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Suncor expanding in Sarnia
Published On Sat Oct 03 2009

SARNIA–Suncor Energy Inc. will spend about $120 million over the next year to double the production capacity of its St. Clair ethanol plant near Sarnia, to 400 million litres a year, the company announced Friday.

"This is great news for Suncor, for southern Ontario and for Canada," said Suncor president and CEO Rick George in a statement announcing the expansion.

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.

Imperial probes Sarnia benzene leak
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 |
CBC News

Police in Sarnia have lifted a shelter order for parts of the city that began after a benzene leak at the Imperial Oil facility there.

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.

Freighter damaged along proposed B.C. shipping lane

Ship sufferes severe damage, raising questions about safety of oil and gas supertanker taking route

Mark HumeVancouver— From Friday's Globe and Mail
Last updated on Friday, Oct. 02, 2009 02:48AM EDT

Questions are being raised about the safety of a proposed shipping channel for oil and gas supertankers on British Columbia's central coast after a freighter struck rocks near Kitimat.

Climate change threatens millions of children with hunger
Geoffrey York

Johannesburg — From Wednesday's Globe and Mail
Tuesday, Sep. 29, 2009

Malnutrition will strike another 25 million children in the world's poorest countries if climate change continues unabated, a new study says.

Africa and South Asia will be the hardest-hit regions as rising temperatures lead to lower crop yields and higher prices for basic food staples such as wheat, rice and maize, according to the study to be released Wednesday by the International Food Policy Research Institute.

Good to see Ms Francis up to her usual turgid nonsense.

-M

Oil sands need positive spin

Diane Francis, Financial Post
September 19, 2009

Alberta and Canada have an image problem and it's called the oil sands. Non-government organizations such as Greenpeace and others have made these gigantic open-pit mining operations their current whipping boy. And by deploying hyperbole or inaccuracies, these organizations are winning the public relations game in the United States where the lion's share of this oil is destined.

Alberta Clipper oil pipeline project creates housing crunch in Bemidji
Posted: Sep 16, 2009

BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) -- The influx of workers building the new Alberta Clipper oil pipeline across northern Minnesota has meant a shortage of rental housing in the Bemidji area.

Some homeowners are renting rooms to pipeline workers and a local hotel that's been closed for several years may reopen as construction activity ramps up.

BC Pipeline Bombings
Residents of Peace River region call gas development 'a tsunami' as saboteur's deadline passes

Chris Arsenault
Vue Weekly, September 15, 2009.