This project is a licence to wreak environmental havoc

The Independent - London;  December 10, 2007 ;     434 words ......a 50 per cent stake in Husky Energy's tar sands development project in Alberta, Canada...destructive projects on the planet. Canada's tar sands are second only in size to the oil reserves...than all of England (130,410 sq km). Tar sands are a mixture of sand, clay and bitumen...

Alberta Premier to Visit Washington

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 16, 2008 ;     536 words ......dirtiest sources of unconventional fuels - the Canadian tar sands. Tar sands oil production generates almost three times the global...extract, upgrade and refine the oil. "Oil from the tar sands is about our energy past, not our future. Political...

Double trouble.(NORTH AMERICA)(nuclear reactor to be built in the tar...

Earth Island Journal;  September 22, 2007 ;     692 words ......increasing petroleum development of the tar sands in Alberta could pose one the greatest...has likened extracting oil from the tar sands to junkies find[ing] veins in their toes...whether to build a nuclear reactor near the tar sands to provide electricity for the energy-intensi...

KYOTO PRESENCE IN ALBERTA HEATS UP

Herizons;  October 1, 2007 ;     276 words ......campaign by opening an office in Edmonton to oppose tar sands in Alberta. Tar sands are a mixture of bitumen, sand and clay. Bitumen...heating the sand/oil mixture to make it flow. The tar sands are spread across 77,000 sq. km. in northern Alberta...

Reject tar sands oil

Winnipeg Free Press;  March 30, 2008 ;     649 words ......fossil fuels -- whether the sprawling tar sands of Canada or the petroleum pools under...wise to ban the import of oil from the tar sands of Alberta in Canada. Congress also should...the further development of Alberta's tar sands. Unfortunately, recent reports estimate...

Welcome tar sands oil

Winnipeg Free Press;  March 30, 2008 ;     644 words ......of fuel from Canada's oil sands. The tar sands hold an estimated 174 billion barrels...one million barrels a day from Canada's tar sands, but with planned investments the daily...by 2015. But extracting heavy oil from tar sands and transporting it by pipeline for refining...

PIPE(LINE) DREAM SHOULD CONGRESS BAR IMPORTS FROM CANADA'S HIGE OIL SANDS...

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  April 6, 2008 ;     660 words ......fossil fuels - whether the sprawling tar sands of Canada or the petroleum pools under...wise to ban the import of oil from the tar sands of Alberta in Canada. Our Congress also...the further development of Alberta's tar sands. Unfortunately, recent reports estimate...

FUELLING FORTRESS AMERICA: Most of Athabasca tar sands production...

CCPA Monitor;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...The Athabasca tar sands of northern Alberta contain an estimated...would be enormous. Development of the tar sands has already begun, with three large...billion is expected to be spent on tar sands development over the next 20 years...

The gassy elephant

Winnipeg Free Press;  January 24, 2007 ;     700+ words ...face=+Bold; Alberta's tar sands are fuelling an ecological disasterface...oil exports to the U.S. Alberta's tar sands, a major source of those exports...current science and technology. The tar sands are Canada's single fastest-growing...

Sierra Club seeks moratorium on tar sands development

CCPA Monitor;  June 1, 2006 ;     219 words ......Alberta government should stop all new tar sands project development in the Athabasca...basis for its call for a moratorium. "The tar sands produce the world's dirtiest type of...provincial consultations on a proper tar sands strategy proceed and until a full investigation...

Utah is home to deposits of tar sands, another non-conventional source of...

The Enterprise;  October 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ......oil, Utah is also home to deposits of tar sands, another non-conventional source of fuel and energy. Tar sands, sometimes also referred to as oil sands...There are decent-sized deposits of tar ,sands scattered throughout eastern Utah, from...

OIL SANDS-PART 3: BIGGEST CUSTOMER, U.S., HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  October 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Oct. 20, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- As Canada's tar sands extraction expands full steam ahead...take the risk of putting money into the tar sands right now," said Liz Barratt-Brown, a...to the United States, with Alberta's tar sands sending roughly 500,000 barrels to the...

OIL SANDS-PART 2: MINING IS BOON AND BANE TO NEARBY NATIVES

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  October 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Canada's Albian Sands mine say the tar sands being mined for oil are destroying...aboriginals located downstream from the tar sands. Many community members died of rare cancers they blame on the tar sands. Like many young people from Fort...

Tar sands development threatens water supply

CCPA Monitor;  February 1, 2007 ;     179 words ...Voracious water consumption by Alberta's tar sands threatens the quantity and quality of...Sage Centre and World Wildlife Fund. The tar sands operations draw most of their water from...river. Water allocations by Alberta to tar sands projects on the Athabasca now add up...

There's oil in them thar sands! Energy.(Exploiting Canada's tar sands)

The Economist (US);  June 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Could Canada's vast tar sands prove the ultimate anti-OPEC resource...the energy trapped in the Athabasca tar sands of Alberta--rock formations laced...down the cost of producing oil from tar sands. This has dropped from about $30 a...