From news at resist.ca Fri May 2 13:17:10 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: Fri, 02 May 2008 20:17:10 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Dead ducks tar Canada's image, PM says Message-ID: <20080502201711.22020.qmail@resist.ca> Dead ducks tar Canada's image, PM says JOHN COTTER The Canadian Press May 2, 2008 EDMONTON -- Alberta is under heavy pressure to strengthen its environmental standards as the fallout from the death of 500 ducks in a toxic wastewater pond gets stickier than the province's oil sands. Images and stories of the dying waterfowl have been appearing on news outlets and blogs around the world, prompting Prime Minister Stephen Harper to suggest that the dead ducks have tarred Alberta's and Canada's international image. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/dead-ducks-tar-canada039s-image-pm-says URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/dead-ducks-tar-canada039s-image-pm-says From news at resist.ca Sat May 3 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: Sun, 04 May 2008 01:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Duck Deaths Confirm First Nations' Fears Message-ID: <20080504011705.21041.qmail@resist.ca> Duck Deaths Confirm First Nations' Fears Fort Chipewyan, May 2, 2008 -- Only one day after the 500 ducks were found dead in the tailings pond at Syncrude Canada in the Alberta tar sands, a local Mikisew Cree hunter killed a duck that was totally covered in oil. Community leaders have no doubt that the duck was a victim of the toxic tailings ponds near Fort McMurray, 300 kilometres south of Fort Chipewyan. The oil-drenched duck will be released to the Canadian Wildlife Service for further investigation. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/duck-deaths-confirm-first-nations039-fears URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/duck-deaths-confirm-first-nations039-fears From news at resist.ca Sun May 4 16:17:22 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, 04 May 2008 23:17:22 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Canada caught on its own tar baby. Tar sand investments now a dead duck? Message-ID: <20080504231722.30067.qmail@resist.ca> May 1st, 2008 Canada caught on its own tar baby. Tar sand investments now a dead duck? Posted by Harry Fuller @ 3:41 am As one Canadian newspaper put it. Ducks in Alberta died a crude death. One of the species of ducks that died on a pond filled with crude oil polluted water: Bufflehead. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/canada-caught-its-own-tar-baby-tar-sand-investments-now-a-dead-duck URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/canada-caught-its-own-tar-baby-tar-sand-investments-now-a-dead-duck From news at resist.ca Sun May 4 16:17:22 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, 04 May 2008 23:17:22 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Fund managers attack BP over tar sands plan Message-ID: <20080504231722.30068.qmail@resist.ca> >From The Times April 18, 2008 Fund managers attack BP over tar sands plan Robin Pagnamenta A group of American and British shareholders in BP joined forces yesterday to protest over the oil company's decision to start extracting oil from Canadian tar sands. Eleven fund managers, which together manage total assets worth more than $10 billion (?5 billion), said that BP's move into tar sands last year was ?deeply disappointing? and represented a ?disturbing step backwards? for the company. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/fund-managers-attack-bp-over-tar-sands-plan URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/fund-managers-attack-bp-over-tar-sands-plan From news at resist.ca Sun May 4 16:17:22 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, 04 May 2008 23:17:22 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Uncomfortable truths about global oil depletion Message-ID: <20080504231723.30070.qmail@resist.ca> Uncomfortable truths about global oil depletion By David Strahan Telegraph UK Polishing the portholes on the Titanic hardly does it justice. This week saw ministers giving an uncanny impersonation of Corporal Jones urging calm over the Grangemouth refinery strike; lorry drivers protesting in Park Lane over a two pence rise in fuel duty; and much righteous indignation over the level of profits reported by Shell and BP. All of which entirely misses the point. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/uncomfortable-truths-about-global-oil-depletion URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/uncomfortable-truths-about-global-oil-depletion From news at resist.ca Sun May 4 16:17:22 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, 04 May 2008 23:17:22 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Tar sands suck dollars from cleaner oil and gas Message-ID: <20080504231722.30069.qmail@resist.ca> Oilsands suck dollars from cleaner oil and gas Dave Yager, For The Calgary Herald Published: Sunday, May 04, 2008 There's a giant sucking noise emanating from northeast Alberta that gets louder as oil prices rise. Called the Athabasca Tar Sands, its rapid development is draining imagination from the Stelmach government, flexibility from labour markets and diversification from Alberta's economy. It has also sucked Edmonton into a hopeless global environmental confrontation. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-suck-dollars-cleaner-oil-and-gas URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-suck-dollars-cleaner-oil-and-gas From news at resist.ca Sun May 4 16:17:22 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, 04 May 2008 23:17:22 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Exxon oil production struggles for growth Message-ID: <20080504231723.30071.qmail@resist.ca> Exxon oil production struggles for growth By Sheila McNulty in Houston and Carola Hoyos in London Published: May 1 2008 14:55 | Last updated: May 1 2008 23:09 ExxonMobil, long regarded by its peers and investors as the most successful interational oil company, is beginning to show signs of weakness, revealing on Thursday that it is struggling to increase oil production and to squeeze profit out of its refining business. The world's biggest energy group announced a first-quarter record profit of $10.9bn but its oil production fell almost 10 per cent in [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/exxon-oil-production-struggles-growth URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/exxon-oil-production-struggles-growth From news at resist.ca Sun May 4 21:17:05 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, 05 May 2008 04:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Change in activists' tactics poses serious threat to 2010 Games: analyst Message-ID: <20080505041705.2133.qmail@resist.ca> Change in activists' tactics poses serious threat to 2010 Games: analyst By Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER - Changing tactics by Canadian activists pose a serious threat to security at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, security analysts say. The usually fragmented, single-issue groups are converging and organizing in ways never seen before in Canada, said Tom Quiggan, a former security consultant with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Where there's usually a lull in protest activity in the years leading up