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TAR SANDS RESISTANCE TOUR!
RAN organizers Joshua Kahn Russell and Kimia Ghomeshi are on a tour of Canada and the US with the bands Propagandhi and Strike Anywhere and the organization Substance to educate, organize, and mobilize people to stop a disastrous oil project called the Tar Sands.
Here is the 9th episode of our adventures - Clayton Thomas Muller from Indigenous Environmental Network tells us what's up with the most destructive project on the planet.
Every night we'll be speaking with the bands on stage, working with teams of volunteers and the organization Substance to get hundreds of people to sign up to join our campaign, take actions locally, recruit for different local organizations, screen slideshows and films, distribute literature and information, and even sing songs.
www.ran.org/tarsands
www.ienearth.com/cits
http://www.livewithsubstance.org/
www.propagandhi.com
www.strikeanywhere.orgTAR SANDS RESISTANCE TOUR!
RAN organizers Joshua Kahn Russell and Kimia Ghomeshi... more
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TAR SANDS RESISTANCE TOUR!
RAN organizers Joshua Kahn Russell and Kimia Ghomeshi are on a tour of Canada and the US with the bands Propagandhi and Strike Anywhere and the organization Substance to educate, organize, and mobilize people to stop a disastrous oil project called the Tar Sands.
Here is the 7th episode of our adventures - interviewing Ben Powless from Indigenous Environmental Networki about the impacts of Tar Sands mining.
Every night we'll be speaking with the bands on stage, working with teams of volunteers and the organization Substance to get hundreds of people to sign up to join our campaign, take actions locally, recruit for different local organizations, screen slideshows and films, distribute literature and information, and even sing songs.
www.ran.org/tarsands
www.ienearth.com/cits
http://www.livewithsubstance.org/
www.propagandhi.com
www.strikeanywhere.orgTAR SANDS RESISTANCE TOUR!
RAN organizers Joshua Kahn Russell and Kimia Ghomeshi... more
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Why haven't we heard about THIS in conjunction with the bogus emissions targets in this climate bill? Renewable energy? Is THIS renewable energy? My one question about building a TEN MILLION dollar pipeline to take TAR SANDS crude from Alberta to Wisconsin is: WHY?
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July 2,
The Alberta Clipper pipeline would transport crude oil from the oil sands of Alberta Canada to Superior Wisconsin.
Getting oil from the sands is a difficult process that involves shooting steam into the ground and allowing the oil to bubble to the surface.
Several environmental groups and Native American tribe members have voiced opposition to the practice. In Duluth on Tuesday they voiced their displeasure and outlined their plans to battle the pipeline.
Dennis Banks said, "We must say no, we have to say no to that kind of activity to that kind of action, wrongful action, bad action!"
Currently the coalition is lobbying U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to dismiss a permit that would allow the pipeline to cross the Canadian border.
Mary Marrow with the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy not only opposes the pipeline but also questions the need for the project to be built in the first place.
"The environmental impacts and our concerns over climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions are in direct conflict with this so no I don't believe there's demand and I think the Federal Energy Administration recent forecasts support that."
The pipeline would run through the Leech Lake and the Fond Du Lac Reservations.
Both Tribal governments have signed off on the plan, drawing the ire of some tribe members.
Elizabeth Sherman said "I'm so disheartened by the Leech Lake Tribal Council signing the ten-million dollar agreement, at what expense there is no measurement of our land our resources, our water."Why haven't we heard about THIS in conjunction with the bogus emissions targets... more
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TAR SANDS RESISTANCE TOUR!
RAN organizers Joshua Kahn Russell and Kimia Ghomeshi are on a tour of Canada and the US with the bands Propagandhi and Strike Anywhere and the organization Substance to educate, organize, and mobilize people to stop a disastrous oil project called the Tar Sands.
Here is the 6th episode of our adventures - interviewing Propagandhi about the impacts of Tar Sands mining, and their experience of the tour so far.
Every night we'll be speaking with the bands on stage, working with teams of volunteers and the organization Substance to get hundreds of people to sign up to join our campaign, take actions locally, recruit for different local organizations, screen slideshows and films, distribute literature and information, and even sing songs.
www.ran.org/tarsands
www.ienearth.com/cits
http://www.livewithsubstance.org/
www.propagandhi.com
www.strikeanywhere.orgTAR SANDS RESISTANCE TOUR!
RAN organizers Joshua Kahn Russell and Kimia Ghomeshi... more
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This is a story about the environmental impact of the Alberta oil sands, located in northern, Alberta, Canada. This sparsely-populated region of the country contains the second largest reserves of oil in the world, only surpassed by that of Saudi Arabia. As a result, many of the world's largest multinationals are now setting up shop in Alberta, hoping to exploit this resource. However, in order to extract the oil from the tar sands, it requires clear-cutting forests, strip-mining the land and burning one barrel of natural gas for every barrel of oil that is extracted. Also great quantities of water are used, much of which is permanently polluted and lies in vast tailings ponds. As a result of this damage, local Native Indian bands and the Alberta environmental movement are up in arms. Our story examines this issue.This is a story about the environmental impact of the Alberta oil sands, located in... more
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RAN organizers Joshua Kahn Russell and Kimia Ghomeshi are on a tour of Canada and the US with the bands Propagandhi and Strike Anywhere and the organization Substance to educate, organize, and mobilize people to stop a disastrous oil project called the Tar Sands.
