“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 hostile members of Congress.” Read more….
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 change legislation designed to generate tens of thousands of green […]
This article gives a good introduction to tar sands lobbying occurring in Washington. “Big-league players step up for oil sands.” Claudia Cattaneo, Financial Post. March 11, 2009.
The Alberta government helped block global warming legislation in the state of Maryland, according to Premier Ed Stelmach. Read more…….
The Government of Alberta is targeting U.S. state-level legislators and bringing them on guided tours of the tar sands.
“Gary Mar, Alberta’s envoy in Washington, who joined about 37 other delegates for today’s tour of the Shell Albian Sands operation.” Mel Knight, currently the minister of sustainable resources, is the new named president of PNWER. He says “During my […]
“As U.S. senators debate some of the most sweeping climate change laws in American history, a powerful lobbying effort led by Canadian officials and huge oil firms may be winning big concessions.” Read the full article here
This document displays how the Government of Alberta is interfering with climate legislation at the state level. Gary Mar’s purpose is to make sure any potential low carbon fuel standard legislation does not “discriminate” against tar sands oil. In other […]
This meeting on LCFS held by the New Jersey Bureau of Public Utilities in Newark was attended by Alberta’s man in Washington, Gary Mar. His comments are summarized on page 9. This is a pattern of behaviour for Gary Mar, […]
“US-Alberta Relations.” Government of Alberta. September 2009.
http://www.international.alberta.ca/documents/International/US-AB.pdf
