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Alberta Tar Sands Resolution Adopted by Youth Parliament

The 80th British Columbia Youth Parliament opposes the development of the Alberta Tar Sands and calls for a halt to both existing and future Tar Sands projects.

Shell Oil’s Grim Little List

Shell Oil is working on a global CO2 abatement curve in order to work out where the best carbon savings can be made, but van der Veer, with his pragmatic Dutch manner, refuses to see easy solutions and reiterates that the future is going to be tough.

Event in Alberta: “Downstream” from the Tar Sands

Climate and Capitalism Posted November 9, 2008 Hear the voices of front line communities resisting further tar sands encroachments in Alberta and throughout North America. November 21-23, Edmonton Alberta Everyone’s Downstream II: Stop Playing Games With Our Lives November 22-23, 2008 The Edmonton Native Friendship Centre 11205 101 Street NW, Edmonton, AB Both days to [...]

Canada’s Oil Sands: $1.4 Trillion Worth of Trouble

Editor’s note: Check out the DeSmogBlog site. It’s one of the best blogs on the Net, covering breaking news on energy and climate in both the US and Canada. http://www.desmogblog.com/ November 10, 2008 The Canadian tar sand deposit – the largest oil deposit in North America and the second-largest in the world – is worth [...]

Losing No Time, Harper reaches out to Obama for help

Canada’s Conservatives are the only leaders of a developed nation who have resisted sincere international action to address global warming. The election of Barack Obama removes Canada’s last ally in that shameful effort. Canada moves to protect U.S. market for dirty oil 6 Nov 08 DeSmogBlog.com The world enjoyed the first environmental dividend of an [...]

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