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Friday, October 16 at 12:00pm - DC Protest Against Tar Sands
In front of the Capitol Hilton Hotel
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Ending Investment in Tar Sands This is pretty horrifically frightening...
Source: www.straight.com
Olympics critic Chris Shaw doesn’t trust Vancouver city council.
Paul
Big oil want taxpayers to pay for the CCS that will bring process emissions down... They estimate that will cost $150 a tonne, and so given that 36Mt now , rising to 140MT by 2020, equates to $21bn every year... Is this really on the table??? Never mind as to whether CCS will even work (sti...ll no large scale working ...operation), that others say would be more than $150 tonne and that we've neglected the 9MT of carbon that Greenpeace estimates will result from wrecking the boreal forest
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on
Source: www.theglobeandmail.com
But companies unable to forge consensus on the best way to proceed with emissions reduction
Paul
Something fishy going on with College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta: on Friday all charges against John O'Connor dropped, then see a weekend of leaked reports saying he was wrong all along?!
Hmmmm, couldn't be because spate of movies coming out featuring John?
Ending Investment in Tar Sands Here's a media hit from an report signed by a coalition of NGOs (including RAN) criticizing Italian oil company ENI's investments in the tar sands in the Congo. This is a scary new issue: if you think tar sands development looks bad in Alberta, just imagine what it'll look like in Africa...
Source: online.wsj.com
A study from a German think tank criticizes Italian energy giant Eni's plans to squeeze oil from the tar sands of the Republic of Congo, saying it could endanger one of the world's largest tropical rain forests.
Ending Investment in Tar Sands A interesting (and depressing) summary of where we're at in the road to Copenhagen.
Source: www.time.com
If the failed climate talks this week in Barcelona are any indication, the odds of a global agreement on climate change at Copenhagen next month are vanishingly low
Ending Investment in Tar Sands Game on.
Source: www.financialpost.com
Reuters "There are certain groups that just want to completely shut down the oil sands. That is completely unacceptable," said Canadian Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt.
Paul
Hearing on H2oil website (a movie that will be winging its way to UK soon) that final ridiculous charges against Dr John O'Connor been dropped - basically this doctor said seeing unbelievably high rates of cancer being found in native communities downstream of tar sands. One cancer (of bile duct) which normally only se...en at rates of one case per hundred thousand seen three times (in community of 1,200)... And Alberta Health officials charge him with creating "undue alarm" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
See here for what all about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLHgUmNtj
See here for what all about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLHgUmNtj
Source: www.youtube.com
A key part of Greenpeace's "Stop The Tar Sands" campaign is this series of webisodes, directed and edited by Steve Guise. These shorts feature interviews with individuals affected by rampant development, ...
Suzanne Dhaliwal
Canadian Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt said she and her staff
are lobbying interests in the United States at all levels, trying to
send the message that the huge heavy-oil resource in Alberta is being
developed responsibly and that U.S. input on environmental fixes is
welcome.
Source: in.reuters.com
By Jeffrey Jones CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada has mounted its biggest campaign yet to sell the United States on the energy security benefits of the oil sands as Washington debates new environmental
Ben West Nice of them to remind us how important it is to stop the pipelines :)
Source: www.theglobeandmail.com
Pipeline extension to Gulf Coast refineries is key for Canadian producers
Ending Investment in Tar Sands I think the key line in this memorandum is: "This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person."
Source: 64.38.12.138
President Barack Obama signed a memorandum on tribal consultation at the White House Tribal Nations Conference, which took place at the Interior Department in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, November 5.
Ending Investment in Tar Sands Yeah, it's buyout time in the Alberta tar sands.
Source: www.calgaryherald.com
CALGARY -- As interest in acquiring oil-sands assets accelerates, cash-strapped outfits have found a way to maintain their footing in the sector while still selling undeveloped properties.
Ending Investment in Tar Sands The message here, as I see it: "Canada is a banana republic because, unlike Venezuela, we aren't refining our tar sands oil before exporting it, so they're going to make more money off of completely destroying the planet and causing rampant climate change than we are." Ugh.
Source: www.financialpost.com
Venezuela was once the exploited banana republic, and Canada a respected member of the G7 industrialized countries. As of now, Canada could learn an important lesson from Venezuela about protecting its economic interests.
Ending Investment in Tar Sands Haven't signed the Climate Pledge of Resistance yet? Sign it! Already signed? Repost it, and get all your friends to sign up!
Source: www.beyondtalk.net
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Ending Investment in Tar Sands In case you're interested, here's a list of the top cities where our fans live: Vancouver 111 Toronto 83 Regina 66 Montreal 43 Edmonton 32 San Francisco 32 Winnipeg 29 Calgary 24 Etobicoke 24 Ottawa 23 Saskatoon 21 Oakland 17 Waterloo 17 Burlington 16 Chicago 16 New York 16 Seattle 16 London 12 Manchester 12
Ending Investment in Tar Sands The Olympic torch run begins with protests in Victoria... many of which are centered on torch run sponsor RBC's financing of the tar sands. Stay tuned...
Victory in Victoria! Torch Relay Disrupted as it Starts in Victoria | No Vancouver 2010 Winter Olymp
Source: No2010.com
A report from No2010.com plus two corporate media accounts on October 30, 2009 disruption of 2010 Olympics Torch Relay in Victoria, 'BC'. Check out Photo Gallery at: http://www.no2010.com/node/1118
