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Just Visiting: Stephen Harper’s Climate Insincerity
By: Environmental Defence | Matt Price
Published: September 2009
The report, released in advance of Prime Minister Harper's visit to the White House in September 2009, demonstrates the gulf between him and President Obama on climate change.
Tagged with: climate change, whoisharper, obama, stephen harper
Alberta tar sands a major climate and economic threat: Greenpeace report
By: Greenpeace | Andrew Nikiforuk
Published: September 2009
Edmonton, Canada — A new Greenpeace report details how the world’s addiction to oil is increasing the threat the Alberta tar sands pose to the global climate.
Tagged with: climate change, whoisharper, greenpeace, greenhouse gases, nikiforuk
Toxic Trail Exposure: Youth Delegation Tracks Tar Sands in Great Lakes Region
By: Polaris Institute
Published: September 2009
The report, “Toxic Trail Exposure,” is the result of an Ontario youth delegation that traveled together to Sarnia, Detroit and Windsor to uncover and expose the connections between the Great Lakes Region and tar sands developments.
Tagged with: polaris institute, public health, great lakes region, tar sands youth delegation
Carbon Copy Preventing Oil Sands Fever in Saskatchewan
By: Pembina Institute | Terra Simieritsch
Published: August 2009
The oil sands in Saskatchewan could hold as much as 2.3 billion barrels of bitumen, and cover an area of 27,000 square kilometres. Development of oil sands is still in its early stages in Saskatchewan, so there is still an opportunity to do things properly and avoid the mistakes in Alberta.
Tagged with: pembina institute, saskatchewan, saskatchewan environmental society
Asia not a significant short-term option for Alberta’s tar sands
By: Dogwood Initiative; West Coast Environmental Law; Forest Ethics
Published: August 2009
Letter to U.S. Department of State debunking the oil sands industry claim that, were the Alberta Clipper pipeline to be denied, the oil would be piped through British Columbia and shipped to China.
Tagged with: alberta clipper, forestethics, dogwood initiative, northern gateway, west coast environmental law association
Clearing the Air on Oilsands Myths
By: Pembina Institute | Jennifer Grant, Dan Woynillowicz, and Simon Dyer
Published: June 2009
Identifies a growing body of oil sands “spin” from federal and Alberta politicians and the oil sands industry. This resource provides the full context and facts about oil sands development with concise, referenced information on its environmental impacts.
Divided We Fall: The Tar Sands vs. The Rest of Canada
By: Environmental Defence; ForestEthics
Published: May 2009
A change of direction on climate policy is in the works in Ottawa, prompted by developments in Washington, DC. The Government of Canada is now designing new rules for carbon polluters.
The tar sands is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada. Special treatment for the tar sands industry could come at the expense of the industrial sectors that are the economic backbone of provinces such as Ontario and Québec - sectors whose emissions are on the decline. The economic repercussions of a biased system design could hurt non-petroleum industries in Canada, and drive a damaging wedge between the provinces.
Provinces, businesses, labour leaders, and citizens need to engage in the design of a national cap and trade system to ensure it is fair and doesn't favour the tar sands at the expense of other parts of the country.
Tagged with: climate policy, greenhouse gases, ottawa
Canadian Minister Lisa Raitt Letter to California Gov. Schwarzenegger
By: Minister of Natural Resources (Canada) | Lisa Raitt
Published: April 2009
A letter from Canadian Minister of Natural Resources to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger opposing California's then pending, now in effect, Low Carbon Fuel Standard.
Tagged with: low carbon fuel standard, california, schwarzenegger, minister of natural resources
EHP Tar Sands Article
By: Environmental Health Professional
Published: April 2009
Discusses the health impacts from tar sands operations
Tagged with: environmental health professional
James Hansen: President’s trip to Canada defines critical carbon moment
By: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | James Hansen
Published: February 2009
Prior to President Obama's first trip abroad -- to Canada where Prime Minister Harper wanted to discuss special treatment for oil sands development -- NASA climatologist James Hansen penned this open letter/op-ed about the perils of oil sands.
Tagged with: stephen harper, james hansen, seattle post-intelligencer, barack obama
