Oil Sands Truth: Shut Down the Tar Sands

Water

Water is needed in huge amounts in tarsands production and in all other construction stages of tarsands infrastructure across the continent. It takes five litres of water to produce one of usable petrol. There is also water used to move gas, build new tar pits or that water which becomes polluted in the outlying areas. Waste tailings ponds are so vast as to be visible from outer space at this early point in production. Water is now being privatized in slow motion, as “access rights” are available in Alberta. As production grows and climate change continues to parch southern Albertan land, more and more water will be needed to help supply fuel for the American market. This water will ultimately be diverted from rivers, lakes, farms and cities throughout Canada; the water levels in the Athabasca River have already dropped several meters. The Deh Cho/Mackenzie River is already threatened, both from development along its valley and it is downstream from tar sands operations. A generation ago, the Athabasca River was clear and drinking was common. Now, those that live with the river consider it poison and off-limits.

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NDP and Environmentalists decrie tanker traffic- Gas Headed to Tar Sands

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NDP decries tanker traffic

Environmentalists and the NDP want the federal government to block passage of oil tankers, such as this one, along B.C.’s coast.
By Brennan Clarke
News staff

Jun 29 2007

Environmentalists allege federal Conservatives turning blind eye to moratorium

Increasing oil tanker activity in B.C.’s northern waters has West Coast NDPers calling on Ottawa and Victoria to “formalize” a long-standing moratorium on tanker traffic and offshore exploration.

Indigenous Nations Governments Challenging Tar Sands

Oilsands Facing Aboriginal Opposition

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A couple of First Nations groups are protesting oilsands operations
in their backyards.

The Woodland Cree First Nation (WCFN) says it intends to file an
intervention with the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board regarding
Shell Canada Limited's Carmon Creek oilsands project near Peace River.

Meanwhile the Clearwater River Dene Nation in northwest Saskatchewan

Call for Oil/Gas Traffic Ban on BC Coast

"The issue has gained prominence mainly because of several proposals
to construct pipelines linking Alberta with the coast at Prince
Rupert or Kitimat. Crude oil from the oil sands would be pumped west
for export, while "condensate" used to thin the thick crude in the
pipeline would be removed and sent back eastward along a parallel pipe."

The Globe and Mail (Canada)
June 25, 2007 Monday
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MPs call for Northern B.C. oil-tanker ban; Fear of spills could shut

Environmentalists, NDP decry tanker traffic

NDP decries tanker traffic
http://www.goldstreamgazette.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=12&cat=23&i...
By Brennan Clarke, News staff
Jun 29 2007

Environmentalists allege federal Conservatives turning blind eye to moratorium

Will Royal Dutch Shell Turn B.C. into Nigeria North?

Nigeria North

Will Royal Dutch Shell Turn B.C. into Nigeria North?

June 7, 2007 (Victoria, BC) - A video released today draws attention to
the takeover this month of Shell Canada by Royal Dutch Shell and its
implications for a northern BC First Nation.

View Nigeria North video online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2RUhJGbjDM

The five-minute documentary by the Victoria-based Dogwood Initiative
focuses on Royal Dutch Shell's poor human rights track record in

South Dakota: Eminent Domain Could Be Used For [Keystone] Oil Pipeline

Eminent Domain Could Be Used For Oil Pipeline
http://www.keloland.com/News/NewsDetail6371.cfm?Id=0,58307
06/27/2007

The 220 mile Transcanada pipeline is going to affect 500 tracts of land in South Dakota. TransCanada officials say if they can't get signed agreements on all those pieces of land, they'll use eminent domain to build the crude oil pipeline. So what do landowners who would be impacted by the pipeline think of that?

South Dakota/ Keystone Pipeline: What Happens If There's A Spill?

06/26/2007
Pipeline: What Happens If There's A Spill?
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Tuesday night's public meetings about the TransCanada pipeline are expected to draw a large crowd, and a main concern is the possibility of fuel spills.

With more than 200 miles of pipeline that would run under the South Dakota prairie, a leak or a spill is a possibility, which could contaminate our water, air, and land.

While Keystone officials say TransCanada has never had a leak on a pipeline constructed after 1980, it will be prepared for such an event.

Keystone Pipeline Bad For Canada, Lawyer Says

Keystone Pipeline Bad For Canada, Lawyer Says
Jun, 21 2007 - 2:30 PM
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CALGARY/AM770CHQR - The lawyer representing Canada's largest energy workers union has told Calgary hearings on a massive pipeline project, it's a bad deal for Canada and Canadians.

The Keystone Pipeline would export half a million barrells per day of raw bitumen from the Alberta oilsands to the U.S.

Ecologist Explains why Gateway Tarsands Pipeline is a Bad Idea

Global warming is remap-ping the world: UN findings focus on meltdown at poles

Global warming is remap-ping the world
UN findings focus on meltdown at poles
By VIVIAN SONG -- Sun Media
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2007/06/05/4235901-sun.html

Global warming is remap-ping the world at a chilling pace, melting glaciers and permafrost and endangering hundreds of millions of lives, warns the latest UN report released yesterday on the eve of World Environment Day.

The report's findings coincide with this year's theme highlighting the world's poles as the first telltale signs of climate change: Melting Ice: Hot Topic?