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Canada Oilsands

For The Wealthy 20-Somethings Of 'Oilsands City,' Hard Times Are Hard To Understand

The Huffington Post Canada | Morgan Modjeski | Posted 03.06.2012 | Canada Business
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FORT McMURRAY, Alta. -- As young Canadians across the country struggle to find steady work and good wages, there is a group of young people living in ...

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McGuinty Speaks Out Against Oil Sands

CP | Keith Leslie, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.28.2012 | Canada Politics
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TORONTO - Alberta Premier Alison Redford says Ontario counterpart Dalton McGuinty is being simplistic for suggesting a booming oilsands is bad news fo...

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Minister Slams Europe Over Oil Sands Ban Plan

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.17.2012 | Canada Politics
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CALGARY - Federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver is calling a European effort to bar oil imports from Alberta's oilsands nothing more than gran...

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John D. Rockefeller Rolls Over in Grave as Heirs Attack Canadian Oil

Kathryn Marshall | Posted 04.06.2012 | Canada
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The Rockefeller Brothers Fund makes no bones about what it is colluding with environmental groups to do. It's a well-funded plan, at that: The New York strategists would spend tens of millions of dollars to fund their attack on Canadian industry.

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If We're Planning Pipelines, Why Is Canada Importing Oil?

CBC | Posted 03.26.2012 | Canada Politics
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Proposals to build new pipelines to carry oilsands crude to the United States, or through British Columbia for export to Asia, have sparke...

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PM's Office Accused Of Calling Environmental Charity 'Enemy Of The State'

CP | Bob Weber, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.25.2012 | Canada Politics
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A former employee of an environmental group critical of a proposed oilsands pipeline says the Prime Minister's Office threatened a funding agency if i...

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China Wants Our Oil

CP | Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.24.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - China wants to forge a "win-win" energy partnership with Canada that would set an example for the world, while also satisfying its "huge" dem...

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Pipeline-Opposing 'Foreign Special-Interest Groups' Also Gave To Canadian Government

CP | Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.23.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - Rich American foundations are not only footing the bill for opposition to Canada's oilsands.Tax returns show the Canadian government has also...

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Oilsands' Carbon Footprint Growing

CBC | Posted 02.15.2012 | Canada
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The intensity of oilsands carbon emissions — the amount of greenhouse gases created per every barrel of oil produced — increased by t...

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Desmond Tutu Gets On Harper's Case Over Climate Talks

CP | Posted 01.29.2012 | Canada
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Canada has received a public scolding for its climate-change policy from several prominent South Africans, including anti-apartheid hero Archbishop De...

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U.K. 'Partner In Crime' On Oil Sands

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.27.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - A British media report says the U.K. government has been giving secret support at the very highest levels to Ottawa's campaign against Europe...

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Canada Blasts EU In Oilsands Trade Spat

CBC | Posted 12.24.2011 | Canada Politics
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Canada's natural resources minister is criticizing the European Union over its plan to discriminate against Canadian oil derived from Alb...

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Minister Chides EU For Singling Out Oilsands

CP | Posted 12.23.2011 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - Canada's natural resources minister is taking the European Union to task over its proposal to discriminate against crude from the Alberta oil...

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Fight Brewing Over Temporary Workers In The Oilsands

CP | Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.19.2011 | Canada Politics
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EDMONTON - Alberta NDP Leader Brian Mason is demanding that Premier Alison Redford intervene with the federal government in a dispute over temporary f...

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Ottawa In The Dark On Oil Sands: Auditor

CP | Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.04.2011 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - Canada's environmental record was dealt a double blow on Tuesday, with a scathing federal audit and a European Commission decision to blackli...

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Are The Oil Sands Causing Cancer?

CBC | CBC | Posted 10.19.2011 | Canada
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A long-awaited Alberta Health study into the health of people living downstream from the oilsands, where cancer rates are higher than nor...

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U.S. House To Vote On Keystone Pipeline Bill Tuesday

CP | Posted 09.25.2011 | Canada
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WASHINGTON - Lawmakers in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives are slated to vote Tuesday on a bill that would force U.S. President Bara...

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China Shelling Out $2.1 Billion For Opti Canada -- And A Slice Of The Oil Sands

CP | Posted 09.19.2011 | Canada Business
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THE CANADIAN PRESS -- CALGARY - China's largest offshore energy producer is preparing to snap up Opti Canada Inc. in a $2.1-billion deal announced Wed...

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Oil Sands, Environment And The Future Of Canada's Energy

CP | Posted 09.18.2011 | Canada Politics
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THE CANADIAN PRESS -- KANANASKIS, Alta. - Ministers emerged from a summit on Tuesday with a rough outline of what a pan-Canadian approach to energy wi...

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Alberta Seeks More Keystone Pipeline Support

CBC | Posted 09.08.2011 | Canada Politics
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CBC -- Alberta's energy minister says he's going to push the federal government to more actively promote TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline to the Ame...

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Oilsands To Blame For Caribou Decline Says Fecal Study

The Canadian Press | Posted 08.22.2011 | Canada Business
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THE CANADIAN PRESS -- Humans, not wolves, are behind declining caribou populations in Alberta's oilsands region, an analysis of animal feces shows. ...

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Tories Drop Oilsands Pollution Data From Report

The Ottawa Citizen | Posted 07.30.2011 | Canada Politics
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The federal government has acknowledged it deliberately excluded data indicating a 20 per cent increase in annual pollution from Canada’s oilsands i...

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