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

Published in: Carbon Finance (Jun 20, 2008)

By: Matthew Bramley

Canada's Conservative government has come a long way in acknowledging the importance of climate change. But will the government's proposed policies put a meaningful price on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions? And what is the likelihood that those policies will actually be implemented?

Topic Area: Energy Watch, Oil Sands

Published: Jun 19, 2008

By: Rob Macintosh

The Pembina Institute celebrates the life and mourns the death of our friend and colleague, Martha Kostuch, who passed away on April 23, 2008.

Topic Area: Energy Watch

Published in: Le Devoir (Jun 6, 2008)

By: Pembina Institute et al.

Par Marlo Raynolds, Directeur général de l'Institut Pembina et Steven Guilbeault, Cofondateur et coordonnateur général adjoint d'Équiterre

Un sondage réalisé plus tôt cette année par l'Institut Environics révélait que les Canadiens croient que les changements climatiques et la protection de l'environnement constituent l'enjeu planétaire numéro un.

Topic Area: Energy Watch, Oil Sands

Published: Jun 4, 2008

By: Pembina Institute et al.

By Steven Guilbeault, Co-founder and Deputy Executive Director of Équiterre and Marlo Raynolds, Executive Director of the Pembina Institute.

While Canadians take pride in having a positive international reputation, this is quickly being tarnished as we become increasingly known for producing "dirty oil" and taking a head-in-the-sand approach to global warming.

Topic Area: Energy Watch, Oil Sands

Published in: The Lethbridge Herald (May 23, 2008)

By: Dan Woynillowicz

Amidst increasing global scrutiny, the Government of Alberta has launched a 25 million dollar public relations campaign to improve Alberta's growing reputation as a producer of "dirty oil."

Topic Area: Energy Watch, Oil Sands