Energy

Oil Pipeline Gets Preliminary Nod
By JAMES MacPHERSON 09.05.07, 5:40 PM ET
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/09/05/ap4086122.html
BISMARCK, N.D. -

The U.S. State Department has given a preliminary nod to a $2 billion pipeline that would transport crude oil from Canada through seven states.

The Keystone pipeline, a project of TransCanada Corp. (nyse: TRP - news - people ) of Calgary, Alberta, is planned to stretch more than 1,800 miles from Hardisty, in east-central Alberta, to refineries in Illinois, with a spur to Oklahoma.

Canadian Min Sees Tax Deal On Mackenzie Gas Project By Fall 2008
Dow Jones
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200709051521DOWJONES...
September 05, 2007: 03:21 PM EST

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Regional Canadian investment minister Brendan Bell said Wednesday that he believes the federal government may be able to negotiate a tax agreement with companies partnering on the Mackenzie gas project by next fall.

Alberta government halts plans to allow seismic testing on Marie Lake
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/070905/national/alta_seismic_testing_...
Wed Sep 5, 8:31 AM

EDMONTON (CP) - The Alberta government has halted a plan to allow controversial seismic testing on Marie Lake.
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Premier Ed Stelmach announced Tuesday night that there were too many safety questions about the technology involved in drilling for oilsands under water.

'We'll break the law if need be'
Marie Lake resident vows to block seismic testing
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Alberta/2007/09/04/4468539-sun.html
By CARTER HAYDU, SUN MEDIA

Cabin owners protesting seismic testing at Marie Lake are so determined to keep oilsands development off their water, that they're prepared to block the lake to seismic crews when they try to test the area.

Mexican rights violated in free trade’s name
Published September 3rd, 2007 in Opinion
http://www.cordweekly.com/archives/2168
ALEX HUNDERT
JOURNALISTS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

In mid-August, I spent several days in a small vacation town called Montebello, located between Ottawa and Montreal. In this town on the historic Ottawa River is a resort complex owned by a prominent hotel chain.

The heads of state from Canada, the United States and Mexico were there meeting on August 21 and 22 with an array of the most powerful businessmen and industrialists from North America.

Leading the eco-revolution
Activist Clayton Thomas-Muller is building an 'inclusive movement for climate justice' in Canada.
http://www.rabble.ca/news_full_story.shtml?x=61919
by Nina Winham
September 4, 2007

It was a lake without stories that first signaled something wrong to Clayton Thomas-Muller and fed the future activist's passion for justice. A lake with no stories and no life, spread thin across his peoples' traditional territory.

Kings of the coal habit
The fate of our warming planet hinges on six nations, and five of them meet in Sydney this week

Jeremy Leggett
Wednesday September 5, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2162457,00.html

Through his long years of greenhouse denial, George Bush must have been particularly grateful to John Howard. The Australian prime minister was quick to join Bush in refusing to ratify the Kyoto protocol, and has batted for his country's coal interests as trenchantly as Bush has batted for US coal and oil interests.

Finding the right balance is tough...
http://www.thenorthernview.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=142&cat=48&id...
By - Brooke Ward
Sep 05 2007

Many of us here in the Northwest seem to know what we want: economic development and sustainability. And we also know what we don’t want: destruction of natural resources. Unfortunately, the Provincial Government seems convinced that we can’t have one without the other.

Canada's Top 40
http://www.canadianminingjournal.com/issues/ISarticle.asp?id=189929&stor...
By: Marilyn Scales
Oil sands miner Suncor leads pack

Any company with annual revenues of over $7.4 billion is a contender for the top spot on many lists. In the case of the largest 40 Canadian mining companies, the honour goes to Suncor Energy thanks to its oil sands income alone. The rising price of oil continues to bolster Suncor's bottom line. Last year the company ranked eighth on our list with almost $4.0 billion in revenue from its oil sands operations.

[1]The Guardian Wednesday September 5 2007

Ice-free Arctic could be here in 23 years

David Adam, environment correspondent

The Arctic ice cap has collapsed at an unprecedented rate this summer
and levels of sea ice in the region now stand at a record low,
scientists said last night. Experts said they were "stunned" by the
loss of ice, with an area almost twice as big as Britain disappearing
in the last week alone. So much ice has melted this summer that the
north-west passage across the top of Canada is fully navigable, and