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US upholds Tar Sands Ban

Bid to amend U.S. ‘dirty-oil’ bill fails Existing legislation could limit business for Alberta’s oilsands By Dan Healing Canwest News Service Thursday, September 25, 2008 CREDIT: Gre… more →

STOP: Stop Tar Sands Operations Permanently

Oil Spills and Response time 2010-2012 — 1 comment

catherine wallace wrote 12 hours ago: Click on the photos to read about these environmental disasters.  Click here to see a full list. May … more →

Tags: pipeline, Arthur Kill New Jersey, bitumen, Campos Basin Spill Rio de Janeiro Brazil, Enbridge, Kalamazoo River Spill Michigan, niger delta nigeria, Nigeria oil spill, North Sea Spill United Kingdom

Tar sands exploitation would mean game over for climate, warns leading scientist

spartanoftruth wrote 13 hours ago: From The Guardian … Damian Carrington The Guardian, Sunday 19 May 2013  Prof James Hansen rebu … more →

Tags: Alberta, atmosphere, Campaign, Canada, Canadian government, Carbon, Climate, Damian Carrington, European

Reprint: Yesterday in Texas 78 yr. Old Eleanor Fairchild was Arrested. Pipeline ON ELEANORS OWN LAND

bearspawprint wrote 1 day ago: Reblogged from Redwood Forest: Future Earth Eco Tribes “In case you missed it: Yesterday in Texas, 7 … more →

Tags: Crisis, Energy 2, Government, Health 2, History 2, Law 2, Money, news 2, our Earth

Kick the Shell out of Oxford University — 1 comment

catherine wallace wrote 1 day ago: May 9th 2013 saw the launch of a new partnership between Oxford University and Shell, including the … more →

Tags: Oil companies, climate change, Political Issue, Environment, peaceful protest, shell, earth sciences department, Oxford University

happy sunday!

catherine wallace wrote 2 days ago: … more →

Tags: Happy Sunday, pipeline, Political Issue, Harper, Tar Sands, Environment, David Suzuki, climate change, Greenwash

Banned on the Hill!

catherine wallace wrote 3 days ago: First scientists, then librarians.  It only makes sense that our government will silence artists nex … more →

Tags: canada's tar sands, Oil companies, words of protest, Alberta, bitumen, Environment, Franke James, Global Warming, Harper

Oil Sands Reality Check

catherine wallace wrote 4 days ago: I believe that if  all Canadians were aware of  the colossal negative impacts the tar sands have on … more →

Tags: canada's tar sands, Tar Sands, Environment, Alberta, water, bitumen, climate change, athabasca river, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation

in another country, another bank — 1 comment

catherine wallace wrote 5 days ago: RBS Protest Song: “wanna pump the tar sands” (price tag) A ‘girl band’ dress … more →

Tags: canada's tar sands, Tar Sands, Environment, climate change, friends of the earth scotland, royal bank of scotland

Morice-Bulkley Watershed lovers

catherine wallace wrote 6 days ago: This beautiful short film shows the incredible land and waterscape that would be contaminated  forev … more →

Tags: Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, Enbridge, Tar Sands, Environment, northern gateway, bitumen, Morice-Bulkley Watershed

Peace Out

catherine wallace wrote 1 week ago: On the top left hand corner of North America there’s an energy gold rush. Hydro, Fracking, Nuc … more →

Tags: pipeline, canada's tar sands, Tar Sands, Environment, Energy, climate change, fracking, Global Warming, Charles Wilkinson

Another voice for a Clean Coast

catherine wallace wrote 1 week ago: … more →

Tags: pipeline, supertankers, Political Issue, Environment, Vancouver B.C., climate change, Dan-Mangan

Letter of the Week: Oil tankers are safe right up until the moment that they are not — 6 comments

Editorial Pages wrote 1 week ago: One expects silly arguments in election campaigns, but the one that takes the cake this time around … more →

Tags: Opinion, B.C. election, backchat, Bob Bossin, crude oil, election, Enbridge, Letters, oil spill

Natural Tanker Free BC!

catherine wallace wrote 1 week ago: Say “No” to Kinder Morgan’s pipeline expansion to Vancouver and “Yes” … more →

Tags: pipeline, supertankers, Political Issue, Tar Sands, Environment, bitumen, Vancouver B.C., Green Party, Kinder Morgan

European Union Wants to Tax Heavy Crude from Oil Sands

CMR wrote 1 week ago: The European Union is falling apart. It is desperate for money. The bureaucrats in Brussels will tax … more →

Tags: Intervention, Energy, Oil, Taxation, ottawa, Alberta, Trade 2, INTERNATIONAL, oil sands

Remember October 2012?

catherine wallace wrote 1 week ago: On May 14, vote with your heart. … more →

Tags: pipeline, supertankers, Enbridge, Political Issue, Radicals, Tar Sands, Environment, Victoria BC, northern gateway

Do the Math

catherine wallace wrote 1 week ago:     The science is proven and the math is done.  We must stop fossil fuel expansion in all … more →

Tags: climate change, a post carbon world, Political Issue, Tar Sands, Environment, supertankers, Global Warming, Bill McKibben, fossil fuels

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

bearspawprint wrote 2 weeks ago: Reblogged from Stop Making Sense: … more →

Tags: our Earth, Crisis, Energy 2, Money, Health 2, Rights, Government, technology, environment

Divest Vancouver from Fossil Fuels

catherine wallace wrote 2 weeks ago: NOW is the time to start divesting from fossil fuels.  Click on the photo to sign the petition.     … more →

Tags: climate change, a post carbon world, Environment, Vancouver B.C., Divestment, fossil fuels

It's all about sharing!

catherine wallace wrote 2 weeks ago:   In March when the tar sands oil spill happened in Mayflower Arkansas, Exxon actually tried to … more →

Tags: pipeline, canada's tar sands, Tar Sands, bitumen, Keystone XL, oil spill, 350.org, Exxon, Mayflower AK


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