to [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/change-activists039-tactics-poses-serious-threat-2010-games-analyst URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/change-activists039-tactics-poses-serious-threat-2010-games-analyst From news at resist.ca Sun May 4 21:17:05 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, 05 May 2008 04:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Received via Contact Form.... Message-ID: <20080505041705.2134.qmail@resist.ca> Save Our Soil (SOS) is a group of North Dakota people who are resisting the Keystone pipeline by means of a ballot initiative that would let the voters decide. More information: [www.saveoursoil.net][1] or [www.saveoursoil.info][2]. [1]: http://www.saveoursoil.net (www.saveoursoil.net) [2]: http://www.saveoursoil.info (www.saveoursoil.info) URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/received-contact-form From news at resist.ca Mon May 5 04:17:06 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: Mon, 05 May 2008 11:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] The Nature Conservancy: Shelling Out Message-ID: <20080505111706.1934.qmail@resist.ca> As the unsavory connections between multi-national resource extraction companies and fake environmentalists become more and more obvious, individual donors will also discover the non-democratic nature of most environmental organizations and will have no other option than to vote with their pocketbooks: "As a donor there are few opportunities to direct the agency's decisions, he said. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/the-nature-conservancy-shelling-out URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/the-nature-conservancy-shelling-out From news at resist.ca Mon May 5 15:17:07 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, 05 May 2008 22:17:07 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] International Energy Agency admits to 12.5 million barrel per day oil supply shortage Message-ID: <20080505221708.27224.qmail@resist.ca> Update: IEA Warning 12.5 MBD Supply Shortage News Type: Event ? Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:47 AM EDT world-news, energy, peak-oil, iea, ele, energy-scarcity Gumwars I have retrieved the entire document translated to english by Cappella, a member of the Life After the Oil Crash blog forum. Please read it carefully as it portends significant difficulties for all of us. "The Sirens Shrill" The International Energy Agency (IEA) gives alarm: The world could run out of oil faster than expected - the danger of a supply shortage is rising [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/international-energy-agency-admits-125-million-barrel-day-oil-supply-shortage URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/international-energy-agency-admits-125-million-barrel-day-oil-supply-shortage From news at resist.ca Mon May 5 19:17:05 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, 06 May 2008 02:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] More dead birds giving tar sands a blackeye Message-ID: <20080506021705.31504.qmail@resist.ca> More dead birds giving Oilsands a blackeye May 05, 2008 - 7:25 am Kevin Usselman & Bryce Kelley The Alberta oilsands is coming under fire again after a loon was found dead and two others in distress at the ConocoPhillips tar sands site over the weekend. A campaigner with Greenpeace says he received the tip about the loons on Saturday. It's the second incident involving birds in the oilsands in about a week. Last week, 500 ducks were found dead on a tailings pond at the Syncrude oilsands site. That's because the birds, were found in a pond that has high [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/more-dead-birds-giving-tar-sands-a-blackeye URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/more-dead-birds-giving-tar-sands-a-blackeye From news at resist.ca Mon May 5 21:17:09 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, 06 May 2008 04:17:09 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Native People Warn U.N. of Biofuels Disaster Message-ID: <20080506041709.8675.qmail@resist.ca> >From the article below: "Experts on agro-economics say biofuels production is largely responsible for the current food shortages and soaring prices. The crisis, according to them, is not going to end unless the rich countries change their energy consumption patterns. If rich nations stopped biofuels production this year, it would lead to a price decline in corn by about 20 percent and wheat by about 10 percent within the next two years, according to the International Food Policy Research Institute, a think tank in Washington." ________________________ [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/native-people-warn-un-biofuels-disaster URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/native-people-warn-un-biofuels-disaster From news at resist.ca Mon May 5 21:17:09 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, 06 May 2008 04:17:09 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Dehcho Process at crossroads Message-ID: <20080506041710.8676.qmail@resist.ca> Dehcho Process at crossroads Paul Bickford and John Curran Northern News Services Published Thursday, April 10, 2008 K'ATLODEECHE/HAY RIVER RESERVE - There was not a lot of optimism about the Dehcho Process coming out of last week's leadership meeting on the Hay River Reserve. Deh Cho leaders were disheartened following a report on the negotiations with the federal government. "I feel that Canada is negotiating in bad faith," said Jerry Antoine, interim grand chief of Dehcho First Nations (DFN), following the meeting. One key area of concern is land selection. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/dehcho-process-crossroads URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/dehcho-process-crossroads From news at resist.ca Tue May 6 01:17:06 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: Tue, 06 May 2008 08:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Dehcho Land Use Plan revisions increase development Message-ID: <20080506081706.23085.qmail@resist.ca> Dehcho Land Use Plan revisions increase development Roxanna Thompson Northern News Services Published Thursday, May 01, 2008 DEH GAH GOT'IE KOE/FORT PROVIDENCE - A revised Dehcho Land Use Plan could be completed as early as this fall, according to members of the Dehcho Land Use Planning Committee. The planning committee has been working steadily since last fall to resolve the differences over the plan between the Dehcho First Nations (DFN) and the territorial and federal governments, said Michael Nadli, the chair of the committee. