Oil sands admits PR failure
Posted: January 15, 2009Lauren Krugel, January 8, 2009, The Canadian Press -- Canada's oil sands industry admits it has...Read More
Social Damage
Tar sands industry growth is being completely unmanaged by the Alberta government, leading to problems in housing, services, and the overall standard of living for many Albertans. Additionally, residents are seeing very little benefit from the resource exploitation through royalty rates. The only benefactors of industry growth have been corporations and those already in the top income bracket. Low income residents have seen a decrease in living standards, mainly due to increases in rent and living costs and no significant increases in wages to compensate
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Social Damage Articles
Lauren Krugel, January 8, 2009, The Canadian Press -- Canada's oil sands industry admits it has...Read More
Syncrude faces prosecution for duck deaths in tar sands
Posted: January 15, 2009Colleen Kimmett January 8, 2009, The Tyee -- An Alberta resident, backed by environmental group...Read More
Tim Murphy: No easy answers on tar sands
Posted: January 15, 2009Bryan Birtles, January 8, 2009, Vue Weekly -- In the summer of 2007, a group of 19 cyclists...Read More
It will take more than goodwill and greenwash to save the biosphere
Posted: January 6, 2009George Monbiot, January 6, 2009 The Guardian -- For a while it seemed that Shell had stopped...Read More
Tar sands refinery projects face a sticky future
Posted: January 6, 2009Sheila McNulty, January 5, 2009, Financial Times -- US refineries are expanding operations to...Read More
Boom for whom? Tracking the price of success for boomtowns Whistler, Fort McMurray
Posted: December 10, 2008Pina Belperio, December 10, 2008, Special to The Question -- Mega projects, massive developments...Read More
Canada's black gold oil rush
Posted: December 10, 2008Sarah Shenker, December 10, 2008, BBC News -- As the massive yellow truck approaches the digger, it...Read More
Global demand for oil to plummet
Posted: December 10, 2008Javier Blas and Krishna Guha, December 9, 2008, Financial Times -- Global oil demand will collapse...Read More
OIL SANDS-PART 2: "Where I Come From Is Ground Zero"
Posted: October 23, 2008Chris Arsenault, October 17, 2008, IPS -- The wheels of the Caterpillar 797B, the world's largest...Read More
Alberta under new pressure from oil industry; Province plans to hike royalties in 2009 despite plunging crude prices
Posted: October 23, 2008Jeffrey Jones, October 17, 2008, Reuters -- Alberta will press ahead with plans to boost oil and...Read More
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Moratorium Now!
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Tar Sands Showdown: Building a Blue-Green Alliance in our Communities
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Windsor Community Roundtable--A Case Study Find out how one community in Ontario has generated local action and awareness around the tar sands developments. Your community could be next! Check it out
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Toxic Trail Exposure: Youth Delegation Tracks Tar Sands in Great Lakes Region A report by the Polaris Institute that summarizes the findings and recommendations of 10 Ontario youth who traveled to Sarnia, Detroit and Windsor in August 2009. Read the Report
The Polaris Institute has created a series of 10 factsheets on different issues associated with tar sands development Read the Factsheets
11 Million Litres a Day: The Tar Sands' Leaking Legacy A report from Environmental Defence 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