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The Oil Sands Environmental Coalition filed a submission calling on the Joint Review Panel to reject Total E&P Canada's Joslyn North Mine Project application.
Media Contact: Terra Simieritsch
Topic Area: Energy Watch, Oil Sands
Bridging the Gulf highlights the
connection between the choices made by commuters in Ontario, and the negative
impacts of oil extraction in North America in light of the recent oil spill in the
Gulf of Mexico and ongoing ecological impacts from oil sands development. It
focuses exclusively on personal transportation — how Ontarians get around every
day — and presents five key actions to reduce oil use based on policy
changes that are already underway in the province.
Media Contact: Cherise Burda, Simon Dyer
Topic Area: Oil Sands
Simon Dyer, oilsands program director for
the Pembina Institute, responded to today's release of the Liberal members'
of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable
Development report from the committee's study of the impact of oilsands
development on Canada's freshwater.
Media Contact: Simon Dyer
Topic Area: Oil Sands
In response to comments made by Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach at a Council of the Federation meeting, Marlo Raynolds, Executive Director of the Pembina Institute, responds that other Canadian provinces clearly demonstrate that you don't need to
increase pollution in order to achieve strong economic growth.
Media Contact: Marlo Raynolds
Topic Area: Oil Sands
Two weeks after a parliamentary committee quietly cancelled its report on water and oilsands pollution, a new report reveals that oilsands development continues to create risks for communities downstream.
Media Contact: Jennifer Grant
Topic Area: Athabasca River, Energy Watch, Oil Sands
Environmental groups and
landowners have joined forces to block Capital Power's bid to remove a
legal
requirement that it offset 50 per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions
that are
released from the Genesee 3 coal power plant.
Media Contact: Chris Severson-Baker
Topic Area: Energy Watch
The proposed environmental assessment of the Enbridge Gateway
oilsands pipeline falls short, according to an analysis released today
by the Pembina Institute.
Media Contact: Karen Campbell
Topic Area: Athabasca River, Oil Sands
The federal government is out of step with leading thinkers on issues
related to sustainability, energy and climate change, according to the
results of a groundbreaking survey of more than 5,000 experts and
government officials.
Media Contact: Marlo Raynolds
Topic Area: Oil Sands
The Pembina Institute responded to
measures in Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s Budget Implementation Bill
(Part 20, Environmental Assessment, Bill C-9) that empower the federal government to avoid full environmental assessment of oil sands development.
Media Contact: Simon Dyer
Topic Area: Energy Watch, Oil Sands
The Joint Review Panel for the Mackenzie Gas Project has reiterated
its position that all 176 of its recommendations are needed for the
Mackenzie Gas Project to make a positive contribution to the North,
should the National Energy Board approve it.
Media Contact: Jennifer Grant
Topic Area: Energy Watch
Today, the Pembina Institute released Drilling
Deeper: The In Situ Oil Sands Report Card. It is the first comparative
environmental assessment of in-situ oilsands projects. Scores among the nine
Canadian operating projects surveyed showed an average score of 44 per
cent, which demonstrates substantial room for improvement across the sector.
Media Contact: Simon Dyer, Marc Huot
Topic Area: Energy Watch, Oil Sands