http://dirtyoilsands.org/index.php Dirty Oil Sands Publications en ekamptner@earthworksaction.org Copyright 2010 2010-08-31T15:49:13+00:00 /files/Onshore_Oil_Disasters_8-26-10.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/onshore_oil_disasters/#When:15:49:13Z Fact sheet from the National Wildlife Federation discussing why tar sands pipelines are dirty and dangerous, despite the industries PR tactics to try and prove otherwise. Fact Sheets 2010-08-31T15:49:13+00:00 /files/TransCanadaKeystoneXLeminentDomainThreatLetter-20100721.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/transcanada_threatens_nebraska_landowner_with_eminent_domain/#When:18:49:57Z In this copy of a letter to a Nebraska landowner, TransCanada is threatening eminent domain -- taking their property by government fiat -- to acquire land for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline proposal. They are making these threats before the pipeline has been approved. Letters 2010-08-27T18:49:57+00:00 /files/FultonKeystoneXLltrToStateDept_8.23_.10_.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/nebraska_state_senator_tony_fultons_letter_to_state_department/#When:18:22:48Z Nebraska State Senator Tony Fulton, a conservative member of the state legislature, sent a letter to the Department of State asking a series of questions about the safety of the Keystone XL pipeline proposal. Letters 2010-08-27T18:22:48+00:00 /files/HouseKXLltr_FINAL.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/house_letter_to_secretary_clinton_urging_to_complete_analysis_of_kxl/#When:22:21:34Z 50 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging the State Department to fully analyze the impacts of the Keystone XL pipeline before permitting it. Specifically, they called for transparent consideration of all potential climate change impacts. Letters 2010-06-23T22:21:34+00:00 /files/NWF_TarSands_final_pages.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/staying_hooked_on_a_dirty_fuel_why_canadian_tar_sands_pipelines_are_a_bad_b/#When:09:00:53Z Staying hooked warns that a massive 2,000 mile five-state proposed tar sands crude pipeline -- Keystone XL -- would use safety shortcuts, substandard materials and unsafe practices that would create a high risk of ruptures that would endanger rare species, water supplies, and rancher livelihoods Reports 2010-06-09T09:00:53+00:00 /files/E2_KeystoneXL_Letter_June2010FINAL.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/business_leader_letter_to_secretary_clinton_opposing_keystone_xl/#When:17:17:33Z Over 250 individual business leaders co-signed this letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calling on her to suspend the Keystone XL permitting process. Letters 2010-06-08T17:17:33+00:00 http://environmentaldefence.ca/reports/Dirty_Oil_Dirty_Air.html http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/dirty_oil_dirty_air_ottawas_broken_pollution_promise/#When:20:55:37Z Air pollution in the tar sands regions was at levels above what the Alberta Government considers safe, known as ‘exceedances’, 1,556 times in 2009, Reports 2010-05-27T20:55:37+00:00 http://www.oilsandswatch.org/pub/2017 http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/what_is_the_highest_environmental_impact_oil/#When:20:38:27Z Oil sands impacts: Mining vs. In Situ Fact Sheets 2010-05-27T20:38:27+00:00 /files/LETTER_-_Green_Group_Dirty_Fuels_Letter_to_Obama_20100525.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/group_letter_to_president_obama/#When:16:15:47Z The gulf spill shows that ALL dirty fuels are dangerous and expensive -- including the tar sands. Please reduce our dependence on dirty fuels. Letters 2010-05-25T16:15:47+00:00 /files/FS_TarSandsInvasion.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/tar_sands_invasion_--_fact_sheet/#When:18:59:22Z A companion to the full report, the Tar Sands Invasion fact sheet explains in short how dirty and expensive oil threatens America's new energy economy. Fact Sheets 2010-05-19T18:59:22+00:00 /files/HansenLTR-to-NorwayPM.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/james_hansen_letter_to_norway_prime_minister_discouraging_statoil_tar_sands/#When:13:54:57Z In an opinion editorial in Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, Professor James E. Hansen calls on Jens Stoltenberg to show leadership and pull Statoil out the destructive extraction of oil from the Canadian tar sands. The full text of the letter -- in English -- is available at Greenpeace Canada's website. Clicking the thumbnail returns the original letter with the logos of supporting organizations. Letters 2010-05-18T13:54:57+00:00 /files/CERES_OS_ShrinkingWindow.