Ethical Oil: A truth that’s told with bad intent
Of the many contradictions and hypocrisies in the Ethical Oil Campaign, one of the most ironic is the fact that while the abuses of human rights and the environment cited by the EOC are permitted by the countries in question, many of the abuses are actually committed by the very oil companies EOC is working on behalf of.
The Immense Alberta Oil Sands Project: A Definitive Examination
Among other things, Mech’s report estimates that the other production-related emissions could be effectively double the previously believed figure for the Tar Sands impact.
My final words – Margery Moore’s Tar Sands Journey – May 16th, 2010
Margery Moore writes, “The bottom line is that I reoriented my life so that I could be 100% prepared to follow every opportunity if it might help raise awareness and even slightly change people’s minds and behaviours for the better.
Now, good people, I call on you to do the same. Look hard at your life and where your passion lives in your heart. How can you slightly re-orient your work or daily priorities, hobbies or volunteer work, to help stop climate change?”
Yup – Age of Stupid All Right, Margery’s Moore Tar Sands Journey, April 3rd, 2010
I am watching the “The Age of Stupid”. Seems an appropriate movie for my current state of mind, post tar sands visit. The narrator’s question – what state of mind were we in back in 2005 to have ignored the signs of our own demise and not save ourselves when we had the chance – [...]
A Lot More Scientific Research Needed: Margery Moore’s Tar Sands Journey, March 31st, 2010
Margery Moore writes, “For the Alberta Tar Sands, we need to support more scientists, studies and research papers. I never thought I would advocate so strongly for more reports! I’m the one that wants action, right now. But, I was truly alarmed at how little data there was that could be used, without a shadow of a doubt to clearly prove the impacts this massive collection of developments is having on the environment, biodiversity, water systems, etc.”
A Picture is Worth a 1000 Words, Margery Moore’s Tar Sands Journey, March 29th, 2010
View just a few of the more than 250 stark photographs taken by Margery Moore on her Alberta Tar Sands journey, the weekend of March 27, 2010
Now I Know: Margery Moore’s Tar Sands Journey, March 28th, 2010
There is only one thing that equals the scale of our addiction to oil, and it is the scale of the Alberta oil sands. It is an undeniable fact. Now I know. I have just arrived home. I have taken 100′s of photos and have pages of notes. It all doesn’t really matter, however, because [...]
Climate Action Symposium at George Washington University April 13
Climate Action Symposium at George Washington University April 13 on the Next Big North American Climate Issue:
Sustainability Impacts of The Canadian Tar Sands Development.
Presented by the GW Institute for Sustainability. Featuring presentations by the Pew Center for Climate Change, renowned conservation photographer Garth Lenz, preeminent indigenous rights lawyer Jack Woodward and communications specialist and climate change author James Hoggan.
Presented by the GW Institute for Sustainability. Featuring presentations by the Pew Center for Climate Change, renowned conservation photographer Garth Lenz, preeminent indigenous rights lawyer Jack Woodward and communications specialist and climate change author James Hoggan.
Better use of the $$ pouring into the Tar Sands? Margery Moore’s Tar Sands Journey, March 21st, 2010
“The £250bn cost of developing Canada’s controversial tar sands between now and 2025 could be used to decarbonise the western economy by funding ambitious solar power schemes in the Sahara or a European wide shift to electric vehicles, according to a new report released today (by WWF and the Co-operative posted on the Guardian, UK).
Details, Details! Margery Moore’s Alberta Tar Sands Journey, March 20th, 2010
A lot of work goes into a trip like this. So, how have we gone about it? The Pembina Institute has been extremely helpful, and I thank them. I really just stumbled onto them after a Google search of Canadian organizations doing tar sands research a few months ago. This blog is great:
