Canada's rapidly expanding tar sands industry is causing the toxic pollution of its rivers, but the government of Alberta continues to deny there is a problem.
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8 September, 2010
Dakelh Territory (Prince George, BC, Canada) – Today, more than 500 people marched through downtown Prince George, BC, in support of First Nations and...
30 August, 2010
In addition to highlighting areas of concern, Sierra Club also highlights the technology that Total originally said would be part of the mining proposal but...
17 August, 2010
CALGARY — Three environmental groups have joined with four Alberta First Nations to urge the federal environment minister to provide emergency...
8 September, 2010
EDMONTON — At least two First Nations followed up on their threat of legal action Wednesday in a bid to save dwindling caribou...
8 September, 2010
Results from a study led by University of Alberta scientists, published Aug. 30 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (...
7 September, 2010
EDMONTON — A new study co-authored by an Alberta researcher suggests the number of bird deaths in the province's northern...
Bryn MacDonald
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2010-09-05 19:09
1. Go to http://bit.ly/6iBBox
2. Enter your name.
3. Enter your email.
4. Select your MLA (click the link on top to find your MLA).
5. Hit send (or if you'd like, alter the letter).
6. Your MLA's office will email you back to verify your address. Please provide your postal code or...
Sheila Muxlow
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2010-09-04 20:30
Call or email or mail a letter to Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach!
Email Address
premier@gov.ab.ca
Mailing Address
The Honourable Ed Stelmach
Premier of Alberta
307 Legislature Bldg
10800 - 97 Avenue
Edmonton, AB
Canada T5K 2B6
Phone Number...
Bryn MacDonald
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2010-09-02 00:46
Excerpted from the report:
"We show that the oil sands industry releases the 13 elements considered priority pollutants (PPE) under the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Water Act, via air and water, to the Athabasca River and its watershed. In the 2008 snowpack, all PPE except selenium were greater near oil sands developments than at more remote...
Bryn MacDonald
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4 hours 12 min ago
According to a National Post news article "Diabetes could cost Ontario $7B a year by 2020: report", "the number of...
Bryn MacDonald
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18 hours 48 min ago
Today there was a report released in the The Wilson Journal of Ornithology detailing the number of bird deaths in tailings ponds.
From...
Bryn MacDonald
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4 days 19 hours ago
As few short months ago I found myself sitting at a cafeteria table in Grant McEwan University in Edmonton, listening to an enthusiastic...
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