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/canadas_oil_sands_--_shrinking_window_of_opportunity/#When:18:16:51Z Oil sands production is expensive and faces significant risks associated with its environmental and social impacts. This report concludes that if the industry does not take steps to aggressively manage these risks, its long-term growth is in doubt. Reports 2010-05-17T18:16:51+00:00 http://earthworksaction.org/publications.cfm?pubID=452 http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/tracking_tar_sands_crudes_gulf_coast_refineries_taking_venezuela_and_persia/#When:17:51:44Z This research builds upon Research Note 1: Canadian Crude Oil Imports to U.S. Refineries: Tracking Tar Sands Crude, to demonstrate: * Of the Gulf Coast refineries shown to take Canadian tar sands crude whether and how much Venezuelan and Persian Gulf Crude oil they imported in 2009. * Of the Gulf Coast refineries projected to take Canadian tar sands crude from the Keystone XL pipeline, whether and how much Venezuelan and Persian Gulf Crude oil they imported in 2009. There are two notes in this series. The first is Canadian crude oil imports to U.S. refineries. Reports 2010-05-14T17:51:44+00:00 http://earthworksaction.org/publications.cfm?pubID=451 http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/tracking_tar_sands_crudes_candian_crude_oil_imports_to_u.s_refineries/#When:17:41:18Z In 2009, there were 43 refineries that reported receiving heavy Canadian crude oil imports (of all refineries reporting imports of crude oil). It is assumed that these refineries did receive Canadian tar sands crude, as tar sands crude is a heavy oil, and, as of 2006, tar sands crude accounted for 43% of crude oil production in Canada. In addition, tar sands production surpassed conventional oil production in the western Canadian provinces. There are two notes in this series. The second is Gulf Coast refineries taking or projected to take Canadian tar sands crude that also take Venezuelan and Persian Gulf crudes. Reports 2010-05-14T17:41:18+00:00 /files/TarSandsInvasion-FINAL-low.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/tar_sands_invasion/#When:14:09:05Z How dirty and expensive oil from Canada threatens America's new energy economy Reports 2010-05-10T14:09:05+00:00 /files/PlainsJustice-KXLnotNeeded.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/the_keystone_xl_pipeline_not_needed_too_expensive_better_solutions_exist/#When:13:50:21Z The primary concern driving development of the Keystone XL pipeline is the ability to use U.S. Gulf Coast refining capacity to process tar sands crude oil, especially in the event of lost imports from Venezuela, Mexico and Nigeria. However, other more cost-effective and environmentally responsible solutions exist including more flexible use of our existing crude oil pipeline system and energy efficiency efforts that will help consumers adapt to increasing oil prices. Reports 2010-05-10T13:50:21+00:00 http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/media/reports/tar-sands-your-tank http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/tar_sands_in_your_tank/#When:13:32:52Z Exposing Europe's role in Canada's dirty oil trade Reports 2010-05-10T13:32:52+00:00 /files/CEI-TarSandsMeansHigherOilPrices.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/tar_sands_oil_means_high_gas_prices/#When:14:06:04Z Tar sands (also known as oil sands) oil production is the most expensive oil production in the world. The Keystone XL pipeline will create significant over capacity for tar sands crude into the U.S. raising pipeline tariffs and adding to the already high cost of tar sands production. The growth in tar sands production needed to fill the Keystone XL pipeline will only occur if oil prices keep rising. Tar sands production exerts little if any influence over global oil prices because it maintains no spare production capacity. Tar sands production is a symptom of high oil prices and not a basis for lower prices. Reports 2010-05-06T14:06:04+00:00 /files/Timoney_FOIP.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/wildlife_mortality_foip_request/#When:16:44:04Z 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. Letters 2010-04-08T16:44:04+00:00 /files/NRDC_KeystoneXL_FINAL.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/say_no_to_tar_sands_pipeline/#When:22:09:10Z Proposed Keystone XL Project Would Deliver Dirty Fuel and High Costs -- NRDC factsheet Fact Sheets 2010-03-09T22:09:10+00:00 /files/Ceres-InvestorsPerspectivePPT_FINAL.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/the_oil_sands_in_context_part_of_the_solution_or_merely_prolonging_the_prob/#When:17:17:56Z An investor's perspective: aggressive oil sands development will not meaningfully improve energy security nor lower oil prices. Reports 2010-01-05T17:17:56+00:00 /files/20091211_MEPtarsandsLTRcopenhagen.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/european_parliament_members_letter_to_tar_sands_companies/#When:23:49:23Z A group of 11 MEPs, representing three political groups and seven countries, is today appealing to the leaders of four European oil companies to stop producing oil from Canadian tar sands, a process causing 2-3 times more pollution than the production of conventional oil. Letters 2009-12-11T23:49:23+00:00 /files/CommentsToWH_EISA933_CEI_SC_GP.