beaufort Sea, offering to spend nearly $1.2 billion to explore on the Arctic seabed. BP Exploration Company Ltd. won three of five exploration leases announced late Friday by the federal Indian and Northern Affairs Department. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/ottawa-awards-bp-12b-exploration-permits-beaufort-sea URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/ottawa-awards-bp-12b-exploration-permits-beaufort-sea From news at resist.ca Tue Jun 10 12:17:19 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: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:17:19 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] S Dakota: Settlement reached in Keystone pipeline's first eminent domain trials Message-ID: <20080610191720.705.qmail@resist.ca> Settlement reached in Keystone pipeline's first eminent domain trials Associated Press - June 9, 2008 7:05 PM ET PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Some landowners in eastern South Dakota have reached a settlement with TransCanada Keystone for the company's use of eminent domain to build an oil pipeline. Terms of the agreement were confidential. The company, based in Calgary, Alberta, is building a more-than 2,000-mile pipeline designed to deliver 590,000 barrels of crude oil daily from Alberta to refineries in Oklahoma and Illinois. The pipeline will run through Nebraska. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/s-dakota-settlement-reached-keystone-pipeline039s-first-eminent-domain-trials URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/s-dakota-settlement-reached-keystone-pipeline039s-first-eminent-domain-trials From news at resist.ca Wed Jun 11 15:17:05 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, 11 Jun 2008 22:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Council backs spill response planning [Kitimat] Message-ID: <20080611221705.6412.qmail@resist.ca> Council backs spill response planning June 11, 2008 A Geographic Response Plan (GRP) is being piloted for Kitimat through the BC Environment ministry. The project is being led by Mike Drumm, from the ministry office in Smithers. He told city council a GRP contains maps and descriptions of sensitive natural and cultural resources as well as outline strategies to minimize damage from an oil spill. ?GRPs are designed to reduce those decision making times,? explained Drumm. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/council-backs-spill-response-planning-kitimat URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/council-backs-spill-response-planning-kitimat From news at resist.ca Wed Jun 11 15:17:05 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, 11 Jun 2008 22:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Reopen NAFTA, reclaim our oil Message-ID: <20080611221705.6411.qmail@resist.ca> Reopen NAFTA, reclaim our oil Linda McQuaig Canada will need tough negotiators to gain parity in trade agreement. Yes, let's punish the official who leaked the Canadian memo that created heat for Barack Obama, future president of the United States. But let's not waste much time examining the mouth of this particular gift horse. Let's just consider ourselves lucky that the heated US Democratic presidential race may result in NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement) being put back on the table. NAFTA is deeply flawed from Canada's point of view. We failed to get the [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/reopen-nafta-reclaim-our-oil URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/reopen-nafta-reclaim-our-oil From news at resist.ca Thu Jun 12 16:17:06 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, 12 Jun 2008 23:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] No balance on tar sands Message-ID: <20080612231706.12188.qmail@resist.ca> No balance on tar sands Jun 10, 2008 04:30 AM Prime Minister Stephen Harper often talks about finding the right balance between economic growth and environmental protection. But Harper put growth well ahead of the environment last week when he gave the green light to Imperial Oil's proposed $8 billion Kearl tar-sands project, which is predicted to create 3.7 million tonnes of greenhouse gases annually ? equivalent to putting another 800,000 cars on the road. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/no-balance-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/no-balance-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Thu Jun 12 16:17:06 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, 12 Jun 2008 23:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Heavy Problem: Dirtier Oil, Though Cheaper, Sparks Green Backlash Message-ID: <20080612231707.12189.qmail@resist.ca> Heavy Problem: Dirtier Oil, Though Cheaper, Sparks Green Backlash June 12, 2008, 11:45 am The Wall Street Journal?s Ben Casselman reports: Cheap oil! Get your cheap oil here! Well, ?cheap? may be pushing it. But even as benchmark crude futures have soared above $130 per barrel, there?s still oil out there for about $105 a barrel. The bad news: it?s nasty stuff. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/heavy-problem-dirtier-oil-though-cheaper-sparks-green-backlash URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/heavy-problem-dirtier-oil-though-cheaper-sparks-green-backlash From news at resist.ca Thu Jun 12 16:17:06 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, 12 Jun 2008 23:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Finding their voice [Economist] Message-ID: <20080612231707.12192.qmail@resist.ca> Finding their voice [Economist] Jun 12th 2008 | OTTAWA Canada delivers an official apology to its increasingly assertive indigenous peoples [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/finding-their-voice-economist URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/finding-their-voice-economist From news at resist.ca Thu Jun 12 16:17:06 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, 12 Jun 2008 23:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Green groups say US refiners produce more greenhouse gases with tar sands Message-ID: <20080612231707.12190.qmail@resist.ca> Green groups say US refiners produce more greenhouse gases with oilsands (AlbertaIndex, June 10, Tuesday) --- Two green lobbies have charged that US refiners will produce much more greenhouse gases processing Canada?s oilsands than if they used ?traditional? crude oil. The Washington DC-based Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) and Toronto-headquartered Environmental Defence Canada (EDC) said the emissions production increase would be the equivalent of 16 new refineries in the US. