http://www.agglom.com/set/43173/Tar_Sands_Oil_and_Climate_Change_Pact_Don_t_Mix_Reactions around the web to Prime Minister Harper's attempt to package support for tar-sands oil within a proposal to President-Elect Obama for a new pact on climate change. Very few are buying. - Web pages (12) - http://www.agglom.com/set/43173/Tar_Sands_Oil_and_Climate_Change_Pact_Don_t_Mix_en-US© Copyright 2008-2013 - AgglomiwilkerFri, 20 Mar 2009 16:22:50 -0600global warmingenergycanadatar sandsoil sandsalbertastephen harperclimate changeAgglom's very own RSS Generator :-Dhttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081106.CLIMATE06//TPStoryhttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081106.CLIMATE06//TPStoryStraight reporting on proposal on climate-change pact from Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:35:00 -0700http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/a-climate-pass-for-oil-sands/http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/a-climate-pass-for-oil-sands/Sober description of environmental concerns; good reader comments. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:35:00 -0700http://understory.ran.org/2008/11/06/canada-wastes-no-time-in-pushing-dirty-oil-on-obama/http://understory.ran.org/2008/11/06/canada-wastes-no-time-in-pushing-dirty-oil-on-obama/View from Rainforest Action Network.Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:35:00 -0700http://www.desmogblog.com/obama-triggers-first-environmental-dividendhttp://www.desmogblog.com/obama-triggers-first-environmental-dividendDeSmogBlog's Jim Hoggan bought the spin a little too readily. Rapid tar sands development is just not compatible with any responsible energy/climate plan. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:35:00 -0700http://accidentaldeliberations.blogspot.com/2008/11/alone-in-world.htmlhttp://accidentaldeliberations.blogspot.com/2008/11/alone-in-world.htmlInsider-y comments on the proposal in context of Canadian politics. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:35:00 -0700http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/canadian-tar-sands-are-like-mordor.phphttp://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/canadian-tar-sands-are-like-mordor.phpPicture worth a thousand words. (Note: the "before" image would show old-growth boreal forest -- a huge carbon sink, clean-water resource, nesting grounds of 40 percent of North America's songbirds and waterfowl.)Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:35:00 -0700http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/lizbb/environmental_history_to_make.htmlhttp://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/lizbb/environmental_history_to_make.htmlNRDC's Liz Barratt-Brown to the president-elect and the Congress-in-waiting: "Will our government continue to provide incentives to develop these high carbon fuel sources or will it put us on a path to develop a low carbon economy? We know that cleaner alternatives are available now, such as fuel efficiency, better public transportation, and renewable energy. And our latest national poll conducted on energy and gas prices shows us that almost 80% of Americans believe we need to switch to renewables too. We don't need these high carbon fuels as a "bridge" (giving new meaning to "bridge to nowhere"). We have the necessary technologies now to start to move America beyond oil."Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:35:00 -0700http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/jschmidt/canada_get_your_house_in_order_first.htmlhttp://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/jschmidt/canada_get_your_house_in_order_first.htmlJake Schmidt, NRDC international climate policy director, neatly skewers the Harper proposal.Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:35:00 -0700http://www.rcinet.ca/rci/console/index.asp?langue=en&idEmission=1925http://www.rcinet.ca/rci/console/index.asp?langue=en&idEmission=1925Interview with NRDC's international-climate-policy guy, Jake Schmidt. Very informative. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:35:00 -0700http://thetyee.ca/Books/2008/11/06/BlackTar/http://thetyee.ca/Books/2008/11/06/BlackTar/Published the same day as these accounts of the Canadian government's proposal is this review of Andrew Nikiforuk's new book "Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of the Continent." The book -- which grew out of Nikiforuk's OnEarth Magazine feature "Canada's Highway to Hell" -- is a devastating indictment of oil sands development in Canada. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:35:00 -0700http://www.onearth.org/article/canadas-highway-to-hellhttp://www.onearth.org/article/canadas-highway-to-hellCanadian journalist Andrew Nikiforuk reports from the front lines of Alberta's oil-sands boom. The portrait that emerges is nightmarish.Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:39:13 -0700http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/opinion/09gore.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalinkhttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/opinion/09gore.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalinkIn Gore's rousing call to take on global warming and drive economic recovery through a massive effort to shift to a clean energy economy, he singles out tar-sands oil and other dirty fuels as the wrong path. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:53:51 -0700