Canada Oil Sands

The Myths Behind the Tar Sands Stampede

Carl Pope | Posted 04.24.2012

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So tar sands are not only a source of enough carbon to increase global climate by a huge amount -- they are also the key to keeping diesel prices low enough to enable the world to fry itself by shipping long distance coal where it can be burned profitably, if lethally -- for the climate.

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Asia's Largest Oil And Gas Company Buys Full Stake In Canada Oil Sands Project

AP | Posted 01.03.2012

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TORONTO -- PetroChina, Asia's largest oil and gas company, is buying the 40 percent interest it didn't own in the MacKay River oil sands project in Ca...

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Chiquita Goes Bananas over Ethical Oil

Kathryn Marshall | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Ethical Oil, Chiquita, Oil Sands, Chiquita Blood Oil, Chiquita Ethical Oil, Canada Oil Sands, OPEC Countries, Home News

Perhaps it isn't surprising then that an environmental group with such a flexible sense of ethics--ForestEthics-- should find a partner in a banana firm made notorious for its own vast ethical deficits. The two of them have now teamed up to make Chiquita Brands a friend to the petro-tyrants of the world.

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EU Commission Defends Proposal To Label Oil Sands Fuel

Posted 12.28.2011

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The European Union's climate commissioner announced this week that the EU's plans to label all fuel produced from oil sands as "highly polluting" are ...

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WATCH: Daryl Hannah Arrested At Pipeline Protest

The Huffington Post | James Gerken | Posted 10.30.2011

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Actress Daryl Hannah has joined the over 500 people who have been arrested since August 20 for a sit-in protest outside the White House. The "Splas...

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China Eyes Canada's Oil Sands

AP | By ROB GILLIES | Posted 08.27.2011

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CALGARY, Alberta -- In the northern reaches of Alberta lies a vast reserve of oil that the U.S. views as a pillar of its future energy needs. China, ...

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Green Groups Sue Hillary Clinton

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 07.18.2011

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A coalition of environmental and ethics groups sued Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the U.S. State Department on Wednesday over documents relat...

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WATCH James Cameron On Canada Oil Sands: 'Time To Put The Brakes On It'

Huffington Post | Travis Walter Donovan | Posted 05.25.2011

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In this clip, James Cameron, director of "Avatar," speaks to MSNBC via Skype about his thoughts on his trip to get a first-hand glimpse of the controv...

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Oil Sands: Canada's Infamous Dirty Energy Extraction Coming To U.S.

The Huffington Post | Travis Donovan | Posted 06.27.2011

The extraction of oil from the Athabasca tar sands in Alberta, Canada has been a source of immense controversy as production continues to expand. The...

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Think You Know Alberta Canada?

Kevin Grandia | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thinking of visiting Alberta, Canada? Think again. Take the pledge not to visit Alberta and tell your friends and family to do the same....

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Powerhouse Waxman Tells Clinton to Back off Dirty Canada Oil Sand Pipeline

Kevin Grandia | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), a senior member of Congress and chair of the powerful Congressional Committee on Energy and Commerce has penned a public let...

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Top Man in Washington Slams Canada's Tar Sands

Kevin Grandia | Posted 05.25.2011

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When former US President Bill Clinton went for an "unofficial" visit to North Korea to negotiate the release of two imprisoned American journalists he...

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Avatar-sands and the Oily Sky People

Kevin Grandia | Posted 05.25.2011

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Environmental groups are picking the blockbuster James Cameron film Avatar to win the Best Picture Oscar, and not just because it is one of the coolest movies ever made.

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