Oil Sands Truth: Shut Down the Tar Sands

Climate Change / Emissions

Climate Change is caused by greenhouse gas emissions, in particular carbon. 40% of Canada’s emissions already come from Alberta alone, not counting the entire tar sands infrastructure across North America nor counting the projected increase in tar sands production or the infrastructure built across the continent to accommodate such increases in production. Factor it all in and you get the picture. You haven’t even burned the petrol yet.

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Canadian Government wins re-election. Positive for mining?

NATURAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT A PRIORITY
Canadian Government wins re-election. Positive for mining?

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservative Government easily won re-election Tuesday, which may prove a positive political development for the Canadian mining sector.
Author: Dorothy Kosich
Posted: Wednesday , 15 Oct 2008

RENO, NV -

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper led his Conservative Party to a victory Tuesday, but appeared to have failed to gain enough seats in Parliament to win a majority government.

Weather Delays Keystone Pipeline

Weather Delays Pipeline
October 14, 2008
By Dawn Crawley

The Keystone Pipeline project is already underway in Day County but there's been a weather delay after recent heavy rain.

Keystone is working on clearing out the water but landowners are keeping a close eye on how long this delay will last and if it will affect their property.

Work on the Keystone Pipeline has halted for the day. The heavy rains have left conditions too saturated to work. Crews are busy pumping water and restoring conditions.

The Stock Market up. Now which way mining?

The Stock Market up. Now which way mining?
By Jack A. Caldwell
Mining columnist
14 October 2008 @ 09:53 am EST

The good news today is that the stock market is up. That is relief to be relished. We hope the trend continues, without pulling up the price of oil.

2 new (tar sands) oil refinery plans in the pipeline (Arizona, South Dakota)

2 new oil refinery plans in the pipeline
Dirk Lammers, Associated Press

(10-12) 04:00 PDT Elk Point, S.D. --

The United States hasn't built an oil refinery on a new site in more than 30 years, but a pair of projects eyeing out-of-the way corners of South Dakota and Arizona are slowly working their way up to the big leagues.

Bailout boosts refinery (South Dakota)

Bailout boosts refinery
Hyperion stands to get big tax break

Thom Gabrukiewicz • tgabrukiew@argusleader.com • October 10, 2008

Hyperion Resources could benefit in its quest to finance and build an oil refinery near Elk Point with a 50 percent tax write-off - an extension of an existing credit that was inserted into Congress' historic, $700 billion bailout of Wall Street.

Dirty Fuels and the Bailout

As Dayo noted earlier, the final version of the bailout bill was sprinkled with goodies for renewable energy—including tax credits for solar investments and a one-year renewal of the production tax credit for wind power. Unfortunately, clean energy wasn't the only kind of energy to get a tax break. The bill also contains some sizeable tax giveaways intended to promote what may well be the dirtiest energy sources in existence: oil shale, tar sands, and liquefied coal.

Venezuela goes to natural gas cars

Venezuela goes to natural gas cars
Compiled from Herald News Services
Saturday, October 11, 2008

Venezuela, the biggest oil exporter in the Americas, will trade gas-
guzzlers for new vehicles that run on natural gas and provide drivers
with natural gas for their cars for a year in a bid to boost gasoline
exports.

The old cars will be recycled and the country will profit from
increased fuel exports, President Hugo Chavez said Friday.

"We're going to exchange these mobile squanderers with a beautiful
modern family vehicle that uses gas that doesn't cost anything,"

Not In Anyone’s Backyard

Not In Anyone’s Backyard
Farmers in Alberta are part of the growing rural resistance standing up to development
by Scott Harris
The Dominion

For much of its century-long history, the Schultz family farmstead has been a centre of community for farmers near Tofield, a place where people have gathered to pass time and bond with one another.

"Refineries progress, but are years away from opening"

Refineries progress, but are years away from opening
By Dirk Lammers, AP Business Writer
Story Published: Oct 10, 2008

ELK POINT, S.D. (AP) – The United States hasn’t built an oil refinery on a new site in more than 30 years, but a pair of projects eyeing out-of-the way corners of South Dakota and Arizona are slowly working their way up to the big leagues.

Tar sands stocks hit 52-week low

Tar sands stocks hit 52-week lows on financing fears

Carrie Tait, Financial Post Published: Monday, October 06, 2008

CALGARY -- A slew of Canada's most respected oil and gas outfits slammed into 52-week lows during Monday's tumultuous trading session, highlighting fears that companies in the oil patch face a struggle to rustle up the cash necessary to plow ahead with expensive projects.