From news at resist.ca Mon Mar 3 17:17:08 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: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:17:08 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] The Ultra-Right National Post Really Gets the Futility of the "Partial Moratorium" Proposal Message-ID: <20080304011708.20686.qmail@resist.ca> "The reality is that the best oilsands rights have already been secured, promises to investors have been made, plans have been drafted, money is being spent and the areas proposed for the time out have marginal potential." Therefore, the need to shut down the tar sands and *cancel* the existing leases....no more industry-friendly greenwash courtesy of Pew/Sunoco and other multi-billion dollar US foundations. - Tarpit Pete Oilsands lease issue tempest in a teapot It's hardly a call to slow development in the Athabasca region Claudia Cattaneo, Financial Post [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/ultraright-national-post-really-gets-futility-quotpartial-moratoriumquot-proposal URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/ultraright-national-post-really-gets-futility-quotpartial-moratoriumquot-proposal From news at resist.ca Wed Mar 5 10:17:28 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: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:17:28 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Fort Chipewyan Takes Action in Edmonton Message-ID: <20080305181729.26438.qmail@resist.ca> Note: Fort Chip is not a reserve, but a hamlet. --M Reserve holds cancer rally By SHANNON MONTGOMERY The Canadian Press Sun. Mar 2 - 4:46 AM EDMONTON ? Janelle Vermillion owns a house in the tiny northern Alberta community of Fort Chipewyan. Her family, including her brother, still lives there. She considers it home. But the 27-year-old woman says she will never again feel safe living there. "I just want to move back home," she said, fighting back tears as she gestured to the pink-clad six-month-old baby in the stroller in front of her. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/fort-chipewyan-takes-action-edmonton URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/fort-chipewyan-takes-action-edmonton From news at resist.ca Wed Mar 5 11:17:34 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, 05 Mar 2008 19:17:34 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Sherritt's proposed coal gasification project, southeast of Edmonton Message-ID: <20080305191736.26478.qmail@resist.ca> Sherritt International [in partnership with the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan and Epcor] is proposing to develop a large $1.5B coal gasification project 3/4 of an hour south east of Edmonton. The primary purpose of this project will be to produce syngas and/or hydrogen which then can be sold to bitumen upgraders, refineries and the heavy oil industry. Sherritt hopes to cash in on further tar sands expansion. The area of the project is approximately 312 sq kms [most of which is productive agricultural land] and will be bordered by the town of Tofield, [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/sherritt039s-proposed-coal-gasification-project-southeast-edmonton URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/sherritt039s-proposed-coal-gasification-project-southeast-edmonton From news at resist.ca Wed Mar 5 11:17:35 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, 05 Mar 2008 19:17:35 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Keystone pipeline to U.S. refineries nears approval Message-ID: <20080305191736.26481.qmail@resist.ca> Oil sands pipeline to U.S. refineries nears approval JAMES MCPHERSON Associated Press March 4, 2008 BISMARCK, N.D. -- The U.S. State Department intends to issue a permit this month for a $5.2-billion (U.S.) pipeline that would transport crude oil from central Alberta through seven states to U.S. refineries. The State Department, in a decision published yesterday in the Federal Register, said that if no other federal agency objects, a permit will be issued within 15 days for the Keystone pipeline, a project of TransCanada Corp., Canada's largest natural gas shipper, based in Calgary. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/keystone-pipeline-us-refineries-nears-approval URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/keystone-pipeline-us-refineries-nears-approval From news at resist.ca Mon Mar 10 07:17:09 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: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:17:09 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Are the Sacred Headwaters being sacrificed for the Tar Sands? Message-ID: <20080310141710.25977.qmail@resist.ca> Are the Sacred Headwaters being sacrificed for the Tar Sands? The Athabasca Oil Sands are the largest single source of greenhouse gases in Canada. They are also one of the largest users of methane, also known as natural gas. Bitumen extraction is an energy intensive process that requires between 700 and 1200 cubic feet of natural gas to produce one barrel of bitumen. The natural gas is used to heat water, which is mixed with tar sands to separate the crude bitumen (a semi-solid form of crude oil), from silica, clay and other minerals. