Oil Sands Truth: Shut Down the Tar Sands

Land

Land, regardless of whether covered by forests, tundra or grasslands, is threatened by mining operations such as Alberta’s vast open tar pit operations, or through incredible networks of “right of way” cuts for pipelines that extend in the hundreds of thousands of miles, all told, and across the continent in four directions and to three oceans—either through feeding the tarsand operations with fossil fuel energy or through feeding energy markets from tarsand operations after production. In the case of pipeline right of ways, they can blast directly through mountains or be buried in permafrost if needed, to get the energy to move.

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Mainstream enviros, timber industry shut First Nations out of "historic" deal

Boreal Forest Conflicts Far From Over
Mainstream enviros, timber industry shut First Nations out of "historic" deal

by Dawn Paley
May 18, 2010
Vancouver.Mediacoop.ca

Timber companies and environmental organizations came together Tuesday to announce the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement, which they say could protect a swath of boreal forest twice the size of Germany, and maintain forestry jobs across the country.

"This is an agreement between the two principle combatants over logging," said Steve Kallick, director of the Boreal Conservation campaign of the Pew Environment Group.

Tar sands oil extraction spreading rapidly [internationally], report warns

Tar sands oil extraction spreading rapidly, report warns

Friends of the Earth reports says extraction threatens environment as well as vulnerable communities

* Terry Macalister
* The Guardian, Monday 17 May 2010

The successful development of Canada's tar sands has triggered a rush by Shell and other oil companies to set up similar operations in Russia, Congo and even Madagascar, a new report reveals.

The Most Destructive Development on Earth: Coming to Trinidad and Tobago?

The Most Destructive Development on Earth: Coming to Trinidad and Tobago?
By Macdonald Stainsby
ZNet
Sunday, May 16, 2010

Greenpeace, ENGO's, Foundations cutting secret deals, greenwashing all forestry

The key quote in this article is here:

A spokesperson for Greenpeace said: "There is no agreement, but we will let you know when there is an agreement."

MS: Who gave them such authority? How on earth can they claim that the public-- or even their own sustainers-- gave them such a mandate? How can this possibly be a positive bent, when it essentially has the PR gain for industry of being "green" right when we should be ramping UP the fight against what is happening to our forests?

The end of offshore oil drilling? Not a chance

Energy companies are faced with the reality that new sources of oil are
just about limited to ever-deeper water

Eric Reguly
Globe and Mail
May. 13, 2010

For three weeks, about 5,000 barrels of oil a day have gushed out of BP’s
Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico. Gobs of black oil, and the weirdly
coloured slick – fuchsia in parts, as if Martha Stewart were hired for
artistic control – move ever closer to the Louisiana shore and the fecund
wetlands behind it. The ruptured pipes could spew oil for another two or

North, South American countries to study heavy oil

North, South American countries to study heavy oil
Fri Apr 16, 2010

CALGARY, Alberta, April 16 (Reuters) - Energy ministers from North and South American countries with large heavy oil reserves have established a working group to develop better extraction and environmental technology, Canada's natural resources minister said on Friday.

Canada's tar sands: a dangerous solution to offshore oil

Alberta is the 'safe' option for US oil needs – but its tar sands are far more environmentally damaging than Deep Horizon

o Heather McRobie
o guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 11 May 2010

Speech by Evo Morales Ayma before the G77 + China at the United Nations

Speech by Evo Morales Ayma, President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, before the G77 + China at the United Nations

May 7, 2010

I have come here to share the conclusions of the First World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, held last April 20th to 22nd in Cochabamba, Bolivia. I convened this Conference because in Copenhagen the voice of the peoples of the world was not listened to or attended to, nor were established procedures respected by all States.

Gulf spill hardens BC First Nations opposition to Enbridge tar sands pipeline

Gulf spill hardens BC First Nations opposition to Enbridge tar sands pipeline
By David Beers May 5, 2010
The Tyee

A press release issued by the Wet'suwet'en and the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council matter of factly declares “Enbridge's pipeline and tanker project to British Columbia's coast isn't going to happen” and says the oil rig spill in the Gulf of Mexico has fortified B.C. First Nations’ opposition to the project.

BC First Nations took that message into a meeting of Enbridge Inc. executives and shareholders today in Calgary.

Keystone XL Pipeline hearing held in Fairbury

(5/06/2010) KHAS-TV - Thursday night, U.S. State Department officials will hear from the public about a pipeline that would carry Canadian oil through Nebraska. The first of 3 public meetings, starts at 7:00 Thursday night in Fairbury.

The TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline would run from tar sands near Hardisty, Alberta, to the Gulf Coast.

The hearings follow the release of a report about the environmental impact on Keystone XL.

Again, Thursday night's meeting begins at 7:00 at the Rock Island Railroad Depot.