Tar Sands
Posted in Alberta Tar Sands, Canada, Politics on Feb 18th, 2009
National Geographic says it better than I ever could with such pale words. See the slideshow. Photos by Peter Essick.
Category Archive for 'Alberta Tar Sands'
A Shadow Grows in the West: Alberta IS Mordor
Posted in Alberta Tar Sands, Canada, Climate Change Consequences, Politics, Progressive Coalition, USA on Feb 17th, 2009
Nova Scotia is home to the Sydney Tar Ponds, 31 hectares surrounding the old Sysco steel plant that have been poisoned with 700,000 metric tons of toxic waste. Sysco went bankrupt years ago, leaving this mess for government to wipe clean with taxpayer money — more than $400 million if the project comes in on [...]
Obama Personal
Posted in Alberta Tar Sands, Canada, Politics, USA on Feb 12th, 2009
I love it! From the Forest Ethics campaign to slow Tar Sands development The explanation: “Canada is desperately seeking climate leadership,” said Merran Smith, Director of Climate with ForestEthics. “President Obama has already shown that he’s serious about building a clean energy future while the Canadian government is still missing in action.” The ads come [...]
Tar Sands Campaign: Obama2Canada
Posted in Alberta Tar Sands, Canada, Politics, USA on Feb 10th, 2009
From CBC: A coalition of Canadian and U.S. environmental groups has launched a cross-border campaign ahead of Barack Obama’s visit to Canada, urging the U.S. president to stick to his new energy plan amid possible pleas for him to support oil production from the Alberta oilsands. [Editor's Note to CBC: Call them the Tar Sands; [...]
The Red Letter Campaign
Posted in Alberta Tar Sands, Canada, Clean Technology, Climate Change Consequences, Climate Change Science, Energy Efficiency, Old King Coal, Politics, Progressive Coalition, Red Letter Campaign on Feb 3rd, 2009
We need to reach Michael Ignatieff and the Liberal Party of Canada. We think he’s biding his time, and preparing to bring down the Conservatives later this year. That’s all well and good. But even if the Conservatives are defeated in a general election, and the Liberals gain a majority, we still believe that our [...]
Our winter of discontent: Harper and Ignatieff
Posted in Alberta Tar Sands, Canada, Clean Technology, Climate Change Solutions, Energy Efficiency, Politics, Progressive Coalition on Jan 29th, 2009
As a progressive voter, it won’t surprise anyone to learn that I’m disappointed that Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper has once again taken the upper hand in Canadian political discourse, outmaneuvering Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff in the process. Not only did Harper manage to avoid a Vote of Non-Confidence that would have brought down his [...]
The Bishop is a White Knight
Posted in Alberta Tar Sands, Climate Change Consequences on Jan 27th, 2009
Bishop Luc Bouchard, Diocese of St. Paul, says that this planet is a gift from God, and that Alberta Tar Sands might be a sin against humanity, and against creation. He knows of what he speaks, as he ministers to people who live near the World’s Worst Environmental Disaster. Read the CBC story. Here’s what [...]
Obama is amazing!
Posted in Alberta Tar Sands, Climate Change Science, Climate Change Solutions, Old King Coal, Politics, Social Justice, USA on Jan 27th, 2009
A Week of Happy Dances It was just one week ago that Kristina and I were celebrating Barack Obama’s Inauguration as the 44th President of the United States of America with little happy dances around the living room. We’re still doing the same thing today. If you care about the environment and global warming, Obama [...]