Oil Sands Truth: Shut Down the Tar Sands

Climate Change / Emissions

Climate Change is caused by greenhouse gas emissions, in particular carbon. 40% of Canada’s emissions already come from Alberta alone, not counting the entire tar sands infrastructure across North America nor counting the projected increase in tar sands production or the infrastructure built across the continent to accommodate such increases in production. Factor it all in and you get the picture. You haven’t even burned the petrol yet.

Qatar/ Gulf Times on the Tar Sands going International

Canada oil sands lure global majors
Published: Thursday, 21 June, 2007, 01:45 AM Doha Time
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=156432...

FORT MCMURRAY, Canada: With world oil prices hovering at near nine-month highs and global energy firms flush with cash, analysts are predicting that control of Canada’s booming oil sands sector could soon fall into foreign hands.
Foreign bids worth tens of billions dollars are expected in the coming years as global oil companies look for new opportunities, say analysts.

The Pentagon Vs. Peak Oil

How Wars of the Future May Be Fought ...
Just to Run the Machines That Fight Them

by Michael T Klare

WorkingForChange (June 14 2007)

Sixteen gallons of oil. That's how much the average American soldier in
Iraq and Afghanistan consumes on a daily basis - either directly,
through the use of Humvees, tanks, trucks, and helicopters, or
indirectly, by calling in air strikes. Multiply this figure by 162,000
soldiers in Iraq, 24,000 in Afghanistan, and 30,000 in the surrounding
region (including sailors aboard US warships in the Persian Gulf) and

Texas firm plans America's first new oil refinery in over 30 years

The Associated Press State & Local Wire
June 14, 2007 Thursday 5:26 PM GMT
SECTION: BUSINESS NEWS
Texas firm plans nation's first new oil refinery in over 30 years
By DIRK LAMMERS, Associated Press Writer

ELK POINT S.D.

Thousands of acres of farmland in the southeastern tip of South Dakota could become
home to the nation's first new oil refinery since 1976.

Hyperion Resources Inc., a privately held Dallas-based energy company, is
considering Elk Point and several other Midwest sites for the $8 billion refinery,

The Pew works with Nuclear: "industry and environmental cooperation"

This has to stop! The "Pew Charitable Trusts" are NOT the allies of the earth. The Tar Pits are expanding, making MAJOR amounts of money and are doing so through the back door route of funding the Pew with money made from the Tar Pits. If this "trust" gives an organization you care about money, get them out. They are soaked in oil, they are from the Pew Family, who run Sunoco, who refine tar sand guck and more importantly INVENTED the process.

Enbridge CEO Interview: Gateway, China, Canada and more

Enbridge CEO on what's wrong with Canada's DNA
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070611.RDANIEL11/TPSt...
GORDON PITTS

June 11, 2007

CALGARY -- Patrick Daniel has the classic CV of an energy CEO - prairie upbringing, strong engineering education, and a varied career amid the cycles of the oil patch. Now 60 and head of pipeline giant Enbridge Inc., he is a critical link in the supply chain between Canada's oil producers and major North American markets. Mr. Daniel talks about this role, and the challenges in pushing Canadian thinking beyond this continent.

Notes from the Tar Pits: From McMurray to MacKay

Notes from the Tarpits:
Between MacKay and McMurray, my run in with the Gigaproject
June 14, 2007

National Post doing Tar Sand Damage Control

Such damage control is very important to undertake, especially when sea-changes in public opinion are underway as they are. Many of the "inconvenient spew" of this articles "talking points" are ridiculous. The suggestion that "Americans" have asked for tarsands to be ramped up would convince me if I thought that the average American knew where the Tarsands even were, let alone that he or she wants more from them.

This is, bottom line, proof we are getting somewhere. Let's keep moving; where we are coming from holds nothing.

--M

Oilsands gain a dirty name

Mackenzie pipeline panel faces further delays

Mackenzie pipeline panel faces further delays
Last Updated: Thursday, June 14, 2007 | 11:06 AM CT
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/06/14/panel-delays.html#skip30...

The panel reviewing the proposed Mackenzie gas project says it needs more time before it can finalize its hearing schedule.

The joint review panel, which is looking at the environmental and social impacts of the $16.2-billion project, has been criticized for taking much longer to do its job than originally anticipated.

Environmental cost of tar sands too high, U.S. report says

Globe and Mail June 8, 2007
Environmental cost of tar sands too high, U.S. report says
By Bob Weber
Edmonton -- One of the most influential environmental groups in the
United States is training its sights on Alberta's oil sands in an
attempt to persuade Americans to stop increasing their dependence on
"bottom-of-the-barrel" energy.
A report by the Natural Resources Defence Council to be released
Monday at a symposium in Washington, has been obtained by The Canadian
Press. The report potentially damages the market for oil sands oil by