Economics

Alberta won't apologize for remarks about oilsands protesters: solicitor general

October 6, 2009

EDMONTON — Alberta's solicitor general says the government won't apologize for publicly weighing in on how it thinks oilsands trespassers should be prosecuted.

Fred Lindsay says he respects the independence of judges and prosecutors, and his comments and those of Premier Ed Stelmach only reflect their concerns for public safety.

Lindsay and the premier caused waves with remarks about 16 Greenpeace activists who were charged after trespassing at an oilsands upgrader near Edmonton.

Eyeing a Total oil sands package

Nathan VanderKlippe/The Globe and Mail

Jean-Michel Gires discusses Total's future in Canada

NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE

CALGARY — From Tuesday's Globe and Mail
Oct. 06, 2009

French petroleum giant Total SA could add fuel to the oil sands' resurgence as the company nears a decision on a major expansion project, the company's new Canadian head said yesterday.

Ormat’s Opti Takes On Oil Sands In Alberta, A Dirty Deed For The Company’s “Clean” Image
Submitted by Maurice Picow on October 4, 2009

Israel’s ORMAT Industries Ltd (ORA) has joined with its subsidiary Opti Canada Inc in a project in extract and produce a high grade of petroleum from oil sands located in northern Alberta Canada. ORMAT is a world leader in producing energy from unconventional sources, including geo-thermal energy from volcanoes and hot springs under the earth’s surface.

Alberta aims to streamline permit process
Environmental hurdles under scrutiny
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE

CALGARY — From Friday's Globe and Mail
Oct. 03, 2009

The Alberta government and Canada's oil sands industry are working on a controversial new plan to make it easier for companies to get environmental permission for certain types of projects.

Environmental Services — October 6, 2009
Prominent lawyer questions Stelmach's interference in judicial system

EDMONTON, Oct. 6 /CNW/ - Prominent Alberta lawyer Brian Beresh raised concerns today that Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach is unconstitutionally using his position as premier to exert political influence over the judicial system and undermine the right to fair trials for Greenpeace activists.

Greenpeace activists occupy Alberta Shell site

By Richard Warnica and Laura Drake, Edmonton Journal
October 3, 2009 2:52 PM

Greenpeace activists occupy an exhaust stack at the Shell Scotford Upgrader Expansion near Fort Saskatchewan, Alta. on October 3, 2009
Photograph by: Ryan Jackson, Edmonton Journal

FORT SASKATCHEWAN, Alta. — Greenpeace protesters occupied an oilfield property outside Edmonton on Saturday, the third dramatic demonstration the group has staged against Alberta’s controversial oilsands development in recent weeks.

EnCana spinoff plans new oil sands project

By Carrie Tait, Financial Post, with files from Reuters
October 1, 2009

CALGARY -- A year after dreary news blanked the oil sands thanks to a rapid-fire procession of project delays, EnCana Corp. Thursday said it plans to kick off the process to launch a new multi-billion project with a technological twist.

Oil exports to U.S. set record

Oilsands output helps fill shortfall from Venezuela, Mexico

By Lisa Schmidt, Calgary Herald
September 30, 2009

Canada --already the largest oil supplier to the U.S.--pumped out record exports south of the border this summer, as Alberta's oilsands crude fill the gaps left by competitors.

U.S. imports of crude oil from Canada rose 5.4 per cent in July to the highest monthly level in at least 36 years, according to figures released by the U.S. Energy Department.

Greenpeace takes action again, blocking Suncor tar sands operations

International activists join Canadians in saying no to tar sands

FORT MCMURRAY, AB, Sept. 30 /CNW/ - Greenpeace activists are disrupting Suncor operations today in the heart of the tar sands north of Fort McMurray by blocking two bitumen conveyor belts to highlight the climate crime of tar sands operations.

As of this moment on September 30, 2009 there is a direct action taking place against Suncor by Greenpeace activists. Live feed below.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/stoptarsands2