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Social ImpactsSocial Impacts. Overnight injections of migrant workers will not build healthy communities and can have severely adverse impacts on existing communities, especially those of indigenous nations on their traditional lands. Such development brings vices and long term displacement too often. Drugs, alcohol and associated violence spreads. Hunting becomes difficult when the land is threatened, leading to a further loss of culture and tradition. In towns like Fort McMurray there is no planning for the future, but merely consumption in the present. However transient the individuals may be, the populations will not leave, as “development” takes on a logic all its own. All levels of run away development are subordinate to that development, not social need. 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. The Post-Petroleum Job Adsby John Michael Greer The Archdruid Report (September 03 2008) Druid perspectives on nature, culture, and the future of industrial society The mismatch between the narratives of sudden apocalypse that shape so Enbridge Gateway Pipeline "back on the radar"Pipeline back on the radar Public consultation on Enbridge's Gateway pipeline project is set to begin in Smithers sometime in November. Roger Harris, Enbridge vice-president of communications and aboriginal partnerships, was in Smithers Aug. 27 to discuss the project with Town Council and the Chamber of Commerce. '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. Northwest Passage's northern route open againNorthwest Passage's northern route open again The northerly route of the Northwest Passage has been declared navigable by the Canadian Ice Service. It's just the second time in history -- and the second year in a row -- that the Parry Channel has opened enough to let regular ships safely through. Let's Hold Canada to the Same Standards as ChinaLet's Hold Canada to the Same Standards as China The mainstream media's hypocrisy during the Olympics would have been funny So many words written or spoken about human rights violations, Has any media discussed Canada's decades-long support of British Canada's Tar Sands Lobbyists Focus on DemocratsPOLITICS-US: Canada's Tar Sands Lobbyists Focus on Democrats VANCOUVER, Sep 2 (IPS) - As the U.S. election campaign kicks into overdrive, Canadian politicians and oil executives are stepping up lobbying efforts to make sure whoever controls the White House keeps purchasing notoriously dirty oil from the Alberta tar sands. 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. Treaty One First Nations Look To Halt Keystone Pipeline ProjectFirst Nations look to halt pipeline project A potentially historic court hearing that may ultimately cause pipeline construction in Manitoba to be delayed and could possibly see local First Nations get a piece of oil revenues began in Winnipeg today. |
 A Conference on Tar Sands Realities and Resistance Held at the University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta Nov 24-25th, 2007 Recent AudioRecent VideoSyndicate User loginSearchRecent popular content |