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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.

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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.

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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.

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Past blog archives

Featured Oil Sands Publications

Tar Sands and the CETA

(Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives)

News

Obama administration rejects Keystone pipeline

January 18, 2012 (Washington Post)

Pipelines will fuel plenty of talk

January 02, 2012 (Vancouver Sun)

Obama, Congress begin 2012 in oil pipeline dispute

January 02, 2012 (Washington Times)

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