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Canada versus the environmentalists
hannah Posted On January 11, 2012


The Canadian government’s public-relations strategy, when it comes to the oilsands, is ham-handed. The message track goes like this: Canada and its oil are not enemies to the environment, but they are enemies to environmentalism. That position might be logically […]


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Full Access to Information request: A201002237_2011-12-01_07-04-28
Christian Holz Posted On December 1, 2011


Full 127 pages Access to Information Request: Please provide key documents pertaining to “Oil Sands Advocacy Strategy,” also referred to as the “Oil Sands Outreach and Communications Strategy” and the “Oil Sands Engagement Strategy” for the period January 2008 to […]


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On the Trail of Ethical Oil Secrets
Christian Holz Posted On November 29, 2011


Environmental Consultant, Matt Price, offers his thoughts on the Ethical Oil Campaign. Read more…


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Canada’s ‘ethical oil’ push gets tarred in British paper
Christian Holz Posted On November 28, 2011


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 the top-of-page headline in Monday’s Guardian. In the story  picked up […]


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Who’s holding us back? How carbon-intensive industry is preventing effective climate change legislation
hannah Posted On November 24, 2011


Greenpeace released a report singling out the Canadian government’s collusion with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers and tar sands companies like Shell and their intentions of derailing clean energy legislation in the US and Europe, and ultimately discouraging international […]


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Canada Should Fight a Pollution Battle Instead of a PR Battle
hannah Posted On November 24, 2011


In the lead up to the next round of UN climate talks, instead of taking responsibility for their own pollution problem, the Canadian Government is focusing on a full scale public relations and diplomatic campaign to ensure no door is […]


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European Politician warns Canada be left behind on Kyoto
hannah Posted On November 24, 2011


OTTAWA — A visiting member of Europe’s Parliament says he is puzzled by Canadian government policies and fears the world may be forced to leave Canada behind as it moves forward in addressing climate change.   “It’s a very strange […]


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Keystone pipeline proponents lobbied feds 56 times since May
hannah Posted On November 18, 2011


By Mike De Souza OTTAWA — The proponents of a controversial pipeline project linking Alberta’s oil industry to refineries on the Gulf Coast of Texas attempted to lobby federal politicians and bureaucrats in Canada 56 times since May’s general election, […]


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‘Ethical’ oil strategy failed on Keystone, say observers
hannah Posted On November 12, 2011


OTTAWA — The stunning Obama administration decision to put the brakes on a major pipeline expansion project linking Canadian oil to Texas refineries suggests the federal government needs to revisit its multimillion-dollar lobbying and marketing strategy to promote Canada as […]


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Keystone pipeline decision faces special U.S. review
hannah Posted On November 7, 2011


The U.S. State Department’s inspector general has agreed to conduct a review of the department’s handling of an environmental assessment of TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Environmental groups and congressional Democrats had requested the review in the wake of allegations […]


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