Here is the 5th episode of our adventures - dancing and french organizing in Montreal!
Every night we'll be speaking with the bands on stage, working with teams of volunteers and the organization Substance to get hundreds of people to sign up to join our campaign, take actions locally, recruit for different local organizations, screen slideshows and films, distribute literature and information, and even sing songs.
www.ran.org/tarsands
www.ienearth.com/cits
http://www.livewithsubstance.org/
www.propagandhi.com www.strikeanywhere.orgRAN organizers Joshua Kahn Russell and Kimia Ghomeshi are on a tour of Canada and the... more
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Hi! I'm on a tour of Canada and the US with the bands Propagandhi and Strike Anywhere to educate, organize, and mobilize people to stop a disastrous oil project called the Tar Sands. Every night I'll be speaking with the bands on stage, working with teams of volunteers and the organization Substance to get hundreds of people to sign up to join our campaign, take actions locally, recruit for different local organizations, screen slideshows and films, distribute literature and information, and even sing songs.
In this fourth episode, you get to see me rant on stage a bit and learn about how we talk about the Tar Sands.
www.ran.org/tarsands
www.ienearth.com/cits
http://www.livewithsubstance.org/
www.propagandhi.com
www.strikeanywhere.orgHi! I'm on a tour of Canada and the US with the bands Propagandhi and Strike... more
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RAN organizer Joshua Kahn Russell is on a tour of Canada and the US with the bands Propagandhi and Strike Anywhere to educate, organize, and mobilize people to stop a disastrous oil project called the Tar Sands. Every night I'll be speaking with the bands on stage, working with teams of volunteers and the organization Substance to get hundreds of people to sign up to join our campaign, take actions locally, recruit for different local organizations, screen slideshows and films, distribute literature and information, and even sing songs.
Here is the third episode of our adventures.
www.ran.org/tarsands
www.ienearth.com/cits
http://www.livewithsubstance.org/
www.propagandhi.com
www.strikeanywhere.orgRAN organizer Joshua Kahn Russell is on a tour of Canada and the US with the bands... more
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I'm going on a tour of Canada and the US with the bands Propagandhi and Strike Anywhere to educate, organize, and mobilize people to stop a disastrous oil project called the Tar Sands. Every night I'll be speaking with the bands on stage, working with teams of volunteers and the organization Substance to get hundreds of people to sign up to join our campaign, take actions locally, recruit for different local organizations, screen slideshows and films, distribute literature and information, and even sing songs. Here is the first of our adventures.
www.ran.org/tarsands
www.ienearth.com/cits
http://www.livewithsubstance.org/
www.propagandhi.com
www.strikeanywhere.orgI'm going on a tour of Canada and the US with the bands Propagandhi and Strike... more
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I'm going on a tour of Canada and the US with the bands Propagandhi and Strike Anywhere to educate, organize, and mobilize people to stop a disastrous oil project called the Tar Sands. Every night I'll be speaking with the bands on stage, working with teams of volunteers and the organization Substance to get hundreds of people to sign up to join our campaign, take actions locally, recruit for different local organizations, screen slideshows and films, distribute literature and information, and even sing songs. Here is the first of our adventures.
www.ran.org/tarsands
www.ienearth.com/cits
http://www.livewithsubstance.org/
www.propagandhi.com
www.strikeanywhere.orgI'm going on a tour of Canada and the US with the bands Propagandhi and Strike... more
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How disappointing to know that Steven Chu actually thinks tar sands is a viable energy source. How can this administration give permits to blow up mountains, prospect for uranium in the Grand Canyon, and now bow to corporate pressure regarding tar sands and still think of themselves as caring for the environment? And again, how can this climate bill in Congress ever look credible in regards to decreasing emissions if tar sands are going to be allowed to go ahead? And it isn't even all about the emissions as much as it is the total environmental devastation of the Boreal Forest and its ecosystems. Al Gore made a speech previously wherein he totally decried the Alberta tar sands and likened it to a drug addict looking for a place in his toe to make an injection. I hope to hear his voice now on this because it is simply wrong for any administration regardless of party to condone this blatant destruction of our environment simply for political expedience.How disappointing to know that Steven Chu actually thinks tar sands is a viable energy... more
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STOP THE INSANITY!
"Imperial Oil, the Canadian subsidiary of US oil giant ExxonMobil, said Monday it is going ahead with a 7.1-billion-US-dollar first phase of its Alberta oil sands mining project.
