Latest Oil Sands Blog Entries
New York City imports tar sands resistance
By Stephanie Goodwin, Greenpeace Canada | Sunday, May 13, 2012
On May 8, a book published along Enbridge's proposed tar sands pipeline route launched in New York City. The Enpipe Line: 70,000+ kilometres of poetry written in resistance to the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines proposal, was published by Creekstone Press in March and was met by launches in Vancouver and Prince George. The book includes the lyrics to Ta'Kaiya Blaney's “Shallow Waters” and a Cage Match poem to Ezra Levant by Ben West, Healthy Communities Campaigner with the Wilderness Committee.
Canada, from Green to Gray
By Tony Iallonardo | National Wildlife Federation | Friday, December 23, 2011
There was a time when Canada, symbolized by the maple leaf, was a “green,” environmentally conscientious neighbor. Remember, in the 1980s, Canada came knocking on America’s door, rightfully demanding that the United States curb the sulfur dioxide emissions causing the acid rain that was killing Canada’s lakes and streams.
Keystone XL is a tar sands pipeline to export oil out of the United States
By Anthony Swift | NRDC | Tuesday, December 20, 2011
One of the most important facts that is missing in the national debate surrounding the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is this – Keystone XL will not bring any more oil into the United State for decades to come. Canada doesn’t have nearly enough oil to fill existing pipelines going to the United States. However, existing Canadian oil pipelines all go to the Midwest, where the only buyer for their crude is the United States.
Featured Oil Sands Publications
Economic Impacts of Staged Development of Oil Sands Projects in Alberta (2010-2035)
(Canadian Energy Research Institute)