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/green-groups-say-us-refiners-produce-more-greenhouse-gases-with-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/green-groups-say-us-refiners-produce-more-greenhouse-gases-with-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Thu Jun 12 16:17:07 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: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:17:07 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Small band has big bite" Message-ID: <20080612231707.12193.qmail@resist.ca> Small band has big bite Slave River Journal, June 11/2008 A small First Nation group in the southern part of the Municipality of Wood Buffalo is suing the Alberta provincial government for failing to ensure its treaty rights. Industrial encroachment near the Chipewyan Prairie Dene First Nation is destroying their way of life, according to Chief Vern Janvier. ?Today we?re at the point where we see no future where we are,? Janvier told reporters in a press conference Wednesday, June 4. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotsmall-band-has-big-bitequot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotsmall-band-has-big-bitequot From news at resist.ca Fri Jun 13 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: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] First Nations town plans road blockade Message-ID: <20080613211705.13121.qmail@resist.ca> First Nations town plans road blockade Florence Loyie, The Edmonton Journal June 13, 2008 EDMONTON - A First Nations community straddling a section of the border between northern Alberta and British Columbia is planning a blockade later this month to draw attention to health and safety concerns caused by oil and gas exploration on its traditional lands. Clayton Anderson, a consultant working for Kelly Lake Cree Nation, said the blockade will be held in conjunction with an emergency disaster preparedness drill the community plans for next week. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/first-nations-town-plans-road-blockade URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/first-nations-town-plans-road-blockade From news at resist.ca Fri Jun 13 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: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] BC: Shortage of skilled workers to continue Message-ID: <20080613211705.13122.qmail@resist.ca> More articles softening up the population for the massive expansion of the Temporary foreign worker programs, being brought in by the tag team of THe SPP and TILMA, and done in time to build Olympic and Tar Sands infrastructure... Yet, due to the size of the proposed Gigaproject as well as the 2010 Games this is actually true-- the question not being asked is are we prepared to allow projects with such dire prospects? --M -- Shortage of skilled workers to continue Written by GORDON HOEKSTRA Citizen staff Friday, 06 June 2008 [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/bc-shortage-skilled-workers-continue URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/bc-shortage-skilled-workers-continue From news at resist.ca Fri Jun 13 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: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Racism in the Tar Sands: exploiting foreign workers and poisoning indigenous people Message-ID: <20080613211705.13123.qmail@resist.ca> Racism in the Tar Sands: exploiting foreign workers and poisoning indigenous people June 12, 2008 By Macdonald Stainsby The giant corporations that are determined to exploit the Alberta tar sands face a major problem ? a serious shortage of local labour to do the actual work. So the Canadian and Albertan governments have a plan, ideal in their eyes, to solve the crunch. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/racism-tar-sands-exploiting-foreign-workers-and-poisoning-indigenous-people URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/racism-tar-sands-exploiting-foreign-workers-and-poisoning-indigenous-people From news at resist.ca Sun Jun 15 20:17:07 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, 16 Jun 2008 03:17:07 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Tar Sands Aren't Restricted by U.S. Law" Message-ID: <20080616031707.13585.qmail@resist.ca> Bingaman Says Canadian Oil Sands Aren't Restricted by U.S. Law By Tina Seeley June 11 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. legislation prohibiting the federal government from buying alternative fuels that have higher greenhouse-gas emissions doesn't apply to Canadian oil sands, Senator Jeff Bingaman said. ``Producing fuel from oil sands is not a new technology,'' Bingaman said today at a meeting of the Canadian American Business Council in Washington. The New Mexico Democrat said he supports clarifying language that the House of Representatives has already approved. