Archive for June, 2011
*Tar Sands Undead Walk London Ontario Canada, June 18th 2011* The main reason is that extracting the oil from the sand is so energy intensive, from the large machines to the natural gas used to melt the bitumen out of the sand. It is estimated that by 2012 the Tar Sands will use as much gas as is needed to heat all the homes in Canada … Using huge amounts of relatively clean burning natural gas in order to produce dirty and carbon heavy oil is what commentators have dubbed “reverse alchemy” — the equivalent of turning gold into lead
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Created on June 19, 2011 source: weather network
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Edmonton Alberta is the belly of the industry beast – In solidarity with countries globally protesting against the Tar Sands, Allies, Friends and Communities gather to show that there is an alternative, and to voice out in resistance to blatant industrial ignorance. Together we stand in solidarity — Together we can be the difference.
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Toronto Day of Action – International Stop the Tar Sands Day Saturday, June 18, 2011 Trinity-Bellwoods Park On June 18th, people throughout the world took action against one of the most destructive and largest industrial projects on the earth — the Alberta Tar Sands. The International Day of Action Against the Tar Sands is a worldwide movement, Stop the Tar Sands events are being held all over Canada, the United States, Europe and countries as far away as New Zealand! Supporters came out for – games – music – banner making – information – networking – food and drinks – tar sands workshops at 1 pm and 3 pm This event is a follow up to May 23rd’s event ‘Oil Spill in Lubicon Territory: When Pipelines Fail’, where people came to get first hand accounts about the largest and most recent oil spill in Alberta as a result of the Tar Sands.Messages of support were collected to send to the people of Little Buffalo as they continue to suffer the impacts of the oil spill and forest fires
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Melina Laboucan-Massimo, a member of the Lubicon Cree First Nation and a Climate and Energy Campaigner with Greenpeace, describes the impact of oil and gas developments and the recent oil spill in the traditional territory of the Lubicon Cree in northern Alberta.
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GREG DOWNS Today staff The IIHF announced the Junior Club World Cup schedule this week, showing the Fort McMurray Oil Barons when they’ll be going up against some of the toughest competition they’ve ever faced.
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Police in Fort McMurray are waiting to hear from a medical examiner this week after a teenaged boy was found dead, floating in a pond late Thursday morning.
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Suncor Energy Inc.’s new Tailing Reduction Operations use new technology and management processes that are expected to reduce tailings reclamation time by up to two decades, as compared to current methods. The reduced reclamation time is attributed mainly to a new polymer flocculent that can separate fine clay particles from water in the mature fine tailings (MFT) faster than previous technology. Once separated, water can be recycled back into Suncor’s operations, and the leftover dry matter can be reclaimed in place or moved to another location for final reclamation
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The hazing took place Saturday night at a house party in Redcliff, attended by throngs of students from a nearby Medicine Hat high school.
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Canada Post says it was forced to shut down operations, locking out striking postal workers nationwide.
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Edmonton-area letter carriers marched down Whyte Avenue Tuesday morning after being forced out of their postal depots under threat of severe discipline from Canada Post.
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