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