The 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.
BP investors must urge transparency
Catherin Howarth
guardian.co.uk, Friday 7 May 2010
We are going to the ends of the earth to find the next barrel of oil – but at what price?
The as yet unstoppable oil spill gushing from a deepwater rig drilling for BP in the Gulf of Mexico looks set to have dire environmental and social consequences – for fragile ecosystems and wildlife, and for local residents and businesses. And let us not forget the 11 people who lost their lives in the explosion.
Obama Sheltered BP's Deepwater Horizon Rig
From Regulatory Requirement
By Tom Eley
06 May, 2010
Last year the Obama administration granted oil giant BP a special exemption from a legal requirement that it produce a detailed environmental impact study on the possible effects of its Deepwater Horizon drilling operation in the Gulf of Mexico, an article Wednesday in the Washington Post reveals.
RBS in battle with the Cree First Nation over dirty oil development project on tribal lands
18 Apr 2010
George Poitras has come a long way to make his point.
From his traditional Mikisew Cree homelands on the shores of Lake Athabasca in northern Alberta, he has journeyed to Murray Place in the centre of Stirling – to confront the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Oil Majors Under Shareholder Pressure For Canadian Tar Sands
04/13/2010
SustainableBusiness.com News
As shareholders gather in London this week for BP’s (NYSE: BP) annual general meeting, American and British investors are coordinating an effort to put pressure on four major oil multinationals over their controversial investments in the Canadian oil sands.
Tar sands snubbed by 'green' retailers
Eco-campaign against Alberta's oil heats up with companies' boycott
Published On Thu Feb 11 2010
By Mitch Potter Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON–Two trendy North American retail chains have washed their hands of Alberta's high-carbon oil sands, as environmentalists intensify a campaign to demonize the Canadian fuel.
Tarsands leave behind ecological dead zone
By: Staff Writer (Winnipeg Free Press)
16/01/2010
DEAR EDITOR,
Don Klassen's letter (In defence of oilsands, Jan. 11) gives the impression that the Alberta oilsands are, relative to China and American industrial emissions, an ecologically benign development. This would be true, relative to China and the U.S., only if the sole dimension to the environmental issue of the tarsands involved CO2 emissions, which is not the case.
Outspoken chief was once 'quiet kid'
By Darcy Henton, Edmonton Journal
January 25, 2010
George Poitras looked out the window of his Fort McMurray office and saw opportunity. Outside the restaurant across the street was Premier Ed Stelmach's face beaming at him from the side of a bus.
Arctic gas lines: Adversaries or teammates?
Rena Delbridge
Jan 13, 2010
In the decades-long quest to tap Alaska's vast natural gas reserves, it has been easy for residents to forget their state is not the only petroleum province with big pipeline proposals. Alaska's neighbor -- Canada's Northwest Territories -- also has a multibillion-dollar proposal to develop its Arctic gas holdings, and that project has the potential to delay Alaska's pipeline plans.
Enbridge shuts oil pipeline after leak; reroutes supply
Reuters, Sun Jan 10, 2010
* Oil supplies rerouted after 440,000 bpd Line 2b halted
* Investigating leak in North Dakota after 3,000 bbl spill (Adds background,
details throughout)
NEW YORK, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Enbridge Energy Partners LP shut down
one leg of the main pipeline delivering Canadian crude to the United States
after discovering a leak, but said it was rerouting supplies via other
lines.
Enbridge, which operates crude oil and natural gas transportation systems in
