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HealthThe Health implications in terms of these projects are vast, and not just the deadly explosions and industrial accidents that happen in production-—from reported increases in rare forms of cancer downstream from tar sands production to the pollution of fresh water leading to poisoned diets (fish, moose and plant toxicity)—-direct links are hard to establish but impossible to either rule out or ignore, especially where tarsand operations constitute overwhelmingly the greatest change to the environment in most corners of the continent effected directly by tarsand infrastructure. Will "Oil Sands" Tar Olympic Games?Will oilsands tar Winter Games? Canadian officials surveying the Beijing Olympics must be paying special attention to the myriad protests and criticisms -- some overdrawn and overwrought -- that have dogged China before and during the Games. If they are wise, our observers should fight the temptation to feel smugly superior. 'Blood diamonds', The NWT & the Likely Disastrous Effects of the Mackenzie Gas Project'Blood diamond' smugglers threaten Canada's northern industry OTTAWA - The diamond industry in Canada's Far North is vulnerable to smugglers looking to import "blood diamonds" or launder the proceeds of organized crime syndicates and terrorist organizations, newly released federal documents say. Man Killed in CNRL Tailings PondMAN KILLED IN CNRL TAILINGS POND Alberta’s shadow minister of employment wants a Canadian Natural Resources site shut down until the company can prove once and for all its Horizon site is safe. Liberal MLA Hugh MacDonald called for the closure Wednesday after a third fatality in less than 18 months at the site, about 70 kilometres north of Fort McMurray. Airport closure could hurt access to health care: northern Alta. leadersAirport closure could hurt access to health care: northern Alta. leaders Mayors and chiefs from northern Alberta communities said they will fight any plan to shut down Edmonton City Centre Airport, a public hearing in the provincial capital heard Tuesday. About 60 people are making presentations at the two-day public hearings on the future of the airport, beginning Tuesday at Edmonton city hall. Suncor Plant Outage Will Increase Dirty Oil VolumesSuncor oil sands plant outage means less light oil CALGARY, Alberta, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Suncor Energy Inc (SU.TO: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Tuesday it expects a processing unit at one of its oil sands upgrading plants to be off line for up to 90 days, changing the mix of its output but not cutting overall production. Suncor, which runs Canada's second largest oil sands mining and synthetic crude operations, said a hydrogen plant at the northern Alberta site suffered an unscheduled outage in August. Why an oil refinery [in South Dakota] is a step in the wrong directionPeter Carrels : Why an oil refinery is a step in the wrong direction In South Dakota, politicians and business leaders are cheering a massive oil refinery planned for the state’s southeast corner. If built, it will be the first oil refinery constructed in the United States in more than 30 years. On Clean Coal...If By Clean You Mean Filthy by Umbra Fisk Grist (July 23 2008) Question Dear Umbra, I noticed that several of the presidential primary debates were Andrew S. Answer Dearest Andrew, Work Camps near Fort Mac Expanding; Company also Provides Camps in AfghanistanOilsands housing expansion announced EDMONTON - For the sixth time since 2007, PTI Group's Wapasu Creek Lodge near the Suncor plant north of Fort McMurray is set to expand. The facility will grow to 2,942 rooms, an increase of 672 dorm-style rooms, to accommodate a mix of workers from the surrounding oilsands area. Oil States International (NYSE:OIS), owner of PTI, expects the new rooms to be opened by mid-2009. "We foresee more expansion in the future to serve our multiple clients," says spokesman Bradley Dodson. Indian Uprising Radio: Price of tar sands oilThursday, August 21, 2008 Daryl Sager (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe), Energy Justice Program Rare cancer strikesRare cancer strikes A mutated, two-mouthed fish caught downstream from the Alberta oilsands caught the attention of the Canadian public last week. Beneath its first mouth is a confusing aberration, a second, baby, jagged-toothed lower jaw that seems to grow timidly out of the fish-face. Two boys fishing in Lake Athabasca caught the 2.5-kilo goldeye two weeks ago and handed it over to the Mikisew First Nation. |
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