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/comments_to_the_white_house_regarding_the_eisa_section_933_energy_security_/#When:21:01:48Z The following comments are submitted as input to the content of the report the White House is required to submit to Congress under Section 933 of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA). This memo focuses on the role of Canadian oil sands, traditionally known as tar sands, and suggests that the White House begin dismantling myths about the supposed key role of oil from tar sands to provide energy security. We argue that growth in tar sands imports cannot provide energy security to the United States. Letters 2009-12-07T21:01:48+00:00 http://www.water-matters.org/pub/watered-down http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/watered_down_overcoming_federal_inaction_on_the_impact_of_oil_sands_develop/#When:15:06:20Z Watered Down highlights some of the most compelling testimony from the recent federal hearings by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. From its testimony, Watered Down derives the recommendation that the Government of Canada should live up to its legislative responsibility and substantially increase its role in protecting human health and the environment through the oversight and regulation of the oil sands industry's impact on fresh water resources and aquatic ecosystems. Reports 2009-11-23T15:06:20+00:00 http://foeeurope.org/corporates/news/dextructives.html http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/energy_futures_enis_investments_in_tar_sands_and_palm_oil_in_the_congo_basi/#When:16:32:58Z Plans by oil company Eni to develop tar sands and oil palm in the Congo Basin risk irreversible damage to biodiversity, local communities and our climate, and break the company’s own guidelines, according to Congolese human rights organisations and their international partners. Reports 2009-11-09T16:32:58+00:00 http://climate.pembina.org/pub/1909 http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/climate_leadership_economic_prosperity/#When:17:07:40Z Climate Leadership, Economic Prosperity is the first Canadian study of its kind to show regional impacts on employment and gross domestic product, and the first to comprehensively examine how Canada can meet a greenhouse gas reduction target for 2020 that goes beyond the federal government’s target. Reports 2009-11-02T17:07:40+00:00 http://bit.ly/41acUb http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/carbon_capture_and_storage_in_the_alberta_oil_sands_-_a_dangerous_myth/#When:14:28:49Z The study produced by The Co-operative Financial Services and WWF-UK debunks the idea, lauded by oil companies and the Canadian government, that carbon capture and storage (CCS) will significantly counter the high levels of greenhouse gases emitted in the production of oil from tar sands deposits in Alberta, Canada. Reports 2009-10-26T14:28:49+00:00 http://www.globalforestwatch.ca/ http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/does_the_alberta_tar_sands_industry_pollute_the_scientific_evidence/#When:18:07:55Z The extent to which pollution from tar sands industrial activities in northeastern Alberta, Canada affects ecosystem and human health is a matter of growing concern that is exacerbated by uncertainty. In this paper we determine whether physical and ecological changes that result from tar sands industrial activities are detectable. We analyze a diverse set of environmental data on water and sediment chemistry, contaminants in wildlife, air emissions, pollution incidents, traditional ecological observations, human health, and landscape changes from the Athabasca Tar Sands region, Canada. Reports 2009-10-22T18:07:55+00:00 http://www.environmentaldefence.ca/reports/dived_we_fall.html http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/divided_we_fall_the_tar_sands_vs._the_rest_of_canada/#When:19:57:02Z 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. Reports 2009-10-16T19:57:02+00:00 http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/recent/tarsands_report http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/alberta_tar_sands_a_major_climate_and_economic_threat_greenpeace_report/#When:23:34:04Z 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. Reports 2009-09-14T23:34:04+00:00 http://www.environmentaldefence.ca/reports/just_visiting.html http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/just_visiting_stephen_harpers_climate_insincerity2/#When:23:32:23Z 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. Reports 2009-09-14T23:32:23+00:00 /files/USCAN_CAN_Canada_Letter_9-9-09FINAL.