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Pipeline and Tanker Trouble

By: Natural Resources Defense Council | Anthony Swift, Nathan Lemphers, Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, Katie Terhune and Danielle Droitsch

Published: November 2011

The Canadian government is considering a proposal to build a pipeline under mountains and across rivers that could carry more than half a million barrels of raw tar sands crude oil (known as bitumen) daily across important salmon rivers, coastal rainforests, and sensitive marine waters. While the potentially devastating impacts of tar sands production are well documented, the increased risk and potential harm from transporting bitumen is less known.1,2 This report outlines the potential dangers of bitumen transportation and the risks of spills to the environment and the economy in a region that depends on healthy fisheries, lands, and waters.

Tagged with: pipeline, enbridge, northern gateway, british columbia, tankers

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Wildlife mortality FOIP request

By: Alberta Sustainable Resource Development | Gary Brauer, FOIP Coordinator

Published: February 2009

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) request was filed by independent scientist Kevin Timoney and sought material from Alberta Sustainable Resource Development (SRD). The disclosed SRD information covers only three oil companies and shows reported deaths of 27 black bears, 67 deer, 31 red fox, 21 coyote, as well as moose, muskrats, beavers, voles, martens, wolves, and bats.

Tagged with: ducks, wildlife, alberta sustainable resource development, kevin timoney, greeenpeace canada, foip, sierra club prairie chapter

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, barack obama, seattle post-intelligencer

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