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/quottar-sands-aren039t-restricted-us-lawquot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/quottar-sands-aren039t-restricted-us-lawquot From news at resist.ca Sun Jun 15 20:17:07 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, 16 Jun 2008 03:17:07 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Canadians, Americans split on tar sands Message-ID: <20080616031707.13586.qmail@resist.ca> Canadians, Americans split on oil sands NORVAL SCOTT June 11, 2008 CALGARY -- A majority of Canadians and Americans see the oil sands as economically important, but Canadians are more concerned about related environmental problems, a survey has found. The study, carried out by public relations firm Fleishman-Hillard, found that 75 per cent of Canadians surveyed, and 68 per cent of Americans, believe future development of the oil sands is a "good thing." [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/canadians-americans-split-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/canadians-americans-split-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Sun Jun 15 20:17:07 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, 16 Jun 2008 03:17:07 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Industry PR: Tar sands tarred with environmentalists' brush Message-ID: <20080616031707.13584.qmail@resist.ca> Hyperbolic invective like this should be embraced and treasured, not shunned. It is a sign of power, and not vulnerability that hogwash can be printed like this. --M Oil sands tarred with environmentalists' brush By: Marilyn Scales In the last couple of weeks environmentalists have loudly condemned Canada's oil sands producers. They call the industry dirty, polluting and a potential cause of increasingly foul emissions from U.S. refineries. These loudmouths have even reverted to the name "tar sands" lest anyone think "oil sands" is more benign. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/industry-pr-tar-sands-tarred-with-environmentalists039-brush URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/industry-pr-tar-sands-tarred-with-environmentalists039-brush From news at resist.ca Wed Jun 18 16:17:38 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: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:17:38 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Bruce Power launches nuclear power feasibility study" Message-ID: <20080618231739.31552.qmail@resist.ca> Bruce Power launches nuclear power feasibility study Cassandra Kyle, Saskatchewan News Network; Canwest News Service Published: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 SASKATOON -- A feasibility study into the potential for a nuclear energy plant in Saskatchewan will be complete by the end of the year, according to the president and CEO of Bruce Power LP, a nuclear power producer in Ontario. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotbruce-power-launches-nuclear-power-feasibility-studyquot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotbruce-power-launches-nuclear-power-feasibility-studyquot From news at resist.ca Wed Jun 18 16:17:38 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: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:17:38 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] The SPP and Merging Military Command Structures Message-ID: <20080618231739.31553.qmail@resist.ca> The SPP and Merging Military Command Structures by Dana Gabriel Global Research, June 18, 2008 [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/the-spp-and-merging-military-command-structures URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/the-spp-and-merging-military-command-structures From news at resist.ca Wed Jun 18 16:17:39 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: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:17:39 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] North American unions denounce privatization of Mexico's oil sector Message-ID: <20080618231739.31555.qmail@resist.ca> Media advisory - North American unions denounce privatization of Mexico's oil sector OTTAWA, June 17 /CNW Telbec/ - While Mexico is steeped in an intense public debate on the potential privatisation of PEMEX, a state-owned petroleum company, North American energy sector unions continue to mobilize their members and sound the alarm about the colossal loss that Mexico could suffer. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) have delegated Canadian lawyer [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/north-american-unions-denounce-privatization-mexico039s-oil-sector URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/north-american-unions-denounce-privatization-mexico039s-oil-sector From news at resist.ca Wed Jun 18 21:17:07 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: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:17:07 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Ottawa Takes Regulation of Albertan Gas Pipelines Message-ID: <20080619041708.3771.qmail@resist.ca> TransCanada line put to federal watch Jon Harding, with files from Gordon Jaremko, Edmonton Journal, Calgary Herald Published: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 After years of resistance, Alberta says it will let Ottawa oversee regulation of TransCanada Corp.'s inter-Alberta natural gas pipeline web, known as the Nova system. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/ottawa-takes-regulation-albertan-gas-pipelines URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/ottawa-takes-regulation-albertan-gas-pipelines From news at resist.ca Mon Jun 23 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: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Statimc Native Youth Movement Statement on 2010 Olympics Message-ID: <20080623211705.25900.qmail@resist.ca> Statimc Native Youth Movement Warrior Society St'at'imc Nation, Tsalalh Territory Re: 2010 Olympics To Whom It May Concern; Please accept this letter as a declaration of opposition to the upcoming 2010 Olympics set to take place within traditional St'at'imc Borders. Many members of our Nation, including children, youth, elders and land users do not support the Olympics taking place in Whistler for many reasons. First being that Whistler and many other towns, cities and municipalities are illegally occupied by foreigners and run by fraudulent government [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/statimc-native-youth-movement-statement-2010-olympics URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/statimc-native-youth-movement-statement-2010-olympics From news at resist.ca Mon Jun 23 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: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Prentice says Mackenzie pipeline will "advance =?utf-8?q?Canada?