Nuclear climate warming up
Posted: April 14, 2008Bob Groeneveld, April 4, 2008, The Chilliwack Times -- Here's an interesting take on global warming...Read More
Military Links
The U.S. Department of Defense is the world’s leading consumer of petroleum, sucking up about 340,000 barrels of oil every day, more than the total national consumption of Sweden or Switzerland. The Alberta tar sands are the centerpiece of an energy corridor for exports to the U.S. which is increasingly geared to fuel America’s military machine.
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Bob Groeneveld, April 4, 2008, The Chilliwack Times -- Here's an interesting take on global warming...Read More
Iraq War; Five years of war in Iraq have hit home in Edmonton
Posted: March 25, 2008David Berry, March 20, 2008, Vue Weekly -- The further we get away from the actual date, the better...Read More
Time for Us to Say 'No More Oil for War' To US
Posted: January 17, 2008Ricardo Acuna, January 17, 2008, Vue Weekly -- There are few things we progressive Albertans enjoy...Read More
Alberta crude may be too dirty, U.S. law says
Posted: January 15, 2008Martin, Mittelstaedt, January 15, 2008, Globe and Mail -- Alberta's oil sands are taking a hit from...Read More
Is Canada becoming a subnation of the US?
Posted: January 15, 2008Jim Miles, January 14, 2008, Malaysia Sun -- Canadians have always prided themselves on the...Read More
U.S. Lawmaker Pleads for Energy Savings
Posted: January 14, 2008William Matthews, January 14, 2007, Defense News -- It was 2005 when Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, R-Md.,...Read More
Climate change 'likely to cause wars'
Posted: December 10, 2007Charles Clover, December 10, 2007, The Telegraph -- Climate change is likely to aggravate old...Read More
Countering Oil Rogues: Target the Price or Volume?
Posted: November 15, 2007Robert Haddick, TSC Daily -- "Oil rogues," fattened by gluttonous revenues, are again tormenting...Read More
FLASHPOINT IN THE FLATHEAD; US-Canada War Looms Over Energy, Water
Posted: November 5, 2007Bill Weinberg, November 1, 2007, WORLD WAR 4 REPORT -- Washington's new tensions with its northern...Read More
U.S. Military World’s Leading Gas Guzzler
Posted: June 19, 2007Graham Saul, June 18th, 2007 -- The U.S. Department of Defense is the world’s leading consumer...Read More
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Demand Justice for the People of Fort Chipewyan!!!
Rally at the Alberta Legislature, March 1st, 1:00 pm
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EDUCATIONAL ON THE TAR SANDS
What do you know about the largest industrial project in human history? TUESDAY DECEMBER 18TH AT 6:30 PM, ROOM 2270, SFU HARBOUR CENTRE, 515 WEST HASTINGS
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Stupid to the Last Drop, November 19th 6:30-8:30pm
Ottawa Public Library Autitorium, 120 Metcalfe St. with investigative journalist William Marsden, and a panel including Clayton Thomas-Muller of the Indigenous Environmental Network - Read more
'HIGH AND DRY: THE ENVIRONMENTAL COST OF ALBERTA OIL SANDS DEVELOPMENT, November 16th 7:15-9PM
University of Toronto Pharmacy Building, Room B150, 144 College Street. With Tony Clarke, Director of the Polaris Institute - Read more
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.
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