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/dehcho-land-use-plan-revisions-increase-development URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/dehcho-land-use-plan-revisions-increase-development From news at resist.ca Tue May 6 01:17:06 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: Tue, 06 May 2008 08:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] The Deafening Silence of Ducks Unlimited about over 500 dead ducks in the tar sands Message-ID: <20080506081706.23086.qmail@resist.ca> Could it be because Syncrude donated $300,000 to Ducks Unlimited in 2001 and that Suncor recently donated another $1.5 million?? After all, Ducks Unlimited only wants to help industry to "soften" its impact on the environment. Never mind all the other cash donations from Weyerhaeuser, Alpac, and Enbridge.... - Tarpit Pete DU Conservation Awards presented to Alberta Chamber of Resources Companies [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/the-deafening-silence-ducks-unlimited-about-over-500-dead-ducks-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/the-deafening-silence-ducks-unlimited-about-over-500-dead-ducks-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Tue May 6 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: Tue, 06 May 2008 18:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Scenes From the Tar Wars Message-ID: <20080506181706.23312.qmail@resist.ca> Scenes From the Tar Wars NEWS: As Canada scrambles to dig up some of the world's dirtiest oil, a bush doctor tracks mysterious diseases, poisoned rivers, and shattered lives. By Josh Harkinson May/June 2008 Issue At a small airport in the northern Alberta town of Fort McMurray, a rickety, single-engine Cessna hurtles off the ground with a roar. Dr. John O'Connor ignores the shuddering fuselage, the tail wiggle, the steep climb above the spruce trees at the end of the runway. For O'Connor, a bush doctor who has tended to some of [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/scenes-from-tar-wars URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/scenes-from-tar-wars From news at resist.ca Thu May 8 12:17:04 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, 08 May 2008 19:17:04 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] The Real Need for Nukes in Peace River Message-ID: <20080508191704.18354.qmail@resist.ca> After over a year of very low-key manoeuvering through their privately held subsidiary Sure Northern Energy, Shell finally comes clean with their proposal to use electric heaters to extract bitumen from the limestone-based Grosmont formation, which may host more oil than all the other tar sands combined. If successful, this new "in-situ" method will require massive amounts of electricity convenienty located to the south at the proposed nuclear plants in Peace River and possibly Whitecourt. The perversity of using nukes to heat the earth to extract mock oil is utterly astounding! [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/the-real-need-nukes-peace-river URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/the-real-need-nukes-peace-river From news at resist.ca Mon May 12 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: Mon, 12 May 2008 18:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Citizen Opposition to the Proposed Nukes in Peace River Message-ID: <20080512181705.15290.qmail@resist.ca> No mention here about the real reason for locating the nukes in Peace River, which is to supply power for Shell in the nearby Grosmont formation for their electric heaters to extract bitumen from limestone. -Tarpit Pete Alberta's Peace River area split over bid to build nuclear power plant 1 day ago PEACE RIVER, Alta. ? Dan and Huguette Ropchan stand on the grainy edge of ice-crusted Lac Cardinal in northwest Alberta and worry that in a decade they'll have to raise their wheat and canola in the shadow of monster nuclear cooling towers. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/citizen-opposition-proposed-nukes-peace-river URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/citizen-opposition-proposed-nukes-peace-river From news at resist.ca Tue May 13 00:17:21 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: Tue, 13 May 2008 07:17:21 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Industry backlash against BC uranium mining ban Message-ID: <20080513071721.16536.qmail@resist.ca> B.C.'s uranium ban is irrational, economically irresponsible Vancouver Sun Friday, May 09, 2008 The provincial government has slapped a ban on exploration for uranium, outlawed any development of known deposits and imposed a "no registration reserve" to ensure no future claims include rights to the mineral. It has offered no rationale for these draconian measures. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/industry-backlash-against-bc-uranium-mining-ban URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/industry-backlash-against-bc-uranium-mining-ban From news at resist.ca Tue May 13 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, 13 May 2008 20:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Imperial fears year delay to Kearl tar sands project Message-ID: <20080513201706.8975.qmail@resist.ca> Imperial fears year delay to Kearl oilsands project Claudia Cattaneo, Financial Post Published: Thursday, May 08, 2008 CALGARY -- Imperial Oil Ltd. said in Federal Court Thursday its $8-billion Kearl oilsands project faces a delay of a year or more if a key water permit pulled by the federal government isn't quickly re-instated. "It took nine months to get this piece of paper," lawyer Munaf Mohamed, of Fraser, Milner Casgrain LLP, argued before Justice Douglas Campbell. "What is sufficient in terms of the sting of the lash? [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/imperial-fears-year-delay-kearl-tar-sands-project URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/imperial-fears-year-delay-kearl-tar-sands-project From news at resist.ca Tue May 13 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: Tue, 13 May 2008 20:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] British Columbia: More Dollars for Gas and Oil Research Message-ID: <20080513201706.8985.qmail@resist.ca> More Dollars for Gas and Oil Research By 250 News Monday, April 21, 2008 03:08 PM The allocations for the $12 million dollars the Province promised in the latest budget for mineral and oil and gas research have been announced. Geoscience BC will be getting $5.7 million for projects to enhance the exploration and development of oil and gas. The money will be used for projects such as regional airborne geophysical surveys with a focus on the Horn River Basin, in thenorth east part of B.C. , one of the hottest areas in oil and gas rights sales. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/british-columbia-more-dollars-gas-and-oil-research URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/british-columbia-more-dollars-gas-and-oil-research From news at resist.ca Tue May 13 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: Tue, 13 May 2008 20:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Oil hits record near $127 as Iran mulls output cut Message-ID: <20080513201706.8986.qmail@resist.ca> Oil hits record near $127 as Iran mulls output cut Reuters May 13 2008 NEW YORK, May 13 (Reuters) - Oil surged to a record peak near $127 on Tuesday after OPEC producer Iran said it was studying a plan to cut output despite signs record-high prices are hurting consumer nations. U.S. crude jumped $2.00 to $126.23 a barrel by 1:45 p.m. EDT (1745 GMT), after striking a record $126.98 earlier. London Brent crude rose $1.61 to $124.52 a barrel. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/oil-hits-record-near-127-iran-mulls-output-cut URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/oil-hits-record-near-127-iran-mulls-output-cut From news at resist.ca Tue May 13 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: Tue, 13 May 2008 20:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] How to Deflect the Real Story: "Last surviving duck hangs in" Message-ID: <20080513201706.8976.qmail@resist.ca> Last surviving duck hangs in By Victoria Handysides May 13, 2008 A female mallard duck is the only surviving creature that took a dip in Syncrude?s toxic tailings pond that will live to tell the tale. In total, 18 birds have been brought to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Edmonton from different tailings ponds in the Fort McMurray area. Only six have survived. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/how-deflect-real-story-quotlast-surviving-duck-hangs-inquot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/how-deflect-real-story-quotlast-surviving-duck-hangs-inquot From news at resist.ca Tue May 13 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: Tue, 13 May 2008 20:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Across Alberta Work- place deaths up 24% Message-ID: <20080513201706.8978.qmail@resist.ca> Work- place deaths up 24% 154 Alta. workers died on job last year, 30 more than in 2006 Archie McLean, The Edmonton Journal Published: Friday, April 18 EDMONTON - Alberta workplace deaths jumped 24 per cent in 2007, but injuries fell slightly during the same period, new provincial statistics show. A total of 154 people died on the job or as a result of their work last year, which is up from 124 in 2006, which was a 15-year low. The government says the number of deaths last year is consistent with the rates from the past 10 years. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/work-place-deaths-24 URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/work-place-deaths-24 From news at resist.ca Tue May 13 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: Tue, 13 May 2008 20:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Big Oil Strike in Brazil has Tongues Wagging, but We Continue Towards Peak Oil Message-ID: <20080513201707.8987.qmail@resist.ca> Big Oil Strike in Brazil has Tongues Wagging, but We Continue Towards Peak Oil By Pedro Prieto, Tlaxcala. Posted May 7, 2008. Since the 1980's, the world has discovered less oil than it has consumed every year. note: This was translated from the Spanish original by Miss Machetera, proprietor of the Machetera blog. The world press, especially the Western press and specifically the financial press, has jumped all over the headlines of the discovery of a huge oil field in Brazil's continental shelf. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/big-oil-strike-brazil-has-tongues-wagging-we-continue-towards-peak-oil URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/big-oil-strike-brazil-has-tongues-wagging-we-continue-towards-peak-oil From news at resist.ca Tue May 13 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: Tue, 13 May 2008 20:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Suncor Issues latest Greenwash report Message-ID: <20080513201706.8980.qmail@resist.ca> For your daily Greenwash dose... Suncor sympathetic over ducks... and not a hint of sympathy for the loss of other human lives. --M Suncor CEO defends record on environment Rick George sympathizes over duck loss Dan Healing, with a file from Shaun Polczer, Calgary Herald Published: Saturday, May 10, 2008 A speech about the business outlook for Alberta's oilsands industry Friday morning turned into a defence of its environmental record for Suncor Energy Inc. CEO Rick George. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/suncor-issues-latest-greenwash-report URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/suncor-issues-latest-greenwash-report From news at resist.ca Thu May 15 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, 15 May 2008 23:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] It's not just about 500 dead ducks Message-ID: <20080515231706.11619.qmail@resist.ca> It's not just about 500 dead ducks May 11, 2008 04:30 AM Gillian Steward Who could have known that a flock of ducks on its way home for the summer was fated to become a powerful symbol of all that is wrong with Alberta's most vital industrial project ? the tar sands? As much of the world knows by now, about 500 of them died when they set down on a lake of oily goo, usually referred to by the petroleum industry and the government as a tailing pond ? a much more neutral phrase than 22 square kilometres of toxic sludge produced when oil is extracted from the sandy soil. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/it039s-not-just-about-500-dead-ducks URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/it039s-not-just-about-500-dead-ducks From news at resist.ca Thu May 15 17:17:06 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: Fri, 16 May 2008 00:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Guest Workers" bolting for freedom upon arrival Message-ID: <20080516001706.5249.qmail@resist.ca> Foreign workers pull disappearing act: employer Updated Thu. May. 15 2008 10:25 AM ET CTV.ca News Staff The foreign worker program is causing big headaches, says one Calgary employer, who complains that 20 of his employees pulled a disappearing act soon after arriving in the country. Calgary business owner, Owen Colbourne, has brought in 31 foreign labourers to work at his manufacturing and consulting company in the past 18 months. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotguest-workersquot-bolting-freedom-upon-arrival URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotguest-workersquot-bolting-freedom-upon-arrival From news at resist.ca Thu May 15 18:17:24 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, 16 May 2008 01:17:24 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Ducks Die to Oil Waste in Saskatchewan Message-ID: <20080516011724.20039.qmail@resist.ca> Ducks die in oily Sask. pond Province investigates deaths of 53 birds at waste retention site Darren Bernhardt, The StarPhoenix Published: Thursday, May 15, 2008 The provincial government is scrambling to deal with the deaths of 53 ducks at an oil-extraction site west of Saskatoon. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/ducks-die-oil-waste-saskatchewan URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/ducks-die-oil-waste-saskatchewan From news at resist.ca Thu May 15 18:17:24 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, 16 May 2008 01:17:24 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Nukes for Saskatchewan Tar Sands? Message-ID: <20080516011725.20041.qmail@resist.ca> Hot issue = cool debate A report that suggests Lake Diefenbaker might be a good location for a nuclear power plant does not mean such a facility will ever be built. It does, however, kickstart a welcome debate. The Leader-Post Published: Friday, May 09, 2008 Nuclear energy, we hope, is finally on the table for discussion in Saskatchewan. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/nukes-saskatchewan-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/nukes-saskatchewan-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Thu May 15 18:17:24 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, 16 May 2008 01:17:24 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Temporary foreign workers see exponential growth in Alberta Message-ID: <20080516011725.20042.qmail@resist.ca> Temporary foreign workers see exponential growth in Alberta Apr. 30, 2008 Richard Gilbert // staff writer Alberta is experiencing an explosion in the number of temporary foreign workers (TFW) in the construction industry, but official statistics may underestimate the number of these workers in the country. ?Alberta has seen exponential growth in the use of TFWs for construction,? states a study recently released by the Construction Sector Council (CSC). The study investigates the impact that the workers have on Canada?s construction industry. