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Canada losing anti-oil war
Earlier this month, Suncor sent 700,000 barrels of oilsands oil by rail to Montreal, where it was loaded onto a tanker bound for Italy. And this month Canada set a new record for oil exports to the...
View ArticleOPECHatesGays Asks: Why Does Obama Support Homophobic Oil Suppliers?
Telling us that his thinking had “evolved” on the issue, President Obama finally admitted last year what most of us — left and right — knew all along. He was in favor of “gay marriage.” The very idea...
View ArticleU.S. must give oil sands pipeline plan fresh review, green groups say
Nov 12 (Reuters) — The U.S. State Department must halt plans to expand an oil sands pipeline route from Canada to Wisconsin until possible environmental harm has been closely studied, several green...
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EU vote puts Canadian tar sands label back on the agenda
(Reuters) – Europe moved a step back towards a plan to stigmatize Canada’s tar sands as highly polluting on Wednesday, despite years of Ottawa’s lobbying the EU bloc as part of its export drive....
View ArticleIn Canada’s oil sands, a boomtown starts feeling the chill
The city of Fort McMurray, Alberta, is seen in an aerial view in this file photo taken September 17, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/TODD KOROL/FILES (Reuters) – The boomtown in the heart of Canada’s oil sands...
View ArticlePremier Notley’s Throne Speech Is Rather Predictable
But whatever will she do when no one invests in Albertan oil fields? In its first throne speech, Alberta’s NDP government announced legislation that hikes corporate taxes by two per cent, kills the...
View ArticleOil Opponents Cheer Industry Stall
Not enough people freeze during winter: Opponents of Canada’s oil industry are celebrating this week over news they see as vindication of a pipeline-fighting strategy that began in the United States...
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Jane Fonda is “a prop” who “knows nothing about the oil sands”
On last night’s show, Robbie Picard of Oilsands Strong told me about his confrontation with actress and activist Jane Fonda, who flew in to Alberta to criticize the oil sands on behalf of Greenpeace....
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