= =?utf-8?b?4oCZcw==?= interests" Message-ID: <20080623211705.25901.qmail@resist.ca> Prentice says Mackenzie pipeline will advance Canada?s interests THE CANADIAN PRESS // 23/05/08 CALGARY ? The Mackenzie pipeline ? long beset by regulatory snags and cost overruns ? will ?undoubtedly advance? Canada?s national interests once it is built, but control over the project must remain in private-sector hands, said Industry Minister Jim Prentice. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/prentice-says-mackenzie-pipeline-will-quotadvance-canada%E2%80%99s-interestsquot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/prentice-says-mackenzie-pipeline-will-quotadvance-canada%E2%80%99s-interestsquot From news at resist.ca Mon Jun 23 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: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Bitten by the deal that once fed us Message-ID: <20080623211706.25902.qmail@resist.ca> No one wants to be on the outside looking in. When there is a great issue and movement underway, most people-- certainly most people who are political in one form or another-- will do whatever needed to be relevant, to have a comment, to be a part of what is going on, shall we say. This is always the case in presidential elections. The article below has some incredibly good information and is a piece that contains very important information about the whole process of NAFTA, et al. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/bitten-deal-once-fed-us URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/bitten-deal-once-fed-us From news at resist.ca Mon Jun 23 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: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] New warning from US climate change prophet Message-ID: <20080623221705.20979.qmail@resist.ca> New warning from US climate change prophet * Andrew Revkin, Washington June 24, 2008 TWENTY years ago yesterday, James Hansen, a climate scientist at NASA, told the world that he was "99%" certain that humans were already warming the climate. "The greenhouse effect has been detected, and it is changing our climate now," Dr Hansen said then, referring to a string of warm years and the accumulating blanket of heat-trapping carbon dioxide and other gases emitted mainly by the burning of fossil fuels and forests. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/new-warning-us-climate-change-prophet URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/new-warning-us-climate-change-prophet From news at resist.ca Mon Jun 23 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: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Abuse of foreign workers unavoidable" Message-ID: <20080623221705.20980.qmail@resist.ca> Abuse of foreign workers unavoidable, Alta. Tories suggest Elise Stolte , Canwest News Service Published: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 EDMONTON - Some abuse of foreigners working temporarily in Alberta is unavoidable because of conditions in their home countries, Alberta's minister of Employment and Immigration suggested Wednesday. Hector Goudreau was reacting to news that as many as 120 Chinese workers were paid a fraction of what they were owed for work building tanks at a northern Alberta oilsands site. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotabuse-foreign-workers-unavoidablequot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotabuse-foreign-workers-unavoidablequot From news at resist.ca Tue Jun 24 18:17:41 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, 25 Jun 2008 01:17:41 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Pew Charitable Trusts front group advocates "responsible" development of tar sands to ensure energy security Message-ID: <20080625011742.20148.qmail@resist.ca> The International Boreal Conservation Campaign is yet another front group of the Pew Charitable Trusts/Sunoco, the very same folks who brought you the original "Great Canadian Oil Sands Project" in 1967 (now Suncor). The focus in their "messaging" about ensuring energy security, perhaps for their Sunoco refineries now being converted to process dirty oil in Ohio and eventually Philadelphia, is telling indeed. - Tarpit Pete Talk is cheap, skeptics say of oil sands message Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:37pm EDT By Jeffrey Jones - Analysis [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/pew-charitable-trusts-front-group-advocates-quotresponsiblequot-development-tar-sands-ensure-energy- URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/pew-charitable-trusts-front-group-advocates-quotresponsiblequot-development-tar-sands-ensure-energy- From news at resist.ca Sat Jun 28 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: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Tar-sands stocks will sink if oil price slides Message-ID: <20080628221704.12311.qmail@resist.ca> Tar-sands stocks will sink if oil price slides Jun 27, 2008 04:30 AM Bill Carrigan Proponents prefer the cleaner "oil-sands" tag and opponents prefer the dirtier "tar-sands" tag. Of course, investors older than 50 tend to use the original term, tar sands. Lately it's difficult not to notice the growing controversy over the runaway development of Canada's tar sands and its contribution to global warming. Migratory bird deaths at a Syncrude tailings pond in April delivered another public-relations blow to tar-sands companies. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/tarsands-stocks-will-sink-if-oil-price-slides URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/tarsands-stocks-will-sink-if-oil-price-slides