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/temporary-foreign-workers-see-exponential-growth-alberta URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/temporary-foreign-workers-see-exponential-growth-alberta From news at resist.ca Thu May 15 18:17:24 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, 16 May 2008 01:17:24 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Saskatchewan and Alberta "Competing" for Nuclear Power Plants... Message-ID: <20080516011725.20043.qmail@resist.ca> Provinces wrangle over nuclear plant Jon Harding, Canwest News Service Published: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 CALGARY -- Alberta and Saskatchewan are competing to house Western Canada's first commercial nuclear power plant, Saskatchewan's Natural Resources Minister Bill Boyd confirmed Tuesday. Boyd said his Saskatchewan Party government has held "early" talks with Bruce Power LP, the private nuclear operator from Western Ontario. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/saskatchewan-and-alberta-quotcompetingquot-nuclear-power-plants URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/saskatchewan-and-alberta-quotcompetingquot-nuclear-power-plants From John.Hetherington at ca.ey.com Fri May 16 13:02:49 2008 From: John.Hetherington at ca.ey.com (John.Hetherington at ca.ey.com) Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 16:02:49 -0400 Subject: [Ost-news] John Hetherington is out of the office Message-ID: I will be out of the office starting 15/05/2008 and will not return until 21/05/2008. I will respond to your message when I return. Kind Regards, John. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - This message (including any attachments) is CONFIDENTIAL and may be PRIVILEGED. 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From news at resist.ca Fri May 16 13:17:15 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, 16 May 2008 20:17:15 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Prepare for Alaska Highway gas pipeline hurdles, consultant warns Message-ID: <20080516201715.7836.qmail@resist.ca> Prepare for gas pipeline hurdles, consultant warns SLOW GOING: Similar Canadian project has been tied up for years. The Associated Press Published: April 15th, 2008 11:39 PM Last Modified: April 15th, 2008 11:49 PM CALGARY, Alberta -- Anyone who thinks an Alaska natural gas pipeline will see fewer hurdles than the long-stagnant Mackenzie Gas Project is sadly mistaken, says the man who used to run the Northwest Territories' natural resources department. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/prepare-alaska-highway-gas-pipeline-hurdles-consultant-warns URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/prepare-alaska-highway-gas-pipeline-hurdles-consultant-warns From news at resist.ca Fri May 16 13:17:15 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, 16 May 2008 20:17:15 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Kearl Permit Denied (for now). Message-ID: <20080516201715.7835.qmail@resist.ca> KEARL PERMIT DENIED Imperial project delayed as it awaits Cabinet action Claudia Cattaneo, Financial Post, With Files From Carrie Tait Published: Thursday, May 15, 2008 CALGARY - Imperial Oil Ltd.'s $8-billion Kearl oil-sands project faces a major delay after a federal court judge yesterday turned down its request to have a key permit reinstated. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/kearl-permit-denied-now URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/kearl-permit-denied-now From news at resist.ca Fri May 16 14:17:14 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: Fri, 16 May 2008 21:17:14 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] North Dakota judge denies attempt to halt Keystone oil pipeline Message-ID: <20080516211714.24775.qmail@resist.ca> May 15, 2008 8:28:00 PM MST North Dakota judge denies attempt to halt Keystone oil pipeline BISMARCK, N.D. _ A judge has refused to stop a crude-oil pipeline that TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) wants to build in eastern North Dakota, saying state regulators considered adequate safety precautions in approving its route. A project spokesman said construction should begin next week. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/north-dakota-judge-denies-attempt-halt-keystone-oil-pipeline URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/north-dakota-judge-denies-attempt-halt-keystone-oil-pipeline From news at resist.ca Fri May 16 14:17:14 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: Fri, 16 May 2008 21:17:14 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Cameco President Says Sask "Not Quite Ready" For Nuclear Plant Message-ID: <20080516211714.24776.qmail@resist.ca> Cameco President Says Sask Not Quite Ready For Nuclear Plant By Brynn Harris Updated May 16, 2008 - 6:13am The President of a prominent Saskatchewan uranium mining company does not think the province is ready for a nuclear power plant. Recently, a leaked SaskPower report named Lake Diefenbaker as an ideal spot for one. Cameco President and CEO, Jerry Grandey, says Saskatchewan does not have enough people to support the electrical output of a nuclear power plant. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/cameco-president-says-sask-quotnot-quite-readyquot-for-nuclear-plant URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/cameco-president-says-sask-quotnot-quite-readyquot-for-nuclear-plant From gispwudwada at yahoo.ca Sat May 17 11:34:18 2008 From: gispwudwada at yahoo.ca (gispwudwada) Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 14:34:18 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Ost-news] Fwd: [antiolympics] Longshoremen shut down Port of Vancouver Message-ID: <972624.4657.qm@web34301.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 13:33:31 -0700 (PDT) From: "Harsha" To: "noiiorg" , "olympics" , "projectx" Subject: [antiolympics] Longshoremen shut down Port of Vancouver Longshoremen shut down Port of Vancouver Email This Larger Font Print This Smaller Font Advertisement Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press A cargo ship sits docked at the Port of Tacoma as a lone truck crosses normally bustling cargo handling lanes Thursday. Friday, May 02, 2008 Vancouver?s chapter of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union joined other West Coast locals Thursday in a war protest that shut down marine operations. The ILWU Local 4?s almost 200 workers took the day off, leaving two ships at the Port of Vancouver idle. Port officials said longshoremen were expected to resume work Thursday night and the terminals were expected to reopen today. The action, which involved more than 25,000 union members, impacted the 29 West Coast ports served by the ILWU. ILWU International President and Vancouver native Bob McEllrath said in a press release, ?We?re supporting the troops and telling politicians in Washington that it?s time to end the war in Iraq.? --------------------------------- Be smarter than spam. 