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/are-sacred-headwaters-being-sacrificed-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/are-sacred-headwaters-being-sacrificed-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Mon Mar 10 07:17:09 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: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:17:09 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Emissions for the poor, subsidies for the rich Message-ID: <20080310141710.25983.qmail@resist.ca> Emissions for the poor, subsidies for the rich Latest budget continues the Harperite pattern of tax breaks for large-scale Green House Gas emitters. Dateline: Monday, March 03, 2008 by Albert Koehl [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/emissions-poor-subsidies-rich URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/emissions-poor-subsidies-rich From news at resist.ca Mon Mar 10 07:17:09 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: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:17:09 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Environmentalists Win landmark Tar Sands Lawsuit Message-ID: <20080310141710.25978.qmail@resist.ca> Environmentalists Win landmark Tar Sands Lawsuit Court Finds Gaping Holes in Environmental Assessment EDMUNTON - March 5 -The Federal Court of Canada today released a judgment finding fatal legal errors in the environmental assessment of the Kearl Tar Sands Project, north of Fort McMurray. Ecojustice lawyer Sean Nixon was in court in January on behalf of the Pembina Institute, Sierra Club of Canada, the Toxics Watch Society of Alberta and the Prairie Acid Rain Coalition. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/environmentalists-win-landmark-tar-sands-lawsuit URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/environmentalists-win-landmark-tar-sands-lawsuit From news at resist.ca Mon Mar 10 07:17:10 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: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:17:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] The crude fact Message-ID: <20080310141711.25989.qmail@resist.ca> The crude fact Peak oil is no academic debate: the $100 barrel is a harbinger of the energy shortage to come Jeremy Leggett This week, oil reached its highest price ever, exceeding the inflation-adjusted record of $103.76 set in April 1980, at the height of the second oil shock. Then, the world was worried that the high price would trigger a global depression. Now, the scope for the oil price to soar ruinously higher than $100 does not seem to worry many people. The landmark record did not reach the front pages. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/crude-fact URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/crude-fact From news at resist.ca Mon Mar 10 07:17:10 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: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:17:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Tough new green plan targets tar sands Message-ID: <20080310141711.25995.qmail@resist.ca> Tough new green plan targets oil sands Regulations, which also apply to coal-fired power plants, would force future projects to store greenhouse-gas emissions underground BRIAN LAGHI OTTAWA BUREAU CHIEF; Compiled by Rick Cash; Shawn McCarthy, Global Energy Reporter March 10, 2008 Ottawa will unveil new climate-change regulations this week that would force new oil sands projects and coal-fired electricity plants to capture and store the bulk of their greenhouse gases rather than spew them into the air. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/tough-new-green-plan-targets-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/tough-new-green-plan-targets-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Mon Mar 10 07:17:10 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: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:17:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] NDP to try to topple government over climate change policies Message-ID: <20080310141711.25987.qmail@resist.ca> NDP to try to topple government over climate change policies Last Updated: Friday, March 7, 2008 | 7:28 AM ET CBC News The New Democrats will try to bring down the federal government with a confidence motion introduced on Friday criticizing the Conservatives' record on climate change. Parliament won't vote on the motion until Monday, but the Liberals have already indicated they will not vote for the motion, meaning the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not fall. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/ndp-try-topple-government-over-climate-change-policies URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/ndp-try-topple-government-over-climate-change-policies From news at resist.ca Mon Mar 10 08:17:21 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, 10 Mar 2008 15:17:21 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Speaker says nuclear power about economics Message-ID: <20080310151723.6147.qmail@resist.ca> Speaker says nuclear power about economics New and unexplored issues surrounding nuclear power were discussed by activist Jim Harding last Thursday evening with his presentation at the Blue Ridge Community Centre. Whitecourt Star Gina Racine // Wednesday March 05, 2008 With the numerous presentations made throughout the local area in the past few months, Whitecourt and area residents have had the opportunity to learn about a number of topics surrounding the nuclear debate, on both the pro-nuclear and anti-nuclear sides. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/speaker-says-nuclear-power-about-economics URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/speaker-says-nuclear-power-about-economics From news at resist.ca Tue Mar 11 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, 11 Mar 2008 20:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Canadian [Tar Sands] Oil No Good for U.S.? Message-ID: <20080311201705.28835.qmail@resist.ca> Canadian Oil No Good for U.S.? Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:25 AM By: Newsmax.com Article Font Size It might come as a surprise that the country with the largest oil reserves is not Saudi Arabia, Iran or Venezuela, but Canada. Yet America?s No. 1 trading partner is concerned that the U.S. doesn?t want its oil. Canada has an estimated 1.6 trillion barrels of oil on its territory. Saudi Arabia has an estimated 270 billion barrels. But much of Canada?s oil is locked in tough-to-excavate tar sands in the province of Alberta. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/canadian-tar-sands-oil-no-good-us URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/canadian-tar-sands-oil-no-good-us From news at resist.ca Tue Mar 11 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: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Enbridge mulls re-reversal of Canada oil pipeline Message-ID: <20080311211704.7530.qmail@resist.ca> Enbridge mulls re-reversal of Canada oil pipeline Scott Haggett, Reuters Published: 6:49 am EDMONTON, Alberta (Reuters) - Enbridge Inc is looking at moving oil sands crude to the U.S. Northeast and Eastern Canada by reversing the flow of one of its pipelines or building a new one, its chief executive said on Monday. Enbridge, whose pipelines carry the lion's share of Canada's crude exports to the United States, may construct a new line to Philadelphia from southern Ontario or re-reverse the flow of Line 9 to Montreal from Sarnia, Ontario, Enbridge CEO Pat Daniel said. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/enbridge-mulls-rereversal-canada-oil-pipeline URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/enbridge-mulls-rereversal-canada-oil-pipeline From news at resist.ca Tue Mar 11 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: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Oil-rich Alberta showing shades of Green Message-ID: <20080311211705.7531.qmail@resist.ca> Oil-rich Alberta showing shades of Green >From the Globe and Mail Feb 21, 2008 DAWN WALTON With a report from Katherine O'Neill in Fort McMurray, Alta. February 21, 2008 LACOMBE, ALTA. -- Alberta Green Party candidate Joe Anglin could hardly believe his eyes when 50 people - mainly baby boomers, some seniors and, on the surface, not a single member of the granola set - took their seats in the Lacombe parish hall over the long weekend. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/oilrich-alberta-showing-shades-green URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/oilrich-alberta-showing-shades-green From news at resist.ca Tue Mar 11 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: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Nuclear provider targets tar sands Message-ID: <20080311211705.7532.qmail@resist.ca> Nuclear provider targets oilsands Natural gas shortage looms by 2030: Areva Shaun Polczer, Calgary Herald Published: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Alberta's oilsands industry faces a natural gas shortage by 2030 without new energy sources to offset gas use in oilsands expansions, the head of nuclear power giant Areva Canada Inc. said Monday. Speaking in Calgary, Areva CEO Armand Laferrere said continued oilsands development would consume virtually all of Canada's current natural gas supply -- some 92 per cent -- by 2030. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/nuclear-provider-targets-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/nuclear-provider-targets-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Tue Mar 11 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: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Treaty chiefs want tar sands moratorium Message-ID: <20080311211705.7533.qmail@resist.ca> Aboriginal chiefs want oilsands moratorium Renata D'Aliesio, Calgary Herald Published: Monday, February 25, 2008 EDMONTON - Alberta's aboriginal chiefs are calling for a moratorium on new oilsands development until they've completed plans to manage water and resource development in the region. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/treaty-chiefs-want-tar-sands-moratorium URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/treaty-chiefs-want-tar-sands-moratorium From news at resist.ca Tue Mar 11 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: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "New projects pitched to ease Fort McMurray housing woes" Message-ID: <20080311211706.7535.qmail@resist.ca> New projects pitched to ease Fort McMurray housing woes By The Canadian Press - For Business Edge Published: 03/07/2008 - Vol. 8, No. 5 The Wood Buffalo Housing and Development Corp. is looking to get into the land development business to alleviate Fort McMurray's housing crunch. The municipally-owned, non-profit corporation presented a proposal to regional council last week for developing two areas of Fort McMurray north of the Athabasca River. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotnew-projects-pitched-ease-fort-mcmurray-housing-woesquot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotnew-projects-pitched-ease-fort-mcmurray-housing-woesquot From news at resist.ca Thu Mar 13 12:17:05 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, 13 Mar 2008 19:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Everything You Didn't Really Want to Know About Tar Sands Message-ID: <20080313191705.19138.qmail@resist.ca> Everything You Didn't Really Want to Know About Tar Sands Do you ever think about the spot between the wall and the back of the stove? You know, the place where stray bits of dinner, splashes of marinara sauce and inexplicable assorted chicken parts gather to create a nasty, smelly, horrible part of your kitchen ? your otherwise glorious, sparkling (OK, not so sparkling but in the right light it looks just lovely), bejewelled food preparation space, the place where you pack the kid's lunch, where you sit and read the paper and listen [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/everything-you-didn039t-really-want-know-about-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/everything-you-didn039t-really-want-know-about-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Thu Mar 13 12:17:05 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, 13 Mar 2008 19:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Doc builds convincing case against tar sands Message-ID: <20080313191706.19139.qmail@resist.ca> Doc builds convincing case against tar sands KATE TAYLOR [ktaylor at globeandmail.com][1] March 13, 2008 When Norway began extracting North Sea oil, its government worried that the sudden influx of revenue would distort the economy, so it placed its new wealth in a rainy-day fund. Now that the North Sea reserves are diminished, Norway's state-owned oil exploration company is looking elsewhere, to Alberta's tar sands. [read more][2] [1]: mailto:ktaylor at globeandmail.com [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/doc-builds-convincing-case-against-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/doc-builds-convincing-case-against-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Thu Mar 13 13:17:08 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: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:17:08 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] The tar sands omerta Message-ID: <20080313201708.11789.qmail@resist.ca> The oil sands omerta Norval Scott, March 12, 2008 at 3:58 PM EDT According to oil executives speaking at the World Heavy Oil Congress in Edmonton this week, a big challenge for the oil sands industry is to overcome adverse public perceptions of their work. To a man, the Canadian representatives speaking ? including the chief executives of Suncor Energy Inc. and Nexen Inc. ? referred to the need to do better in the PR battle, and emphasized that this was a priority. It?s a fight that the companies aren?t winning, and it?s their own [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-omerta URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-omerta From news at resist.ca Thu Mar 13 13:17:08 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: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:17:08 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] North Dakota: Keystone Pipeline can and must be stopped Message-ID: <20080313201708.11790.qmail@resist.ca> IN THE MAIL: Pipeline can and must be stopped Grand Forks Herald Published Wednesday, March 12, 2008 GRAND FORKS ? The Keystone oil pipeline should not be built in the location where the state Public Service Commission has given permission to begin construction. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/north-dakota-keystone-pipeline-can-and-must-be-stopped URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/north-dakota-keystone-pipeline-can-and-must-be-stopped From news at resist.ca Sun Mar 16 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: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Suncor's Real Agenda in the Tar Sands: Conservation "Offsets" Message-ID: <20080316211705.23725.qmail@resist.ca> Here's the real reason for Suncor's participation in the Pew/Sunoco funded Canadian Boreal Initiative -- allow for endless tarpit expansion while taking credit for some low-hanging fruit protected areas elsewhere in the boreal forest. An excellent business strategy indeed, especially given the fact that Pew/Sunoco actually *founded* Suncor in 1967. Though Pew/Sunoco sold off Suncor in 1995, they continue to refine large amounts of synthetic (mock) crude oil from the tarpits and desperately want more. Tarpit Pete [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/suncor039s-real-agenda-tar-sands-conservation-quotoffsetsquot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/suncor039s-real-agenda-tar-sands-conservation-quotoffsetsquot From news at resist.ca Mon Mar 17 14:17:18 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: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:17:18 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Tar sands emissions could triple under Conservative plan Message-ID: <20080317211719.21420.qmail@resist.ca> Oilsands emissions could triple under Conservative plan Mike De Souza, Canwest News Service Published: Friday, March 14, 2008 Meantime, Environment Canada has confirmed that millions of tonnes of pollution from small facilities will be exempt for companies in sectors such as oil and gas, natural gas pipelines, electricity, chemicals and fertilizers. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-emissions-could-triple-under-conservative-plan URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-emissions-could-triple-under-conservative-plan From news at resist.ca Mon Mar 17 14:17:19 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: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:17:19 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Right Wing Backlash against "Tar Sands: The Selling of Alberta" Documentary Message-ID: <20080317211719.21421.qmail@resist.ca> Another hatchet job on oilsands Industry threatens sovereignty, doc says Gary Lamphier, The Edmonton Journal Published: Saturday, March 15 EDMONTON - I fully expected a one-sided slag job, featuring the usual assortment of capitalist-bashing, America-loathing lefty ideologues. I wasn't disappointed. Thursday's airing of Tar Sands: The Selling of Alberta, on CBC Television's Doc Zone, was merely the latest in a string of sensationalist hatchet jobs on Alberta's key industry, courtesy of the national media. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/right-wing-backlash-against-quottar-sands-selling-albertaquot-documentary URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/right-wing-backlash-against-quottar-sands-selling-albertaquot-documentary From news at resist.ca Mon Mar 17 14:17:19 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: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:17:19 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Syncrude Won't Accept Loss In Oil Sands Royalty Deal - Report" Message-ID: <20080317211719.21422.qmail@resist.ca> Syncrude Won't Accept Loss In Oil Sands Royalty Deal - Report Dow Jones March 12, 2008: 10:27 AM EST OTTAWA -(Dow Jones)- Syncrude Canada Ltd. will only accept a new oil sands royalty deal with the Alberta government that "doesn't short-shrift shareholders," shareholder Imperial Oil Ltd. (IMO) said, the National Post reported Wednesday. However, partners in the Syncrude consortium are prepared to negotiate a new agreement under Alberta's new oil and gas royalty scheme, Imperial's outgoing chief executive, Tim Hearn, told the newspaper. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotsyncrude-won039t-accept-loss-oil-sands-royalty-deal-reportquot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotsyncrude-won039t-accept-loss-oil-sands-royalty-deal-reportquot From news at resist.ca Mon Mar 17 14:17:19 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: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:17:19 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Study highlights need for conservation" (Mackenzie Gas Project/ Boreal Forest) Message-ID: <20080317211720.21424.qmail@resist.ca> Anthony Kovats // CAF Tuesday March 11, 2008 The ritual is as old as the giant and enveloping forest itself. Every spring, the shores of Lesser Slave, Peerless and North and South Wabasca Lakes explode with colour and sound as North America?s migratory songbirds return to the continent?s vast northern forest. American robins with their robust red breasts join the cacophony of sounds generated by Tennessee, Connecticut and Canada warblers as they gorge on caterpillars and insects in the budding branches. This is the boreal forest. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotstudy-highlights-need-conservationquot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotstudy-highlights-need-conservationquot From news at resist.ca Thu Mar 20 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, 20 Mar 2008 21:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] TransCanada to build new pipeline to US [Keystone] Message-ID: <20080320211705.654.qmail@resist.ca> TransCanada to build new pipeline to US The TransCanada Company announced that it has been granted permission to build a USD 5.2 billion pipeline to export crude oil to the United States. The TransCanada Company in a statement said that "The US Department of State issued a presidential permit to Keystone authorizing the construction, maintenance and operation of facilities at the United States and Canada border to transport crude oil between the two countries.? [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/transcanada-build-new-pipeline-us-keystone URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/transcanada-build-new-pipeline-us-keystone From news at resist.ca Thu Mar 20 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, 20 Mar 2008 21:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Push to bar tar sands to US military Message-ID: <20080320211705.655.qmail@resist.ca> Push to bar oil sands to US military By Sheila McNulty in Houston Published: March 18 2008 17:11 The powerful chairman of a key congressional committee is pressing the US federal government to comply with energy legislation that bars the use of fuel from Canada?s oil sands. The legislation, signed into law Dec 19 last year, prohibits the federal government from procuring fuels with a higher greenhouse gas content than conventional fuels, such as that from Canada?s oil sands or coal-to-liquids. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/push-bar-tar-sands-us-military URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/push-bar-tar-sands-us-military From news at resist.ca Thu Mar 20 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: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Climate Change Deepening World Water Crisis Message-ID: <20080320221705.25971.qmail@resist.ca> Climate Change Deepening World Water Crisis by Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS - When U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last January, his primary focus was not on the impending global economic recession but on the world?s growing water crisis.0320 08 ?A shortage of water resources could spell increased conflicts in the future,? he told the annual gathering of business tycoons, academics and leaders from governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/climate-change-deepening-world-water-crisis URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/climate-change-deepening-world-water-crisis From news at resist.ca Mon Mar 24 17:17:09 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, 25 Mar 2008 00:17:09 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] US: Rush to Develop Oil Shale and Tar Sands Endangers... Message-ID: <20080325001709.20847.qmail@resist.ca> Bush Administration's Rush to Develop Oil Shale and Tar Sands Endangers Local communities and Wild Lands in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming 26 Conservation, Citizen, Local Government and Recreation Groups Denounce Lease Plan That Could Affect 2 Million Acres of Public Lands [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/us-rush-develop-oil-shale-and-tar-sands-endangers URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/us-rush-develop-oil-shale-and-tar-sands-endangers From news at resist.ca Mon Mar 24 17:17:09 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, 25 Mar 2008 00:17:09 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Government is listening to polluters Message-ID: <20080325001709.20849.qmail@resist.ca> Government is listening to polluters Mar 24, 2008 04:30 AM John Bennett Federal Environment Minister John Baird claims new regulations announced this month for industry greenhouse gas emitters are "tough ? tougher than any anywhere." So why aren't environmentalists standing up and cheering? Only a few years ago Stephen Harper called Kyoto "a socialist plot" ? but now his government is calling for future oil-sands operations to capture and store the greenhouse gases they create. The Conservative government sure has come a long way, hasn't it? Well no, it hasn't. