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.
“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 New York Times article gives a good introduction into Alberta’s lobbying in the United Sates. Read more….
“CBC News has obtained a government document that says reducing greenhouse gases from Western Canada’s oilsands will be much more difficult than some politicians and the industry suggest.” Read more…..
“Together, skyrocketing construction costs, falling crude prices, increasingly vocal opposition from some native groups, and a little known section of the 2007 U.S. Energy Independence and Security Act all threaten growth projections in northern Alberta.” Read more……..
“The current Canadian government, which draws its political and financial support from petroleum-producing regions in the West, is not seen as independent from oil interests. In July alone, oil sands companies held a total of 36 meetings with Canadian ministers […]
