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Published in: Calgary Beacon (Jul 23, 2010), Edmonton Journal (Jul 23, 2010), Troy Media (Jul 23, 2010)

By: Simon Dyer
Ongoing criticism of oilsands development in Alberta is
wreaking reputational havoc on our province, culminating in an unfortunate hit
to tourism operators with the recent Rethink Alberta campaign. We think a
different response could level the criticisms.
We're not alone. U.S. Ambassador David Jacobson challenged
industry to "do more to demonstrate how they're meeting the challenges of
providing energy security while meeting their obligations of environmental
stewardship."
That's not what's happening though. Instead, we're
witnessing a self-defeating cycle of ramped up public relations from the
Government of Alberta that never truly addresses the substance of the
criticisms directed at the province's regulation of the oilsands industry.
Topic Area: Energy Watch, Oil Sands
Published in: Calgary Beacon (Jun 28, 2010), Troy Media (Jun 28, 2010), Edmonton Journal (Jun 30, 2010), The Star-Phoenix (Jul 9, 2010)

By: Simon Dyer
It's been more than two months now that oil from BP's blown out
Deepwater Horizon rig has been gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. A
man-made disaster of epic proportions, some people are now claiming
that it makes Alberta's landlocked oilsands look safe in comparison. In
fact, that statement couldn't be further from the truth.
Topic Area: Energy Watch, Oil Sands
Published in: Troy Media (May 2, 2010), Victoria Times-Colonist (May 5, 2010), Trail Daily Times (May 6, 2010), Winnipeg Free Press (May 6, 2010), The Vancouver Sun (May 7, 2010)

By: Karen Campbell
As oil gushes into the Gulf of Mexico, the consequences of a spill from the proposed Enbridge oilsands pipeline and related tanker traffic are all the more real.
Topic Area: Oil Sands
Published in: Edmonton Journal (Apr 20, 2010), NewsNorth (May 25, 2010)

By: Jennifer Grant
Alberta isn't alone in its lack of a plan for resource development. The Northwest Territories is currently at its very own crossroads in deciding the pace and scale of development it will allow on its largely untouched landscape.
Topic Area: Energy Watch
Published in: Edmonton Journal (Mar 19, 2010), Calgary Herald (Mar 20, 2010)

By: Simon Dyer
There are no toxic tailings lakes, dead ducks, heavy-hauler
trucks or strip mines visible from space: there's none of that
associated with in situ oilsands development. So, as industry tells
us, in situ oilsands development is nothing to worry about, right?
Not quite, according to a new report evaluating in situ oilsands'
real impacts.
Topic Area: Oil Sands
Published in: Edmonton Journal (Feb 8, 2010), Guelph Mercury (Feb 9, 2010), Waterloo Region Record (Feb 9, 2010)

By: Marlo Raynolds
Marlo Raynolds argues that the real challenge for Canada's Prime Minister is whether he
is able to create a made-in-Canada climate plan — or leave it to American lawmakers
to decide our climate and, therefore, economic policy.
Topic Area: Oil Sands
Published in: Prince Rupert Daily News (Dec 1, 2009)

By: Greg Brown
Wild salmon are in trouble in British Columbia, and they face yet another threat in the form of a pipeline proposed by Enbridge to bring oil sands products through their habitat to the coast.
Topic Area: Oil Sands
Published in: Edmonton Journal (Dec 16, 2009)

By: Daniel T'seleie
Climate change is the biggest
challenge humanity has ever faced and yet to most Canadians the current and
potential impacts feel far away. What many Canadians don't realize is
that climate change is having a large impact in Canada right now. I am a Dene youth from the small
town of Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories. I am attending the UN Summit on
Climate Change in Copenhagen to communicate the concerns that my family, my
people, and my culture are confronted with every single day.
Topic Area: Energy Watch
Published in: Troy Media (Dec 10, 2009)

By: Terra Simieritsch
Seven out of nine tailings management plans filed with the provincial Energy Resources
Conservation Board do not
appear to comply with ERCB rules. It is baffling that key players in our
largest industry seem to think the rules developed to protect Albertans
and the environment do not apply to them.
Topic Area: Athabasca River, Oil Sands
Published: Apr 9, 2009

By: Steve Kennett
Alberta's recently released Nuclear Power Expert Panel report calls for a "debate" of the "relative risks/benefits (of nuclear energy) compared with alternatives." But the panel views nuclear energy through an uncritical lens and offers only a cursory and selective overview of the burgeoning array of green options already being deployed...
Topic Area: Energy Watch
Published in: Metro (Feb 17, 2009)

By: Simon Dyer
The recent decision by the governments of Canada and Alberta to charge Syncrude for the death of 500 waterfowl on a tailings pond confirms the seriousness of the environmental challenges facing the oilsands.
Topic Area: Oil Sands