Tar Sands 101
The Tar Sands "Gigaproject" is the largest industrial project in human history and likely also the most destructive. The tar sands mining procedure releases at least three times the CO2 emissions as regular oil production and is slated to become the single largest industrial contributor in North America to Climate Change.
The tar sands are already slated to be the cause of up to the second fastest rate of deforestation on the planet behind the Amazon Rainforest Basin. Currently approved projects will see 3 million barrels of tar sands mock crude produced daily by 2018; for each barrel of oil up to as high as five barrels of water are used.
Human health in many communities has seriously taken a turn for the worse with many causes alleged to be from tar sands production. Tar sands production has led to many serious social issues throughout Alberta, from housing crises to the vast expansion of temporary foreign worker programs that racialize and exploit so-called non-citizens. Infrastructure from pipelines to refineries to super tanker oil traffic on the seas crosses the continent in all directions to allthree major oceans and the Gulf of Mexico.
The mock oil produced primarily is consumed in the United States and helps to subsidize continued wars of aggression against other oil producing nations such as Iraq, Venezuela and Iran.
To understand the tar sands in more depth, continue to our Tar Sands 101 reading list
The business press and me: a case of unrequited love-- Naomi Klein
The business press and me: a case of unrequited love
Finance journalists have attacked my book, but I remain devoted to their papers. After all, they supplied the facts I used
Naomi Klein Thursday October 25, 2007 The Guardian
Noam Chomsky: Starving the Poor with Biofuels (link to outside hosting)
Starving the Poor
Noam Chomsky
Khaleej Times, May 15, 2007
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Alberta royalty change barely shakes energy markets
Alberta royalty change barely shakes energy markets
Petro-Canada will carry on with scheduled new oilsands projects
Friday, October 26, 2007
CBC News
Some energy stocks defied expectations by gaining value Friday, a day after Alberta introduced a controversial increase to the fees charged to oil and gas companies in the province.
Alberta royalties will rise to $1.4 billion more per year starting in 2009.
(CBC)
Parkland on the Stelmach royalty decision
Stelmach royalty decision shows it will be business as usual for Alberta
In reality, royalties will fall by over $2 billion over the next ten years -- even with the changes announced Thursday
Diana Gibson and Ricardo Acuña, Freelance
Albertans can finally stop holding their breath. After extensive public consultation by the royalty review panel, lukewarm reception of the panel's report and extensive backroom consultation with industry, Premier Ed Stelmach has finally made his royalty policy announcement.
Food or BioFuel? According to the IMF and others
Biofuels Hurt Food Prices, Water Quality and Supply 23 October 07
Scientists, researchers and economists are warning the production of biofuels could undermine food output, drive up food prices, create water shortages, and impact water quality.
An International Water Management Institute report examines China and India's plans to increase biofuel production from irrigated maize and sugarcane. The report indicates biofuels will require large quantities of water, and increase demand for land at the expense of nature.
Pembina partners with ConocoPhillips, Enmax, Shell, Suncor, Statoil to commodify carbon and climate
CARBON PRICING FOR A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY: Applying Market Forces to Climate Protection in Canada
This fall, the Pembina Institute will host a national, collaborative design discussion on future carbon pricing frameworks for Canada. The conference will take place on October 29 and 30, 2007, in Calgary, Alberta.
Collaborative Design Thinking
Carbon Pricing for a Sustainable Economy will assemble leading voices for an engaging working session including:
executives and in-house experts from industry
think tanks
NGOs
domestic and international specialists
Every Penny-- Comic
"Every Penny"
Kate Beaton
October 20, 2007
http://www.dominionpaper.ca/comics/1493
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Townies - Comic
October 19, 2007
Townies (Fort McMurray)
by Katie Beaton
The Dominion http://dominionpaper.ca
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Gateway to Solidarity? Pipelines and Indigenous communities in Northern BC
Gateway to Solidarity?
Pipelines and Indigenous communities in Northern BC
October 19, 2007
by Carla Lewis
The Dominion - http://www.dominionpaper.ca
The coast near Kitimat will soon be a route for tankers carrying oil, diluents and liquid natural gas if the Gateway pipeline is constructed.
Two years ago, pipelines were the furthest concern from anyone's mind. But today, most Indigenous communities in British Columbia have heard of the proposed pipelines and company names like "Enbridge" and, to a lesser extent, "Pembina" are tossed around like Kleenex.
