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Line in the Sand puts Human Face on the Northern Gateway Opposition
Be aware, reader; the way other Canadians are being treated on these environmental and First Nations sovereignty issues are likely coming down the pipe to a backyard year you. Knowing this is the first step to making a difference.
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Fatal Tragedy at Suncor
The Oilsands are butt up against the wild nature of the boreal forest. Tailings ponds sit next to rivers teeming with fish. Deer and moose are often seen near camps and SAGD wells. Aside from Fort Chipewyan 300 KM away, and a couple sporadic camps, nature reigns north of the 'Bridge to Nowhere', part of Fort Chipewyan's ice road infrastructure.
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Forgetting Damning Court Decision, Alberta Bans Same Green Groups from Oilsands Hearings Again
Echoing the same view that the judge found to be ”fatally flawed” and hinging on ”irrelevant and improper reasons” – which barred the groups from the hearing based on an impression that they would be uncooperative, had previously published negative media on the oilsands and were not ”directly” impacted by the project – Alberta Environment official Kevin Wilkinson once again denied them access to the review process.
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Media has Hissy Fit Over Wifi in Parks [UPDATE]
![Media has Hissy Fit Over Wifi in Parks [UPDATE]](../../../../wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dv764037-300x160.jpg "Media has Hissy Fit Over Wifi in Parks [UPDATE]")
Oy! News that Parks Canada, Canada’s favourite political whipping boy, wants to install Wifi in it’s National Parks and historic sites has been making the rounds today. The outrage is flowing mightier than spring break up! I’ve heard commenters opining how...
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Science finds Smoking Gun, but No Bullet, After Tailings Water Identified in Environment
New science shows that there is an identifiable difference between groundwater tainted by Oil Sands Affected Water (or tailings pond water) and that which is found naturally. The oil sands are leeching chemically unnatural tailings into the environment.
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Fort Chip Solar Potential Breaks Through Shadow of Oil Sands
Fueled by a vision for an alternative world where houses and businesses could run on energy from the land, Mercredi has been almost singlehandedly investigating and pushing for renewable energy solutions in his isolated northern Alberta community for years.
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Oh No You Didn't! The Feds and Territorial government smacks down Imperial Oil after it refuses to provide a security deposit for cleanup. I wonder what kinds of muscles this newly devolved government is going to flex in the upcoming months?
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Outgoing National Energy Board chairman Gaétan Caron feels that the environment should be left out of consideration when the NEB is approving pipelines. Policy makers and politicians should instead direct the NEB from above. Here's hoping that Caron will champion Canada's need for a national energy policy that includes strong environmental protection once he steps down from public life. Otherwise Caron is a really cynical comedian.
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Fighting for Survival, Downstream from the Tar Sands
If you are downstream from resource extraction in Canada and want to learn about how a positive relationship between western science and traditional knowledge can look like, please give it a view!
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Fort Chipewyan Taking Matters into its Own Hands (Again)
The Alberta government continues to show it has yet to learn from decades of miscommunication and tense relations with both First Nations in Fort Chipewyan following another bungled opportunity for cooperation in the area of health.
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