tar oil sands: 1/12 of 12
Could politicians be charged with 'ecocide' if they approve tar sands pipeline?
Rosie Spinks
29th November, 2011
A law of ecocide could potentially see politicians who approve environmentally-damaging projects, like the tar sands pipeline between the US and Canada, face a court trial more...
Madagascar fears repeat of Canada's tar sands devastation
Tom Levitt
1st June, 2011
UK banks helping to finance oil giant Total's exploitation of tar sands on the world's fourth largest island despite lack of adequate environmental controls or regulation more...
Europe moves to ban imports of tar sands oil from Canada
William McLennan
29th March, 2011
An attempt to classify tar sands oil as more environmentally-damaging than conventional oil would effectively ban its sale within European Member States more...
Canada tar sands industry ignoring toxic river pollution
Ecologist
1st September, 2010
Study contradicts Alberta government and industry claims that pollutants are from natural sources and not from the expanding production of oil from tar sands more...
Tar sands campaign targets holidaymakers and pension funds
Ecologist
20th August, 2010
Climate activists stage mass protest outside headquarters of tar sands funder RBS as campaigners urge holidaymakers to boycott Canada more...
VIDEO: why tar sands activists took on BP
Felix Gonzales
19th April, 2010
A report from BP's recent AGM where activists fought to raise awareness of the oil giant's investment in tar sands - includes an interview with George Poitras, member of Mikisew Cree indigenous First Nationmore...
Tar sands money could pay for desert solar or electric cars
Ecologist
16th March, 2010
Oil companies planning 'billion-pound blunder' into environmentally damaging tar sands production in Canada, says Co-op/WWF report more...
BP and Shell face new shareholder revolt over tar sands
Ecologist
26th February, 2010
Investors want oil giants to answer questions on their involvement in the environmentally damaging extraction of oil from tar sands more...
Have greens got it wrong about tar sands?
David Strahan
8th December, 2009
For environmentalists, tar sands are a 'climate crime'; for peak oil experts, they can never do the job of ordinary crude. But neither critique tells the full story: that exploiting tar sands may worsen both the climate crisis, and the energy crisis... more...
Throw Canada out of Commonwealth for climate record
Ecologist
27th November, 2009
Rising emissions and support for tar oil sands leads prominent figures to call for suspension more...
Tar Sands protest comes to UK Climate Camp
Ecologist
18th August, 2009
Oil extraction from tar sands is causing large-scale environmental damage, say activists more...
Tar sands: tearing the flesh from the Earth
Paul Miles
18th August, 2009
As the price of oil increases again, Canada's tar sands once more look like a giant cash cow to the industry. Now, the only thing standing between the 400 ton bulldozers and rampant environmental destruction may be a small group of First Nations people... more...
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