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[read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/mackenzie-gas-project-faces-new-setback URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/mackenzie-gas-project-faces-new-setback From news at resist.ca Sat May 17 15:17:09 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: Sat, 17 May 2008 22:17:09 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Intervention at the United Nations by the Athabasca Chipewyan and Mikisew Cree First Nations Message-ID: <20080517221709.16258.qmail@resist.ca> Here is the intervention that was made at the United Nations by the Athabasca Chipewyan and Mikisew Cree First Nations. INTERVENTION TO THE SEVENTH SESSION ON THE UNITED NATIONS PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES Read at approximately 12:00 noon, Tuesday, April 29, 2008 Intervention on Agenda Item 5: Human rights: dialogue with the Special Rapportuer on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples and other special rapporteurs. Thank you Madame chair, [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/intervention-united-nations-athabasca-chipewyan-and-mikisew-cree-first-nations URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/intervention-united-nations-athabasca-chipewyan-and-mikisew-cree-first-nations From news at resist.ca Mon May 19 15:17:06 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: Mon, 19 May 2008 22:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Oil thirst means a moderate U.S." Message-ID: <20080519221706.28192.qmail@resist.ca> Oil thirst means a moderate U.S. Don't worry about American election, says ex-premier Sheila Pratt, Edmonton Journal Published: Monday, May 19, 2008 Alberta has little to fear from the tough talk in the U.S. on climate change heading into the fall presidential election, says former premier Peter Lougheed. "Even though it's an election year, and that makes it more difficult, it's going to be challenging for the United States to avoid having a moderate position," Lougheed said in an interview. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotoil-thirst-means-a-moderate-usquot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotoil-thirst-means-a-moderate-usquot From news at resist.ca Mon May 19 15:17:06 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: Mon, 19 May 2008 22:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] It's open season on natural gas pipeline [Alaska Highway] Message-ID: <20080519221706.28193.qmail@resist.ca> It's open season on natural gas pipeline CONFERENCE: State's intentions don't faze competing ventures. Petroleum News Published: May 12th, 2008 11:07 PM The two North Slope producers looking to build a natural gas pipeline in Alaska plan to move forward even if the state awards a license to a competing project, according to a senior executive. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/it039s-open-season-natural-gas-pipeline-alaska-highway URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/it039s-open-season-natural-gas-pipeline-alaska-highway From news at resist.ca Tue May 20 09:17:40 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, 20 May 2008 16:17:40 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Tar Sands to be Developed in Africa Message-ID: <20080520161740.8173.qmail@resist.ca> Eni finds oil sands deposits in Congo By Ed Crooks in Pointe Noire, Republic of Congo Published: May 20 2008 03:00 | Last updated: May 20 2008 03:00 Eni, the Italian oil group, has discovered a large oil sands deposit in the Republic of Congo that is expected to become Africa's first large unconventional oil development and could hold several billion barrels. Paolo Scaroni, Eni's chief executive, said the project, due to begin production in 2011, opened "a new front" in the development of unconventional oil. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-be-developed-africa URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-be-developed-africa From news at resist.ca Tue May 20 11:17:07 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: Tue, 20 May 2008 18:17:07 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Jailed Algonquin Leader Begins Hunger Strike Message-ID: <20080520181707.20901.qmail@resist.ca> May 15, 2008 - For Immediate Release Jailed Algonquin Leader Begins Hunger Strike Second Algonquin Chief Going to Jail - McGuinty Government Does Nothing On February 15, 2008 Ardoch Algonquin First Nation (AAFN) Spokesperson Robert Lovelace was sentenced in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Kingston to 6 months in maximum security, plus crippling fines, for peacefully protesting uranium mining in the Ardoch homeland. Chief Paula Sherman was fined $15,000 and given until today to pay the fine, failing which she will be jailed. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/jailed-algonquin-leader-begins-hunger-strike URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/jailed-algonquin-leader-begins-hunger-strike From news at resist.ca Wed May 21 11:17:21 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: Wed, 21 May 2008 18:17:21 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Big Oil on the Water Message-ID: <20080521181721.21214.qmail@resist.ca> Big Oil on the Water Skating Around the Tanker Issue By CHRIS GENOVALI A well known Victoria, British Columbia radio talk show host once told local Conservative MP (Member of Parliament) Gary Lunn on air that he was such a good skater (as in skating around the issues) that he should be competing in the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/big-oil-water URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/big-oil-water From news at resist.ca Wed May 21 11:17:21 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: Wed, 21 May 2008 18:17:21 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Alberta tar sands affecting drug habits in Newfoundland Message-ID: <20080521181721.21215.qmail@resist.ca> Alberta oil sands affecting drug habits in Newfoundland BY PAUL HERRIDGE The Southern Gazette (Nfld) Sergeant Wayne Edgecombe, of the Burin Peninsula District RCMP Detachment, acknowledged cocaine use in rural Newfoundland was a rarity two decades ago. Not anymore. Since the oil boom in Alberta exploded a couple of years ago, and people from this province began regularly travelling back and forth on shift rotations, the situation has changed dramatically. Cocaine has joined marijuana as the drug of choice in Newfoundland and Labrador, some might say even overtaken. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/alberta-tar-sands-affecting-drug-habits-newfoundland URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/alberta-tar-sands-affecting-drug-habits-newfoundland From news at resist.ca Wed May 21 11:17:21 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: Wed, 21 May 2008 18:17:21 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Ottawa fast tracks Kearl mine permit Message-ID: <20080521181721.21216.qmail@resist.ca> Ottawa fast tracks Kearl mine permit Decision to green-light Imperial oil sands project for a second time now sits with cabinet DAVID EBNER AND BRIAN LAGHI Globe and Mail May 19, 2008 CALGARY, OTTAWA ? ? Work on an $8-billion oil sands mine that was delayed by the loss of a key federal water permit is now likely to get under way within weeks because Ottawa sees the file as "important" and is putting it on a fast track. