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Dusty Roads and Drying Deltas: Water Restrictions Spell Danger for the PAD

Posted by: Michael Tyas August 20, 2015 Comments Off on Dusty Roads and Drying Deltas: Water Restrictions Spell Danger for the PAD
Dusty Roads and Drying Deltas: Water Restrictions Spell Danger for the PAD
The Alberta Energy Regulator is so concerned about the low water levels on the Athabasca River, it has blocked temporary diversion permits across the region. This means that bridges aren't being cleaned, dust isn't being sprayed down, and drilling operations will need to secure another source of water instead of pumping it out of the river.
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Accidents Happen

Posted by: Chris Klassen August 13, 2015 Comments Off on Accidents Happen
Two recent accidents in the resource extraction industry show conclusively that no matter what preventative measures are in place, two things are guarantees: First, accidents happen. Second, it is the ecosystems and communities downstream that suffer.
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Canada’s Premiers to release national energy strategy

Posted by: Chris Klassen July 17, 2015 Comments Off on Canada’s Premiers to release national energy strategy
Canada’s Premiers to release national energy strategy
View image | gettyimages.com Today, Canada’s provincial Premiers released the collaborative Canadian Energy Strategy to guide nation-wide energy industry development, which includes pipeline projects. In light of recent events, like one of the largest oil spills in Canada’s history that...
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Canada’s Largest Oil Spill on First Nation’s Doorstep

Posted by: Michael Tyas July 17, 2015 Comments Off on Canada’s Largest Oil Spill on First Nation’s Doorstep
Canada’s Largest Oil Spill on First Nation’s Doorstep
Canada’s largest oil spill happened right next to Fort Mcmurray #468 First Nation. According to a hastily prepared official press release, Fort McMurray First Nation”is extremely concerned about the magnitude of the pipeline spill at the CNOOC Nexen Long Lake Facility that...
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Frontier Oils Sands delayed by 5 years

Posted by: Chris Klassen July 10, 2015 Comments Off on Frontier Oils Sands delayed by 5 years
A new Oil Sands development north of Fort McMurray - just upstream from Fort Chipewyan - has been delayed by 5 years, Teck Resources announced yesterday. The reasons given have to do with oil prices and changing markets, but the...
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Alberta Auditor General Says Oilsands Piggybank Too Tiny

Posted by: Michael Tyas July 6, 2015 Comments Off on Alberta Auditor General Says Oilsands Piggybank Too Tiny
Alberta Auditor General Says Oilsands Piggybank Too Tiny
Today the Auditor General of Manitoba, Merwan Saher, blasted the provincial government for not requiring oilsands companies to cough up enough cash in advance in order to clean up and remediate affected landscapes once the last batch of crude has been shipped out.
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UNESCO Moves to Investigate Threats to Wood Buffalo National Park

Posted by: Michael Tyas July 2, 2015 Comments Off on UNESCO Moves to Investigate Threats to Wood Buffalo National Park
UNESCO Moves to Investigate Threats to Wood Buffalo National Park
UNESCO has responded positively to Mikisew Cree First Nation's petition to list Canada's emerald jewel, Wood Buffalo National Park, as in danger. In Germany on Wednesday, UNESCO agreed to launch a Reactive Monitoring Mission in order to ascertain whether "effective and active measures are taken for its protection, conservation and presentation." Mikisew claims that the park is threatened on all sides: Uranium abandonment in the east, oil sands development in the south, hydro dam construction in the west, and a gutting of environmental legislation by the federal government in the past decade.
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ACFN Stands Behind Oil Sands Moratorium

Posted by: Chris Klassen June 25, 2015 Comments Off on ACFN Stands Behind Oil Sands Moratorium
Earlier this month, a group of Canadian and U.S. scientists published a letter calling for significant and mandatory changes to the Oil Sands Industry as it operates today. There are names of 100 authors and signatories on the document, and...
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