Related Projects in North America

Environmental Groups Join Forces to Keep Tar Sands Oil out of Quebec

Sep 30th, 2008 | By TSFBC | Category: , Related Projects in North America

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 [...]



US Refinery Investments Align With Oil Sands Supplies to 2015

Sep 30th, 2008 | By TSFBC | Category: , Alberta Tar Sands, Related Projects in North America

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 [...]



Indigenous Resistance: speakers from Ponca City, Oklahoma

Sep 15th, 2008 | By TSFBC | Category: EVENTS, Related Projects in North America

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 [...]



Tar-sands pipeline will undo Quebec’s work on environment

Sep 12th, 2008 | By TSFBC | Category: Enbridge, Environment & Climate Change, Related Projects in North America

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 [...]



Shell cancels Sarnia oilsands refinery

Sep 2nd, 2008 | By TSFBC | Category: , Related Projects in North America, Shell Canada

(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 [...]



Chevron Refinery Expansion Approved in Bay Area

Jul 26th, 2008 | By TSFBC | Category: Chevron, Related Projects in North America

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 [...]



2/3 New US Refining for Tar Sands

Jul 23rd, 2008 | By TSFBC | Category: GLOBAL NEWS HEADLINES:, Related Projects in North America

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 [...]



First Nations group campaigns against refinery project

Jul 17th, 2008 | By TSFBC | Category: Indigenous Rights & Land, Related Projects in North America

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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