Kim Jong Oliver and the Tar Sands Pipeline
If that is one sign of the descent into dictatorship, perhaps a much more chilling one is when the media passively accept the Government’s premise.
Missing Links: Meltdowns from the Arctic to Wall Street
From climate change to climate justice By Mike Kaulbars October 16, 2011 One of the last posts prior to the unplanned pause here at West Coast Climate Equity was “Runaway Permafrost Melt Imminent, Will Speed Dangerous Climate Change” It would be so wonderful to be able to revive this blog with the news that the [...]
Two Articles on Dangers of Tar Sands Expansion
Friends of the Earth reports the successful development of the controversial oil sands in Canada has prompted oil companies to invest in similar operations elswhere, including Russia, Venezuela, the Congo, and Madagascar.
But the dramatic impact of oil sands expansion should give the companies involved and their investors pause, cautions a new report commissioned by Ceres, a coalition of investors and environmental groups, and authored by the financial risk management group RiskMetrics
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.
James Hansen Advises the Canadian Government to Say “No” to the Alberta Tar Sands
At Stephen Harper’s meeting with Barack Obama, close attention should be paid to any special treatment he attempts to gain for Canada’s tar sands, the country’s fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions, and a problematic industry linked to serious environmental degradation and human health issues.
Alberta Tar Sands Facts – Judge for Yourself
The Alberta Tar Sands is the largest fossil fuel project on the planet, lying beneath 141,000 square kilometers of northern Alberta forest, an area almost as large as the state of Florida. Its development is turning once pristine stretches of forest into desolate landscapes. Former Premier of Alberta, Peter Lougheed, was recently quoted on the Tar Sands as saying, “… it is just a moonscape. It is wrong in my judgment, a major wrong.”
