Group vows to stop tar sands; Death of ducks raises awareness of environmental costs
Posted: June 6, 2008Andrew Cowie, June 4, 2008, Metro News -- The ducks of the Syncrude tailing pond incident may be...Read More
Water Depletion
Oil sands plants typically use two to four barrels of water to extract a barrel of oil from the tar sands, but some extraction methods can use as much as 7 barrels of water. The amount of water needed for the tar sands is seriously lowering the water levels of the Athabasca River, the Mackenzie Valley watershed and other related water sources in the region.
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Water Depletion Articles
Andrew Cowie, June 4, 2008, Metro News -- The ducks of the Syncrude tailing pond incident may be...Read More
Study underway into tailings ponds
Posted: May 30, 2008Jeremy Loome, May 30, 2008, Edmonton Sun -- The province doesn't have information to prove it knows...Read More
Pembina says oil sands industry produces 1.8 billion litres a day of toxic tailings
Posted: May 30, 2008AlbertaIndex, May 30, 2008 -- Environmental research group Pembina Institute has launched another...Read More
The Hyperion project: Can it really be green?
Posted: May 30, 2008Dave Dreeszen, Sioux City Journal, ELK POINT, S.D. -- As South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds puts it, the...Read More
Million-litre Alberta oilsands wastewater leak kept secret for months:Downstream communities were not notified immediately
Posted: May 30, 2008THE CANADIAN PRESS , May 22, 2008 -- The Alberta government is downplaying a leak of nearly...Read More
Environmental Groups Offer “Toxic Tour” of BP Whiting, Ind. Refinery
Posted: May 22, 2008WHITING, IND. - May 20 - As a spin-off of the Green Fest occurring this weekend in Chicago,...Read More
Water Alberta's main priority; Short window allowed for public input into new provincial land use regulations
Posted: May 22, 2008Bill Haufman, May 22, 2008, Edmonton Sun -- Calgary's water supply and wilderness west of the city...Read More
Oil refiner lays groundwork for expansion
Posted: May 22, 2008Gitte Laasby, May 19, 2008, Post-Tribune, WHITING -- BP has been working on the foundation for its...Read More
Ducks die in oily Sask. pond; Province investigates deaths of 53 birds at waste retention site
Posted: May 15, 2008Darren Bernhardt, May 15, 2008, The StarPhoenix -- The provincial government is scrambling to deal...Read More
Imperial's Kearl plan hit with setback; Environmentalists applaud judge's decision
Posted: May 15, 2008Toronto Star, May 15, 2008, A federal judge has handed Imperial Oil Ltd. a defeat in its efforts to...Read More
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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