Oil Sands Truth: Shut Down the Tar Sands

Energy

Energy and how it is captured and consumed is barely viable in tar sands production. While the amount of oil in places such as the tar sands in Alberta or the Orinoco Belt in Venezuela may have deposits of similar size to the reserves of countries such as Saudi Arabia or Iraq, the return of new energy after expending energy in production is not even close. In Iraq, the process of using one barrel of oil generates 100 new barrels. In the tar sands, estimates of 3 to 1 and even as low as 1.5 to 1 have been made. Offsetting the net energy loss would require minimally 25-30 tar sands facilities for one Saudi plant operating at the same capacity.

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The dirty truth about Canada's tar-sands baby

The dirty truth about Canada's tar-sands baby
Joshua Keating
Tue, 10/30/2007

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

The New York Times has decided to threaten this website for content involving this article by Noam Chomsky. Rather than allow their threats to dissuade you the reader from being able to read the article above by Mr Chomsky, we have found a place where it is linked and we do not carry it. We apologize for letting a large corporate newspaper bully us but we cannot afford to fight them, and it is you the person seeking information who pay that cost.

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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

Sexual Harassment-- K Beaton Comic

October 17, 2007
Sexual Harrassment

by Katie Beaton

http://www.dominionpaper.ca/comics/1487

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.