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Danger in the Nursery: Impact of Tar Sands Oil Development in Canada’s Boreal on Birds A report from NRDC, Boreal Songbird Initiative, and Pembina Institute Read the Report
11 Million Litres a Day: The Tar Sands' Leaking Legacy A report from Environmental Defence Read the Report
Freezing in the Dark: Why Canada Needs Strategic Petroleum Reserves A report from the Parkland Institute and Polaris Institute Read The Report
Financing of fossil fuels and renewable energy by Canadian banks A report by RainForest Action Network Read The Report
Pumped up: How Canada subsidizes fossil fuels at the expense of green alternatives KAIROS released a report on federal government subsidies to the oil and gas sector, including the tar sands. Read More
Federal Government Missing in Action on Most Destructive Project on Earth – the Tar Sands [February 2008] A report from Environmental Defence highlighting the downstream effects of tar sands development. Read More
A Town's Toxic Questions - Fort Chipewyan they are getting cancer at an alarming rate, and hired their own expert to find out if their food is toxic. We take you to a town that's living in fear - and ask the provincial environment ministry what it's doing about it. Watch it here
Toxic Alberta series by VBS television Last winter VBS decided to do a story on the Oil Sands of Alberta. So far no American media outlet had comprehensively covered it and even the local press's approach has left a lot to be desired. VBS - Toxic Alberta
Taming the Tempest: A report from the Parkland Institute proposing "An Alternate Development Strategy for Alberta" Read more
Under-Mining the Environment A report by the Pembina Institute and WWF-Canada comparative assessment of different mining projects in the Alberta tars sands. Read more
Driving It Home; Choosing the Right Path for Fueling North America's Transportation Future A report by NRDC, Pembina Insitute and Western Resource Advocates. Read more