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Alberta government quietly funded researchers behind ‘independent’ report boosting Keystone XL

rbarnes Posted On février 5, 2014

By Lee Fang Before the State Department released its controversial Environmental Impact Study last week, a consulting firm called IHS CERA primed the news media by releasing its own study last year claiming that the Keystone XL wouldn’t make a […]

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Alberta oilsands environmental health risks probably underestimated: study

rbarnes Posted On février 4, 2014

By John Cotter EDMONTON – A new study suggests the environmental health risks of oilsands operations in Alberta’s Athabasca region have probably been underestimated. Researchers say emissions of potentially hazardous air pollution that were used in environmental reviews done before […]

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Oil field fumes so painful, Alberta families forced to move

rbarnes Posted On janvier 28, 2014

By Mychaylo Prystupa Northwest Alberta grain farmer Alain Labrecque recalls the first winter in 2011 when the fumes from oil tanks near his home in the Peace River area seemed to trigger terrible health effects for himself, his wife and […]

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Transport of Alberta oilsands products risky, U.S. study warns

rbarnes Posted On janvier 27, 2014

U.S. scientists are warning that there are environmental risks, regulatory holes and serious unknowns regarding the shipment of Alberta oilsands products by pipeline, rail and tanker. The findings are in a 153-page report from last September by the emergency response […]

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Canada support for Keystone pipeline declining, poll says

rbarnes Posted On janvier 16, 2014

By Theophilos Argitis TransCanada Corp. (TRP)’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline is losing popular support in Canada, a development that could embolden opponents of the project, according to a poll released today by Nanos Research Group. Canadian support for the $5.4 […]

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Alberta Oilsands Legal Challenges By First Nations To Dominate 2014

rbarnes Posted On janvier 6, 2014

By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press EDMONTON – Simmering disputes over the oilsands between Alberta aboriginals and the provincial and federal governments will break into the open in 2014 as virtually every one of the many recent changes in oversight […]