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/ottawa-fast-tracks-kearl-mine-permit URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/ottawa-fast-tracks-kearl-mine-permit From news at resist.ca Wed May 21 11:17:21 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: Wed, 21 May 2008 18:17:21 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Sask. to go nuclear? Message-ID: <20080521181721.21217.qmail@resist.ca> Sask. to go nuclear? By NEIL WAUGH, EDMONTON SUN Alberta NDP Leader Brian Mason went off the Richter Scale in the legislature last week. What else is new. This time it was over Premier Ed Stelmach's nuclear energy policy. Basically, the policy says let's study it now and come up with a position later after the premier promises to "ask Albertans for their opinions. "We can't put our heads in the sand," Stelmach told Mason. (I suspect, though, he was thinking of another place to shove the pesky socialist's noggin.) [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/sask-go-nuclear URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/sask-go-nuclear From news at resist.ca Wed May 21 11:17:21 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: Wed, 21 May 2008 18:17:21 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Environmental groups blacken reputation of Alberta tar sands Message-ID: <20080521181722.21222.qmail@resist.ca> Making mention of the Pew Foundation/Charitable Trusts here is ridiculously over-simplified. The groups that the Pew fund, through the money from Sunoco (who continue to refine tar sands oil and make multiple billions), are overwhelmingly among the most tame and market driven ones-- deflecting actual campaigning against the tar sands. The story below, while it contains valuable nuggets of information, must be making those who misdirect resistance to the tar sands smile. --M Environmental groups blacken reputation of Alberta oilsands [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/environmental-groups-blacken-reputation-alberta-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/environmental-groups-blacken-reputation-alberta-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Tue May 27 15:17:19 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, 27 May 2008 22:17:19 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Time to draw a line in the tar sands Message-ID: <20080527221720.7838.qmail@resist.ca> Time to draw a line in the oil sands May 01, 2008 04:30 AM Gillian McEachern Matt Price Ontario is on the cusp of helping oil-sands emissions explode. Shell Canada wants permits to be granted by the end of this year for a new refinery in Sarnia to process oil from its oil-sands mines in Alberta for use in gas tanks across the GTA. The company will be submitting its environmental assessment in June, but the governments of Canada and Ontario are already being pressed to make crucial decisions about the refinery. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/time-draw-a-line-tar-sands URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/time-draw-a-line-tar-sands From news at resist.ca Wed May 28 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, 28 May 2008 18:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] The Tar Sands, Downstream: Cancer, and the BC connection. Message-ID: <20080528181706.13772.qmail@resist.ca> The Tar Sands, Downstream Cancer, and the BC connection. By Blair Redlin and Caelie Frampton Published: May 20, 2008 When 500 ducks died earlier this month after landing on a tar sands tailings pond, Canadians got a glimpse into how unfettered tar sands development is taking its toll. Members of the Mikisew Cree and Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations living downstream from the massive industrial projects have been feeling the effects for a lot longer. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/the-tar-sands-downstream-cancer-and-bc-connection URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/the-tar-sands-downstream-cancer-and-bc-connection From news at resist.ca Wed May 28 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, 28 May 2008 18:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Shell 'selling suicide' by preferring tar sands to wind Message-ID: <20080528181705.13771.qmail@resist.ca> Shell 'selling suicide' by preferring tar sands to wind Terry Macalister // The Guardian // Wednesday May 21 2008 Shell was accused yesterday of "selling suicide on the forecourt" by pressing ahead with tar sands operations in Canada and continuing to flare off excess gas in Nigeria while pulling out of renewable schemes such as the London Array - the world's largest offshore wind scheme. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/shell-039selling-suicide039-preferring-tar-sands-wind URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/shell-039selling-suicide039-preferring-tar-sands-wind From news at resist.ca Wed May 28 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, 28 May 2008 18:17:05 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Northern Gateway Pipeline a Go" Message-ID: <20080528181706.13774.qmail@resist.ca> Northern Gateway Pipeline a Go Fri, 2008-05-23 17:42. Local News THE ENBRIDGE NORTHERN GATEWAY PIPELINE PROJECT IS A GO AHEAD ACCORDING TO THE PROJECT'S VP OF PUBLIC AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS STEVE GREENAWAY. THIS ALL DESPITE THE OPPOSITION THEY'VE FACED BY ABORIGINAL GROUPS AND CONCERNED ENVIRONMENTALISTS. KITIMAT MAYOR RICK WOZNEY IS LOOKING AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN TOWARDS THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS THE PROJECT COULD BRING TO A REGION THAT HAS SEEN A MAJOR DECLINE IN EMPLOYMENT AND POPULATION. THIS WEEK GREENAWAY MET WITH KITIMAT MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotnorthern-gateway-pipeline-a-goquot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotnorthern-gateway-pipeline-a-goquot From news at resist.ca Wed May 28 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: Wed, 28 May 2008 18:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Life, Liberty, Water Message-ID: <20080528181706.13775.qmail@resist.ca> Life, Liberty, Water by Maude Barlow As climate change and worldwide shortages loom, will people fight over water or join together to protect it? A global water justice movement is demanding a change in international law to settle once and for all the question of who controls water. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/life-liberty-water URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/life-liberty-water From news at resist.ca Wed May 28 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: Wed, 28 May 2008 19:17:08 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] [Ontario] First Nations group campaigns against tar sands refinery project Message-ID: <20080528191709.24972.qmail@resist.ca> First Nations group campaigns against refinery project Posted By By Observer Staff May 21, 2008 A women's group from Walpole Island First Nation will host a traditional aboriginal ceremony today in support of a panel study into the proposed Shell refinery project. The ceremony will be held at Seager Park, near Courtright, at noon. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/ontario-first-nations-group-campaigns-against-tar-sands-refinery-project URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/ontario-first-nations-group-campaigns-against-tar-sands-refinery-project From news at resist.ca Wed May 28 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: Wed, 28 May 2008 19:17:08 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Iowa: Construction Nears For Keystone Pipeline Message-ID: <20080528191708.24970.qmail@resist.ca> Construction Nears For Keystone Pipeline The start of construction is getting closer for an oil pipeline that could be built just 50 miles from the Hyperion project. Officials with the Keystone crude oil pipeline say landowners with easements will be told when construction will get underway. Sarah Metcalf of Aberdeen says land agents will make sure everyone is on the same page before they break ground and will even escort folks if they want to view the construction. The tentative start date for the more than $5 billion project is later this summer. URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/iowa-construction-nears-for-keystone-pipeline From news at resist.ca Wed May 28 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: Wed, 28 May 2008 19:17:08 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] "Fort McMurray feels duck glare 'unfair'" Message-ID: <20080528191708.24971.qmail@resist.ca> Fort McMurray feels duck glare 'unfair' Carrie Tait, Financial Post // Saturday, May 17, 2008 CALGARY - Christopher Allen Van Moorsel was crushed by a giant dump truck at an oilsands operation April 26, an accident that received a smattering of attention in Alberta. The national press ignored it. Three days later, roughly 500 ducks died when they landed on a toxic tailings pond at another oilsands operations. International media from as far away as Turkey covered the story --for days. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotfort-mcmurray-feels-duck-glare-039unfair039quot URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotfort-mcmurray-feels-duck-glare-039unfair039quot From news at resist.ca Wed May 28 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: Wed, 28 May 2008 19:17:08 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Alaska governor recommends TransCanada's pipeline bid on Alaska Highway Pipeline Message-ID: <20080528191709.24976.qmail@resist.ca> Alaska governor recommends TransCanada's pipeline bid ANNE SUTTON The Associated Press May 22, 2008 at 6:39 PM EDT JUNEAU, Alaska ? ? Alaska Governor Sarah Palin on Thursday recommended that state lawmakers approve a proposal from TransCanada Corp. [TRP-T] to build a natural gas pipeline from Alaska's North Slope to a hub in Alberta. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/alaska-governor-recommends-transcanada039s-pipeline-bid-alaska-highway-pipeline URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/alaska-governor-recommends-transcanada039s-pipeline-bid-alaska-highway-pipeline From news at resist.ca Wed May 28 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: Wed, 28 May 2008 19:17:08 -0000 Subject: [Ost-news] Total postpones tar sands project by a year or more Message-ID: <20080528191709.24975.qmail@resist.ca> Total postpones oil sands project by a year or more Shaun Polczer, Calgary Herald Published: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 CALGARY - Total is pushing the start-up date for its Joslyn integrated oilsands mine back at least a year. Istead of coming onstream in 2012, the project will now start producing "before 2015" Total Canada president Mike Borrell said today. Total is seeking to be Canada's next integrated oilsands producer with an open pit mine and upgrading complex near Fort McMurray. In addition, it owns half of the Surmont thermal project in partnership with ConocoPhillips. [read more][1] [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/total-postpones-tar-sands-project-a-year-or-more URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/total-postpones-tar-sands-project-a-year-or-more From gispwudwada at yahoo.ca Thu May 29 17:47:26 2008 From: gispwudwada at yahoo.ca (gispwudwada) Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 20:47:26 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Ost-news] Shell Shocked: Over 400 Residents Come Together to Oppose Shell Coalbed Methane Message-ID: <910577.34344.qm@web34302.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Shell Shocked: Over 400 Residents Come Together to Oppose Shell Coalbed Methane http://www.nationtalk.ca/modules/news/article.php?storyid=9874 May 25, 2008 (Smithers, BC) ? Over 400 First Nations people and other Northwest BC residents packed Gitanmaax Hall in Hazelton, BC, Saturday to speak out against Shell?s plan for coalbed methane extraction at the shared headwaters of the Skeena, Nass and Stikine Rivers. The Sacred Headwaters Summit brought together members of the Gitxsan, Tahltan, Wet?suwet?en, Tsimshian, Haisla, Carrier-Sekani, and Nisga?a, as well as guide outfitters, anglers and other concerned citizens. ?This event was an unprecedented demonstration of opposition by a united region,? said Des Nobels, Chair of Friends of Wild Salmon. ?We hope both the BC government and Shell have heard the message that people do not plan to give up.? Shell currently holds a 400,000-hectare tenure for coalbed methane exploration in the Sacred Headwaters. Its project poses risks to the region?s wildlife and wild salmon. Jack Stanford, a salmon ecologist from the University of Montana, delivered the day?s keynote address. He described how similar development has caused serious environmental destruction in his home state. Greg Brown of the Pembina Institute also spoke about the probable impacts of Shell?s project on wild salmon. The Honourable John Fraser spoke from the floor to ask why the federal fisheries ministry had not taken a stand on a project that poses such significant threats to wild salmon. Member of Parliament Nathan Cullen (Skeena-Bulkley Valley) said never seen a project in the northwest that posed more risk and delivered less benefits than Shell?s. A poll Cullen conducted last month showed twice as many people in the Skeena watershed oppose Shell?s project as support it. Rhoda Quock, a member of the Tahltan Nation, spoke of her people?s struggle against Shell, including road blockades and an ongoing court case. ?We are not going away. We will fight to the very end,? Quock told the crowd to loud applause. Shannon McPhail, executive director of the Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition, got the crowd on its feet, stomping and cheering, as she invited people to show Shell that residents will stand in solidarity until the company withdraws its plans. Kathy Penny, who heads Shell?s Klappan Coalbed Methane project, spoke briefly. She said she had heard many important messages, but gave no hint as to whether Shell would cancel their drilling plans. Shell planned to drill 14 exploratory wells this spring, but has recently announced it will postpone until fall. The Sacred Headwaters Summit was co-hosted by Friends of Wild Salmon, the Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition and the Gitanmaax Band of the Gitxsan Nation. Contact: Des Nobels, Friends of Wild Salmon: 250-627-1859 Shannon McPhail, Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition: 250-842-2494 (photos and b-roll available by request) --------------------------------- All new Yahoo! 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