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/september_14th_letter_to_president_obama_regarding_prime_minister_harpers_v/#When:17:20:00Z The Climate Action Network to President Obama expressing concerns that Prime Minister Harper wants to protect the oil sands industry from climate regulation. Letters 2009-09-14T17:20:00+00:00 /files/RaittLtrToSchwarzenegger20090421.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/canadian_minister_lisa_raitt_letter_to_california_gov._schwarzenegger/#When:21:36:59Z 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. Letters 2009-09-10T21:36:59+00:00 http://www.polarisinstitute.org/new_report_exposes_toxic_tar_sands_impacts_in_the_great_lakes_region http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/toxic_trail_exposure_youth_delegation_tracks_tar_sands_in_great_lakes_regio/#When:17:58:12Z 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. Reports 2009-09-03T17:58:12+00:00 http://www.pembina.org/pub/1871 http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/carbon_copy_preventing_oil_sands_fever_in_saskatchewan/#When:18:53:47Z 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. Reports 2009-08-19T18:53:47+00:00 /files/CanadianNGOltr_debunkChinaalternative.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/asia_not_a_significant_short-term_option_for_albertas_tar_sands/#When:02:11:45Z 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. 2009-08-07T02:11:45+00:00 http://www.nodirtyenergy.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=103&Itemid=149 http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/map_of_tar_sands_oil_refineries_and_pipelines_in_the_united_states/#When:19:24:17Z Fact Sheets 2009-06-19T19:24:17+00:00 /files/BorealForest-CarbonMaps.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/carbon_storage_in_canadas_boreal_forest-_map/#When:19:12:12Z Map of carbon storage in Canada's Boreal Forests. Maps 2009-06-19T19:12:12+00:00 http://www.pembina.org/pub/1571 http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/under-mining_the_environment_the_oil_sands_report_card/#When:19:00:42Z This Pembina Institute and WWF-Canada report is the most comprehensive comparative assessment of 10 of Alberta's operating, approved or applied for oil sands mines. The first of its kind, this report finds that for the most part oil sands mines get a failing grade. Oil sands mines were ranked on 20 different environmental indicators in five categories: environmental management, land impacts, air pollution, water use, and management of greenhouse gases. Reports 2009-06-19T19:00:42+00:00 /files/TamingTempestWeb.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/taming_the_tempest_alternative_options_for_alberta/#When:18:51:16Z Report suggesting raising royalties to 90% and public ownership of energy companies in Canada. Reports 2009-06-19T18:51:16+00:00 http://arctic.pembina.org/pub/1272 http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/oil_sands_fever_the_environmental_implications_of_canadas_oil_sands_rush/#When:18:46:40Z This fact sheet provides an overview of key facts and figures from The Pembina Institute's book Oil Sands Fever: The Environmental Implications of Canada's Oil Sands Rush. The book examines the environmental effects of oil sands mining in northern Alberta. From toxic tailings ponds that already cover 130 square kilometres, to fresh water use and the direct impacts of digging 100 metre open pit mines over thousands of square kilometres of boreal forest, the report details the environmental problems and other challenges that oil sands mining poses to northern Alberta. Fact Sheets 2009-06-19T18:46:40+00:00 http://alberta.pembina.org/pub/1741 http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/making_it_real_checklist_implementing_albertas_land-use_framework/#When:18:37:36Z This report is a response by the Pembina Institute and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) Northern Alberta to the final version of the Alberta Land-use Framework (LUF). It provides the Government of Alberta with a checklist for the successful implementation of the LUF. Making It Real Checklist: Benchmarks for Implementing Alberta’s Land-Use Framework recommends that the Government of Alberta take actions in six key areas to translate the LUF’s policy direction into meaningful change on the ground. Reports 2009-06-19T18:37:36+00:00 /files/CanadaClimatePolicy_Pembina.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/the_government_of_canadas_climate_policy_a_backgrounder/#When:18:25:55Z Background information on Canada's Climate Policy. Reports 2009-06-19T18:25:55+00:00 http://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/commentary/fuelling-fortress-america http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/fueling_fortress_america_a_report_on_the_athabasca_tar_sands_and_u.s._deman/#When:18:16:41Z A report on the environmental and social impacts of oil sands development and its relationship to the U.S. oil market. Reports 2009-06-19T18:16:41+00:00 /files/timoney-fortchipwater-111107.