The company's Kearl oil sands project -- a surface mining operation northeast of Fort McMurray, Alberta -- is to be developed in three phases and could ultimately produce more than 300,000 barrels of bitumen per day.
The first phase of the project would produce an average of 110,000 barrels per day starting in late 2012, Imperial Oil said in a statement.
It was initially due to come online in 2010 or 2011, but the company delayed its launch, citing a sudden drop in crude oil prices.
Canadian authorities had also revoked and then reinstated permits to Imperial Oil to develop the project, criticized by environmentalists a massive potential source of greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming.
The Kearl mine is estimated to hold 4.6 billion barrels of bitumen."
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end of excerpt, and the boreal forest.
So much for emissions caps. They are already in the red.STOP THE INSANITY!
"Imperial Oil, the Canadian subsidiary of US oil giant... more
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Today, Ecojustice and the Pembina Institute will present evidence that oil sands development threatens Alberta's freshwater at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development Hearings, also known as the Oil and Water Hearings. The groups will show that the federal government's mismanagement of oil sands development has failed to protect the environment.
"The federal government has been missing in action in terms of regulating the oil sands industry, and its absence has come at the expense of the environment and the long-term interests of Canadians," says Simon Dyer, Oil Sands Program Director at the Pembina Institute. "Their failure to act has created severe risks, ranging from contamination by leaking tailings lakes to the collapse of fisheries. Ironically, this unchecked development even threatens the future of the oil sands mining industry itself."
The evidence presented by Ecojustice (formerly Sierra Legal Defence Fund) and the Pembina Institute will demonstrate a pattern of neglect related to oil sands development and its impacts on water.
The government failures include
failing to protect the water flows of the Athabasca River
failing to address the issue of leaking toxic tailings lakes, which have already grown to cover
an area greater than the City of Vancouver
failing to provide adequate oversight and involvement in environmental monitoring and management for oil sands development
The Pembina Institute and Ecojustice call on the federal government to take immediate measures to protect Alberta from water contamination, scarcity and the loss of wetlands. According to Ecojustice counsel Karin Buss, "It is not appropriate for the Government of Canada to rely on Alberta officials to protect such a precious resource as water, especially when the province has shown little interest in proactively managing the impacts of oil sands development to date."Today, Ecojustice and the Pembina Institute will present evidence that oil sands... more
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A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.
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1. Hamthrax
2. NAFTA Flu
3. Super Pork Pandemic
4. Flatulent Toxic Ass Amonia
5. COKECANUCK
6. T.R.E.A.S.O.N.
7. Gabriel Teodros
8. Political Boxes
9. What is Anarchy?
these articles and more at the link aboveA.C.R.O.N.Y.M.
*profanity warning*
1. Hamthrax
2. NAFTA Flu
3. Super Pork... more
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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.
*more at link*Water is needed in huge amounts in tarsands production and in all other construction... more
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P.H.A.T.W.A.
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1. Montezuma’s Revenge in Reverse
2. California Droughting
3. Coke Crude
4. New School student beat down
5. London PoPo G20 murder
6. RNC 8 are not terrorists
7. Univ. of Colorado gets pwend
8. Obama’s war chest
9. P.H.A.T.W.A.
10. Skidmark Bob of Free Radio Santa Cruz
these articles and more at the link aboveP.H.A.T.W.A.
*profanity warning*
1. Montezuma’s Revenge in Reverse
2.... more
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Of course Shell would not carry out its agreement regarding ghg emission reductions, because that would cost them money and the tar sands are not about environmental progress but profit. What they and their stakeholders which not surprisingly include Chevron have done to the Boreal Forest of Alberta is an environmental crime.Of course Shell would not carry out its agreement regarding ghg emission reductions,... more
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For the past few months we have been hearing more and more about Canada’s tar sand in the media. While the world goes green, Canada has elected to go black into the tar.
But this is not good news. Like many people, I know little about the consequences of this tar sands exploitation. I would really like to know the bottom-line of this story.
This is why I was happy to learn this morning that on March 16 – 20, 2009 Andrew Nikiforuk’s book Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent (Co-published with the David Suzuki Foundation) will be offered for FREE via downloadable PDF .
Read the article to know how to get your FREE book.For the past few months we have been hearing more and more about Canada’s tar... more
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I cannot believe President Obama would not condemn the Alberta tar sands and continues to talk about carbon sequestration. Perhaps he should go visit there instead of Parliament.I cannot believe President Obama would not condemn the Alberta tar sands and continues... more
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During President Obama’s visit to Ottawa on February 19, Sierra Club Canada is presenting the Tar Sands Film Festival with films about the tar sands and the Mackenzie Gas Project.
Canada is trying to sell dirty tar sands oil as a solution to U.S. energy needs -- our message is "Don't Buy It!"During President Obama’s visit to Ottawa on February 19, Sierra Club Canada is... more
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