Tar Sands Database

This database is a collection of hundreds of documents gathered through various channels including Access to Information legislation, in depth research, media articles, speeches, official government letters,  and presentations related to our research for the Tar Sands Long Shadow: Canadian Government efforts to kill clean energy policy abroad. This database will continue to grow as more research is compiled.

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Oil lobbyists approved Harper’s climate policy as ‘elegant’ approach

The federal government asked the oil and gas industry last fall to review its foreign climate change policies, which were then approved by lobbyists as “an elegant” approach, reveals newly-released …

Environment: Act now or face costly consequences, warns OECD

As countries struggle with the immediate challenges of stretched public finances and high unemployment, they must not neglect the longer term. Action needs to be taken now to prevent irreversible …

Sale diplomatie pétrolière: La campagne mondiale de promotion des sables bitumineux du gouvernement du Canada

À quoi vous fait penser le Canada? À de vastes espaces sauvages protégés? À la diversité culturelle et à la tolérance? À la réputation du Canada comme agent international pour …

MP3 recording of Dirty Diplomacy Press conference

Tune in to hear great interventions from:

Reverend Canon Sally G. Bingham, Congressman Toby Moffett, Member of European Parliament Kriton Arsenis, and Climate Action Network Canada campaign director Hannah McKinnon …

Sommaire – Sale diplomatie pétrolière : La campagne mondiale de promotion des sables bitumineux du gouvernement du Canada

This is the French Version of the Executive Summary of the new report, Dirty Oil Diplomacy – The Canadian Government’s Global Push to Sell the Tar Sands, which outlines …

Executive Summary – Dirty Oil Diplomacy: The Canadian Government’s Global Push to Sell the Tar Sands

This is the Executive Summary of the new report, Dirty Oil Diplomacy – The Canadian Government’s Global Push to Sell the Tar Sands, which outlines the changing domestic and …

Canadian Government’s Aggressive Promotion of Tar Sands Draws International Attention

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Canadian Government’s Aggressive Promotion of Tar Sands Draws International Attention: Vigils at Canadian Missions in America and Europe

New Report Outlines Activities of Canadian Government to

Dirty Oil Diplomacy: The Canadian Government’s Global Push to Sell the Tar Sands

Source: Climate Action Network Canada / Draw The Line

The new report, Dirty Oil Diplomacy – The Canadian Government’s Global Push to Sell the Tar Sands, outlines the changing domestic and international policies of the Canadian government as …

Nature Magazine: Canadian scientists, silenced by government

Media interactions with government scientists have undergone a reversal across North America during the past six years. In the United States, President Barack Obama’s administration has directed federal science agencies …