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/a_study_of_water_and_sediment_quality_as_related_to_public_health_issues_in/#When:18:05:10Z A Study of water and sediment quality as it relates to public health. Reports 2009-06-19T18:05:10+00:00 /files/profundo_bank_report.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/financing_of_fossil_fuels_and_renewable_energy_by_canadian_banks/#When:17:43:25Z The biggest impact that banks have on the climate is through their financing decisions. This report describes the impacts of bank financing on fossil fuel and clean energy development. Reports 2009-06-19T17:43:25+00:00 http://www.nrdc.org/energy/drivingithome/contents.asp http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/driving_it_home_choosing_the_right_path_for_fueling_north_americas_transpor/#When:17:34:52Z North America faces an energy crossroads. With the world fast approaching the end of cheap, plentiful conventional oil, we must choose between developing ever-dirtier sources of fossil fuels -- at great cost to our health and environment -- or setting a course for a more sustainable energy future of clean, renewable fuels. This June 2007 report explores the full scale of the damage done by attempts to extract oil from liquid coal, oil shale, and tar sands; examines the risks for investors of gambling on these dirty fuel sources; and lays out solutions for guiding us toward a cleaner fuel future. Reports 2009-06-19T17:34:52+00:00 /files/adirtylittlesecret-2.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/a_dirty_little_secret_canadas_global_warming_engine/#When:17:25:34Z A discussion of oil sands and global warming. Reports 2009-06-19T17:25:34+00:00 http://www.oilsandswatch.org/pub/1760 http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/danger_in_the_nursery_impact_on_birds_of_tar_sands_oil_development_in_canad/#When:17:21:19Z The extraction and refining of bitumen from Canada’s oil sands is taking a significant toll on migratory birds throughout North America. This report by the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Pembina Institute and the Boreal Songbird Initiative outlines the current and projected affects of the oil sands industry on migratory bird populations in Alberta’s boreal forest and along the Western Hemisphere’s flyways. Reports 2009-06-19T17:21:19+00:00 http://arctic.pembina.org/pub/1650 http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/catching_up_conservation_and_biodiversity_offsets_in_albertas_boreal_forest/#When:17:14:09Z In an effort to prevent irreversible decline of species and biodiversity in Alberta's Boreal Forest, industry can take important steps to offset their environmental impacts by setting aside or restoring areas of equal or greater value to the lands disturbed. This report, commissioned by the Canadian Boreal Initiative (CBI) and authored by the Pembina Institute and Alberta Research Council, brings together experiences from the application of offset policies in other jurisdictions with perspectives from industry, First Nations, government, academics and environmental groups in Alberta. It concludes that biodiversity offsets should be considered to address the growing impacts on biodiversity from resource development in the Boreal, including in Alberta's oil sands region. Reports 2009-06-19T17:14:09+00:00 http://www.environmentaldefence.ca/reports/tarsands.htm http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/canadas_toxic_tar_sands_the_most_destructive_project_on_earth/#When:16:55:05Z Because of their sheer scale, all Canadians are affected by the Tar Sands, no matter where they live. If you live downstream, your water is being polluted and your fish and wildlife may be dangerous to eat. If you live in Saskatchewan you are a victim of acid rain. If you live in BC, supertankers may soon be plying your shoreline carrying Tar Sands oil to Asia. If you live in Ontario, you are exposed to harmful emissions from the refining of Tar Sands Oil. And the impacts do not stop at Canada's border. US refineries are re-tooling to handle the dirty oil from Alberta. With the Tar Sands, Canada has become the world's dirty energy superpower. Environmental Defence's report highlights the environmental and human health effects of the Tar Sands. And, outlines what the federal government should do to clean it up. Reports 2009-06-19T16:55:05+00:00 http://www.environmentaldefence.ca/reports/tarsands_dec_2008.html http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/11_million_litres_a_day_the_tar_sands_leaking_legacy/#When:16:49:53Z For the first time, this report uses industry information to arrive at a conservative estimate of what the overall leakage from the tar sands tailings ponds is today, and also what it would likely be if proposed projects go ahead. The results are staggering. Already, the ponds are leaking over 11 million litres a day of contaminated water into the environment, which is equivalent to over 4 billion litres a year -- enough to fill the Toronto Rogers Centre (formerly the SkyDome) two and a half times. And, should proposed projects go ahead on schedule, by 2012 this annual leakage rate would increase five-fold to 72 million litres a day, or over 25 billion litres a year -- enough to fill the Skydome over 16 times Reports 2009-06-19T16:49:53+00:00 /files/ndefs_whatsinyourtank_co.