Canada’s ‘ethical oil’ push gets tarred in British paper

Canada made the front pages in Britain today, but not in a way that will do much for the national image.

“UK secretly helping Canada push its ‘dirty’ fuel,” reads …

Europe’s fuel directive none of Ottawa’s business: EU

OTTAWA – “It is valid to want to protect jobs in Canada and choose the way you want to grow, but nobody should try to stop another sovereign state from …

Joe Oliver accuse le NPD de trahison

Ottawa — Le gouvernement conservateur a accusé une fois de plus le Nouveau Parti démocratique de trahison dans le dossier des sables bitumineux. Cette fois, il reproche à l’opposition officielle …

European MP defends EU oil sands policy

OTTAWA- A member of the European Parliament says he’s surprised the Canadian government is lobbying on behalf of oil companies in Europe.

Kriton Arsenis, a Greek member of the Social Democratic …

Oil sands highlighted at EU meeting

This outlines a meeting with several members of European Parliament addressing a number of issues ranging from SWIFT and the Lisbon Treaty to the Arctic and Canada’s Oil Sands.

Relevant …

Alberta hides dirty truth as US demands tar sands facts

In recent weeks a number of well-informed U.S. Congressmen along with the Environmental Protection Agency have been asking some uncomfortable questions about a large metallic snake connected to the tar …

U.S. ambassador to Canada: reduce oilsands’ environmental impact

Alberta will continue to feed America’s energy needs but must work to clean up resource extraction operations, David Jacobson, the U.S. Ambassador to Canada, said Tuesday.

As more criticism of …

Feds considered hiring PR firm to polish image of oilsands

Postmedia News, May 30, 2011

“OTTAWA — The federal government has explored hiring a professional public relations firm and organizing trips for international leaders to promote Canada’s oilsands industry, while …

Canada’s crude politics on oil sands

“A certain powerful North American country has been brazenly meddling in Europe’s affairs, bullying and twisting arms to advance a corporate agenda on the most pressing environmental issue of our …

Feds considered hiring PR firm to polish image of oilsands

The federal government has explored hiring a professional public relations firm and organizing trips for international leaders to promote Canada’s oilsands industry, while fighting back against foreign climate change policies …

The economic crisis and its impact on investment in Canada’s energy sector

This document outlined several impacts of the economic downturn on Canada’s Energy Sector.  One impact included decreased investment in Canada’s petroleum industry, delaying $100 billion in products, mostly from tar …

Letter to Ms. Urbancic regarding the tar sands

This letter sent by Catherine Day to Ms Urbancic, EU Policy Officer, Low Carbon Fuels, Transport and Environment, clearly demonstrates the implications of setting specific values of emission intensities for …

Oil sands lobbying without end, vows American petroleum institute

“Schild does public relations for the American Petroleum Institute (API), considered the top oil and gas lobby group on Capitol Hill. Part of its job is to lead lobbying campaigns …

Killer of US clean energy laws now running for Alberta premier

“Gary Mar loves to cook. It’s his way of relaxing after a hard day’s work — lobbying against U.S. clean energy laws, say, or making “aggressive” oil sands pitches to …

Exclusive: Canada warns EU of trade conflict over oil sands

“The Canadian government has stepped up lobbying in Europe for its highly-polluting tar sands industry, repeating its threats of trade conflict, a leaked letter shows. The letter dated March 18 …

Climate group says Washington’s oil sands war is ‘David vs. Goliath’

This news media release by ‘The Tyee’ details a lobbying war currently going on between climate groups and the oil industry as well as oil industry support from Canadian federal …

Ottawa fights EU’s dirty fuel label on oil sands

“The European Union is preparing to slap a dirty fuel label on Canada’s oil sands, a move that would increase political pressure on Europe’s major oil companies to curb their …

Scandal rocks key player in Canada’s oil sands PR push

“A former advisor to Prime Minister Stephen Harper — now at the centre of a major political scandal — worked closely with Canada’s biggest energy companies over past years to …

Oil sands emissions rules stalled, despite vows to EU

“Canada’s ambassador to the European Union privately promised EU politicians a year ago that the government would bring in regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the oil sands, newly …

Oilpatch distances itself from former Harper aide

“Canada’s oil and gas industry is distancing itself from Bruce Carson, the former top adviser to Prime Minister Stephen Harper who was one of its strongest allies until this week, …

In America’s capital, a fierce fight over oil sands

“In the hallways and offices of America’s capital city, a war is being quietly waged out of view of most Canadians and Americans. The outcome will decide North America’s energy …

Evaluation of four reports on contamination of the Athabasca river system by oil sands operations

An evaluation of four main reports by the Water Monitoring Data Review Committee for the Albertan Government.  The evaluation details the contamination of the Athabasca River system with metal and …

Proposal for evaluating upstream GHG emissions of tar sands

This document is the Proposal for Evaluating Upstream GHG emissions of Tar Sands as Feedstock for a notional European Refinery as defined for the JEC Well-to-Wheel Study.  It conveys two …

Report: Canadian tar sands emissions in relation to EU regulations

This report released by Stanford University details the relationship between crude oil derived from the Canadian tar-sands in comparison to crude oil refinery feedstock in the EU.  As well the …

I was disappointed with the Canadians

On Feb. 10 this year, two Canadian government officials appeared before a public hearing in Wisconsin to deliver a solemn warning.

The state was then considering adoption of broad climate …