Tag: Oil sands
Time to Face Facts on Canada’s Climate ‘Leadership’
Robert Powell March 7, 2013
Canada must accept that being an energy superpower means being a climate leader and act accordingly.
Ten minutes to say your piece
Mike Ambach January 3, 2013
Beginning this Friday and lasting through next week in Victoria, dozens of brave folks will be filling a room in a hotel near downtown, to have their 10 minutes say about the proposed Northern Gateway Project, which would introduce upwards of 200 tankers per year carrying diluted bitumen through Canada’s Great Bear Sea.
Bid made for oil to flow from Ontario to Quebec: Line 9
Josh Laughren December 3, 2012
Energy company Enbridge sought regulatory approval from the National Energy Board yesterday to set the flow of oil and diluted bitumen to run from Westover, Ontario to Montreal, Quebec along “Line 9”.
Good news for the oil sands? Think again
Josh Laughren February 21, 2012
The media’s take on the punch line of a recent report is that developing the oil sands in their entirety has less of an impact on the planet than burning all the world’s our vast coal reserves, or all the world’s natural gas. This, the headlines trumpet, is good news for the oil sands. In reality, it isn’t.
Video: “Water for Nature, Water for People” with Sandra Postel
Tony Maas December 17, 2010
For me, the holiday season has always been a time when I slow down and reflect. I make time to think about the moments over the past year that have changed me, if only a little, and to consider how these moments will carry forward in my work and personal life over the coming year.