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Oil Sands Environmental Coalition calls on panel to reject Total oil sands mine application
News Articles | Pembina Institute | Media Release | Friday, August 27, 2010
Project not in public interest due to mounting environmental effects, flawed environmental assessment and missed government deadlines for environmental protection
Alberta looks to protect Athabasca oilsands areas, promote development
News Articles | Calgary Herald | Shaun Polczer | Thursday, August 26, 2010
The Alberta government is looking for public input as it moves to come up with a land-use policy for the Lower Athabasca watershed that includes the country's oilsands mines.
More major U.S. corporations join boycott of Alberta oilsands fuels
Featured | The Canadian Press | Bob Weber | Thursday, August 26, 2010
Another four major U.S. companies are joining the move to either avoid or completely boycott fuel produced from Alberta's oilsands.
Pilot makes comment to passengers about tar sands: Calgary couple
News Articles | ctvcalgary.ca | Thursday, August 26, 2010
A Calgary couple is outraged after a comment an American Airlines pilot allegedly made over the PA system when they landed in Calgary. "He said, it is 19 degrees Celsius and it's very hazy in Calgary and he said the haze is due to smog from the Alberta tar sands and fires".
Shell Canada wants to share oilsands cleanup technology with others in industry
News Articles | The Canadian Press | Lauren Krugel | Thursday, August 26, 2010
Shell Canada Ltd. wants to share new tailings cleanup technology it recently rolled out at its Muskeg River oilsands mine with others in the industry.
Enbridge cuts space available on pipelines
News Articles | UPI | Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Canadian pipeline company Enbridge announced it was reducing space available on two oil pipelines in part because of an oil spill in southern Michigan.
Permits revoked for oversized shipments through ID
News Articles | Associated Press | Wednesday, August 25, 2010
A judge on Tuesday revoked special permits allowing a company to truck four oversized loads of oil refinery equipment through a federally protected river corridor, saying the state failed to address public concerns.
Pipeline shutdown continues as feds hand down large fines to Enbridge
News Articles | The Michigan Messenger | Eartha Jane Melzer | Tuesday, August 24, 2010
It’s been nearly a month since a rupture in a pipeline operated by Enbridge dumped an estimated million gallons of Canadian tar sands crude into the Kalamazoo River system in the worst oil spill in Midwest history, and federal regulators have yet to approve a restart plan for the pipeline. The Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration, which rejected an Enbridge restart proposal earlier this month, has declined to estimate when a restart plan may be approved or how long the 190,000 barrel a day pipeline could be out of commission.
Missoula City Council increases ‘oversize’ fees in anticipation of big rigs
News Articles | Missoulian | Keila Szpaller | Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Public Works director Steve King said the ExxonMobil plan to haul giant loads through Missoula prompted a review of the local law. The law generally covered house moving, and the council expanded it to address other oversize loads.
Tar Sands Giant Total falls short on Green Promises
News Articles | Sierra Club Prairie | Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Just a day after Total made claims to be putting forward an ‘environmentally responsible mining project,’ one of the provinces’ largest environmental groups – Sierra Club Prairie has filed a submission to have the project shelved.
Environmental groups challenge Syncrude tailings plan approvals
Media Releases | Pembina Institute | Media Release | Tuesday, August 24, 2010
The Energy Resources Conservation Board’s approval of Syncrude’s tailings management plan is unlawful and must be revoked immediately, Ecojustice said today.
Oilsands proposal draws protest
News Articles | Montreal Gazette | Mike Desouza | Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Environmental and faith-based groups are urging the rejection of the Joslyn North Mine project in Alberta.
