“Alberta’s energy minister said on Wednesday that the European Union is the organization he referred to when he asserted that some international groups were using the environment as a guise to erect trade barriers.” Read more…..
This email outlines meetings between Ambassador Ross Hornby and several MEP to discuss several key issues pertaining to Canadian-European relations. One item discussed was the Oil sands, and mentioned is the Chair of the Industry and Energy Committee, Herbert Reul […]
ENGO letter to Commissioner Connie Hedegaard re: Implementation of Article 7a of the Fuel Quality Directive. March 22, 2010.
Nothing exemplifies the high-stakes political tensions of the oil sands better these days than the battle over Keystone XL. A major leak from the 3,200-kilometre pipeline proposed by Calgary-based TransCanada could contaminate drinking water for millions of Americans, opponents fear. […]
This leaked document contains no default value for tar sands, apparently because of the pressure and lobbying of the Canadian government. Later iterations of this document had the tar sands value returned.
This document provides a good background on low carbon fuel standards, and compares California’s LCFS with British Columbia’s. “A Comparison of California and British Columbia’s Low Carbon Fuel Standards.” Environmental Defecence and NRDC. March 2010.
This is the process Canada tar sands oil would have to go through. Because tar sands oil would end up being classified as a High Carbon Intensity Fuel, Canada has been lobbying to have it included in the “basket” of […]
Ms. Evans mentions Diana McQueen’s trip and the Ross Hornby letter. She also announces the government’s “intent over the next few months to have a number of targeted missions to go and work with the EU since we know fully […]
This document describes the formation of a new, more comprehensive oil sands communications strategy, which was presented to the CEO of the Oil Sands Task Group. Prior to this there had also been a meeting with Natural Resources Canada in […]
This document presents a summary of a meeting between CAPP officials, DM Catherine Doyle, and several others including Bruce Carson, over the issues of the Oil Sands Outreach program. Referring to the outreach committee, Ms. Doyle says that NRCan and […]