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/government-listening-polluters URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/government-listening-polluters From news at resist.ca Mon Mar 24 17:17:09 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, 25 Mar 2008 00:17:09 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Bateman smears famous work to protest pipeline Message-ID: <20080325001709.20850.qmail@resist.ca> Bateman smears famous work to protest pipeline Video (at link at bottom): Bateman paints over painting in protest Symbolic smearing meant to demonstrate hazards of spills Mar 21, 2008 04:30 AM Petti Fong Western Canada Bureau Chief VANCOUVER?Paintbrush in hand, poised over the canvas of orcas swimming in the ocean, wildlife artist Robert Bateman had a momentary feeling of uncertainty. But when the black paint touched a $2,000 print of his famous painting, Orca Procession, Bateman knew defacing one of his most beloved images was the right thing to do. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/bateman-smears-famous-work-protest-pipeline URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/bateman-smears-famous-work-protest-pipeline From news at resist.ca Mon Mar 24 17:17:09 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, 25 Mar 2008 00:17:09 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] The people of Hartley Bay feel a bit more uneasy today Message-ID: <20080325001709.20851.qmail@resist.ca> The people of Hartley Bay feel a bit more uneasy today Jack Knox, canwest news services Published: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Six metres of snow in Hartley Bay so far this winter. Usually it snows, then melts, then rains in a pattern that repeats all season long, but this year it just kept snowing and snowing until it piled high above the raised boardwalks that take the place of roads in the tiny coastal settlement. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/people-hartley-bay-feel-bit-more-uneasy-today URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/people-hartley-bay-feel-bit-more-uneasy-today From news at resist.ca Thu Mar 27 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, 27 Mar 2008 21:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] EnCana Project Reaps, Refines Tar Sands Oil Message-ID: <20080327211705.16595.qmail@resist.ca> EnCana Project Reaps, Refines 'Tar Sands' Oil March 26, 2008: 08:05 PM EST (Investor's Business Daily delivered by Newstex) -- On Wednesday we examined how well Canada stands as investors unlock their bank accounts and jump back into stocks. Much of the fortunes up north may depend on commodity prices. Taking a look at Canada's recent winners, we see lots of natural resources companies, such as oil and gas, gold and silver, base metals, and wheat. Prices for these raw goods recently plunged after major run-ups, so passing on a gold mine or an oil driller may have been smart. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/encana-project-reaps-refines-tar-sands-oil URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/encana-project-reaps-refines-tar-sands-oil From news at resist.ca Thu Mar 27 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, 27 Mar 2008 21:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Tar sands: environmental justice and Native rights Message-ID: <20080327211705.16596.qmail@resist.ca> Tar sands: environmental justice and Native rights "The river used to be blue. Now it's brown. Nobody can fish or drink from it. The air is bad. This has all happened so fast." by Clayton Thomas-M?ller March 25, 2008 The application of treaty rights as a legal strategy implemented by the First Nations themselves must be the key focus in efforts to challenge Big Oil in Alberta. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-environmental-justice-and-native-rights URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-environmental-justice-and-native-rights From news at resist.ca Thu Mar 27 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, 27 Mar 2008 21:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Shell wants to produce five times more oil from tar sands Message-ID: <20080327211705.16597.qmail@resist.ca> Shell wants to produce five times more oil from tar sands * Terry Macalister * The Guardian, * Tuesday March 18 2008 This article appeared in the Guardian on Tuesday March 18 2008 on p32 of the Financial section. It was last updated at 00:49 on March 18 2008. Shell is gearing up for a huge expansion of its carbon-intensive tar sands operation in Canada at a time when it has been struggling to replace conventional reserves. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/shell-wants-produce-five-times-more-oil-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/shell-wants-produce-five-times-more-oil-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Thu Mar 27 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, 27 Mar 2008 21:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Canada rushes for its [mock] black gold Message-ID: <20080327211705.16598.qmail@resist.ca> Canada rushes for its black gold Released on 27/03/2008 [B]lack gloop is behind a massive boom that is pushing Canada?s construction spend to record heights and sucking skilled workers from all over the country and the world. Before 2003 Fort McMurray was a quiet town just about as far north in the Canadian province of Alberta as you?d wish to go. Now it?s the epicenter of a building boom that is pushing the whole country?s construction spend to record heights, and a trailer there costs more than a house in downtown Toronto. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/canada-rushes-its-mock-black-gold URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/canada-rushes-its-mock-black-gold