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/whats_in_your_tank/#When:01:25:40Z Are tar sands used in the gasoline you buy? Fact Sheets 2009-06-19T01:25:40+00:00 /files/osf-fact-french.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/la_fievre_des_sables_bitumineux/#When:01:14:52Z Fact Sheets 2009-06-19T01:14:52+00:00 /files/IEN_CITSC_Tar_Sands_Info_Sheet.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/tar_sands_indigenous_people_and_the_giga_project/#When:01:00:05Z The impact of tar sands development on indigenous people. Fact Sheets 2009-06-19T01:00:05+00:00 http://www.nrdc.org/land/strip-facts.asp http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/strip_mining_for_oil_in_endangered_forests/#When:00:55:14Z Big oil interests are scraping away hundreds of thousands of acres in North America’s Boreal forest to produce tar sands oil, and in the process consuming large amounts of natural gas and generating three times as much global warming pollution as conventional crude oil production. Greater efficiency and renewable fuels are far better, cleaner ways to meet our energy Fact Sheets 2009-06-19T00:55:14+00:00 http://www.oilsandswatch.org/pub/1639 http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/fact_or_fiction_oil_sands_reclamation/#When:00:48:29Z Fact or Fiction: Oil Sands Reclamation is a critical review of current policies and practices governing oil sands reclamation. The researchers found woefully inadequate reclamation progress, astonishing rates of toxic tailings creation and no proven way to clean them up. After 41 years of oil sands mining operations in northern Alberta only 0.2% or one square kilometer of disturbed land is certified as reclaimed. The researchers also found that the security deposits made by companies to guarantee reclamation may be inadequate, forcing Canadians to foot the bill for reclaiming vast areas of mined and disturbed boreal forest. Fact Sheets 2009-06-19T00:48:29+00:00 /files/dirtyfuels-2.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/dont_support_dirty_fuels_oil_shale_and_tar_sands_are_not_americas_energy_an/#When:00:37:26Z Facts about tar sands, oil shale, and liquid coal. Fact Sheets 2009-06-19T00:37:26+00:00 http://www.oilsandswatch.org/pub/1654 http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/upgrader_alley_oil_sands_fever_strikes_edmonton/#When:23:11:19Z Oil sands production in northern Alberta could triple by 2020, to four million barrels a day. As a result of this increasing oil sands production, a major industrial expansion of bitumen upgraders is underway northeast of Edmonton. This so called "Upgrader Alley" is expected to handle early half the oil sands production, right on Edmonton’s doorstep. The Pembina Institute's new report, Upgrader Alley, provides the first in-depth look at the environmental impacts of upgrading oil sands bitumen in the Edmonton region. It recommends that the Government of Alberta only approve new projects once environmental and infrastructure plans are completed and implemented Reports 2009-06-18T23:11:19+00:00 /files/Dirty_Oil_Sands_1.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/canadas_tar_sands_americas_1_source_of_oil_has_dangerous_consequences/#When:23:00:25Z Shows the connection between the oil sands and the US, and provides three specific examples of environmental degradation that comes with oil sands production: intensive emissions far higher than extracting traditional oil, deforestation of the Boreal Forest and loss of wildlife, and diminishing water quality from toxins for downstream aboriginal communities. Reports 2009-06-18T23:00:25+00:00 http://www.oilsandswatch.org/pub/1839 http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/clearing_the_air_on_oilsands_myths/#When:22:28:56Z 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. Reports 2009-06-18T22:28:56+00:00 /files/Tar_Sands_Article_Environmental_Health_Journal_EHP117pa150PDF.pdf http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/ehp_tar_sands_article/#When:19:33:38Z Discusses the health impacts from tar sands operations Reports 2009-06-15T19:33:38+00:00 http://www.seattlepi.com/opinion/400431_hansen18.html http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/james_hansen_presidents_trip_to_canada_defines_critical_carbon_moment/#When:16:25:58Z 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. Letters 2009-02-17T16:25:58+00:00