New online petition calls on politicians to stop pipeline that would facilitate growth in Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions

Environmental groups Equiterre, ForestEthics and Environmental Defence have joined forces to keep Alberta’s Tar Sands oil from entering Quebec through a proposed pipeline reversal. Today marks the launch of www.petrolesale.org, an online petition where Quebecers can request the [...]

Supply of Canadian oil sands products will increase by 2 million b/d between 2007 and 2015; half of this growth will be in Canadian heavy crude blends. A recent study shows that the export pipeline infrastructure and US refinery capacity will be able to handle forecast additional supplies of Canadian crude during 2007-15. Planned export [...]

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
KAYA Offices
2019 Dundas Street (Unit #200)
(4 blocks north and 1 block east of Hastings and Victoria)
unsurrendered Coast Salish Territories - Vancouver, BC
Contact: (778) 552-2099

Case History: The South side of Ponca City, OK and The White Eagle Indian Community
• Describe the impacted community (population, neighborhood, general statistics, history, etc):
The South [...]

Voters should press governments to force polluters to reduce emissions
Quebec was one of the first provinces to show leadership on tackling global warming. It is now pursuing more efficient vehicles, has a carbon tax at the fuel wholesale level, and is joining other jurisdictions in a cap-and-trade system to control greenhouse-gas emissions.
(Montreal Gazette - September [...]

(CBC News - July 8, 2008)
Shell Canada has abandoned plans for a multibillion-dollar heavy oil refinery near Sarnia, Ont., that would have processed millions of barrels of crude produced from the company’s oilsands operations in northern Alberta.
The oil giant, wholly owned by Royal Dutch Shell, told its employees Tuesday to stop pre-development and engineering [...]

Richmond council OKs Chevron refinery plan - Carolyn Jones (SF Chronicle - July 18, 2008)

RICHMOND — A sharply divided Richmond City Council approved on Thursday Chevron’s controversial plan for a major upgrade of its century-old refinery and accepted $61 million from the oil company for community programs.
The council voted 5-4 to approve a conditional use [...]

OilWeek - June 4th, 2008
Two thirds of new U.S. refining capacity to handle oilsands crude, group says - (Oilsands-Environment)
CALGARY _ About two thirds of new refining capacity in the United States will process “dirty” crude oil from Alberta, environmental groups said Wednesday, as they sought to raise awareness about the ecological consequences of unrestrained oilsands [...]

A women’s group from Walpole Island First Nation will host a traditional aboriginal ceremony today in support of a panel study into the proposed Shell refinery project.
The ceremony will be held at Seager Park, near Courtright, at noon.
The women of Akii Kwe are supporting a grassroots campaign to have the Canadian government [...]

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