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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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Tar Sands Database
Canada fights ‘dirty’
Christian Holz Posted On June 6, 2011


Environmentalists around the world are fighting Canada’s attempts to export oil from Alberta’s oil sands. Now, Canada is fighting back. Read more….


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Press release  / Tar Sands Database
Canada on secret oil offensive: Documents
Christian Holz Posted On May 25, 2011


The Canadian government has been carrying out a secret plan in Europe to boost investment and keep world markets open for the Alberta tar sands, collaborating with major oil companies and aggressively undermining European environmental measures, documents obtained by The […]


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News Media  / Press release  / Tar Sands Database
Alberta’s oil wealth and the big question for Harper
Christian Holz Posted On April 13, 2011


Prime Minister Stephen Harper has often referred to Canada as an emerging “energy superpower” due largely to the development of the Alberta oil sands. But what has been the long-term legacy of fossil fuel development in Alberta — the epicenter of the […]


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Press release
Evans to discuss Alberta’s competitiveness, energy and economy in Colorado
hannah Posted On June 30, 2010


This is the press release and itinerary for Iris Evans (Alberta’s International and Intergovernmental Minister) trip to address to oil and gas executives at the 22nd Annual Oil and Gas Association event in Denver, Colorado, July 7-9. Read more…


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Fact Sheet / backgrounder  / Letter  / Tar Sands Database
Letter from CAPP to Catherine Doyle – CAPP’s stewardship report
hannah Posted On February 19, 2010


This letter provides Catherine Doyle with an overview of CAPP’s 2009 Stewardship Report which outlines CAPP’s attempts to mitigate environmental impacts while continuing to globally supply oil and natural gas.  Overall the report covers 5 main areas: air, land, water, […]


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Question period / Parliament
Repealing ban on use of oil sands, shale oil coal-to-liquids: by Joe Barton
hannah Posted On May 22, 2008


This article is about section 526 in which it explores the major role of Canada’s oil production and its exports to the US. The Government of Canada’s talking points are very similar to those used by the Republicans in the […]


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