Sierra in the News
2010-09-01 11:07
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Mackenzie Valley Pipeline and Alberta Tar Sands, National, Prairie Chapter, Energy Onslaught
The province's Culture Minister admits the makers of the movie Dirty Oil, which will make it's Calgary debut later this month, were given a grant worth almost $55,000.
Lindsay Blackett tells 660News the decision to approve the subsidy is now a little difficult to swallow.
Blackett says the movie did meet the necessary criteria to receive the money through the province's Multimedia Production Fund, with the production pumping $300,000 into the economy.
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2010-08-30 12:02
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Atmosphere & Energy, Mackenzie Valley Pipeline and Alberta Tar Sands, Prairie Chapter, The Boreal Forest, Toxics, Toxics Awareness and Education, Wilderness and Species Conservation, Energy Onslaught, Health & Environment, Protecting Biodiversity
High levels of toxic pollutants in Alberta's Athabasca River system are linked to oilsands mining, researchers have found.
The findings counter the reports by a joint industry-government panel that the pollutant levels are due to natural sources rather than human development.
Mercury, thallium and other pollutants accumulated in higher concentrations in snowpacks and waterways near and downstream from oilsands development than in more remote areas, said a study to be published Monday...
2010-08-30 11:04
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Mackenzie Valley Pipeline and Alberta Tar Sands, National, Prairie Chapter, Energy Onslaught
A campaign to boycott Alberta-sourced gasoline has gained momentum after trendy clothing manufacturers and a major U.S. drugstore chain announced they would be avoiding oilsands-related fuels.
Clothiers The Gap, Timberland and Levi Strauss, as well as Walgreens, have joined a growing list of corporations choosing to avoid using gasoline refined from Canadian bitumen, according to reports Friday.
The move to less carbon-intensive fuels was sparked by an ongoing campaign by San Fransisco-...
2010-08-30 10:58
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Mackenzie Valley Pipeline and Alberta Tar Sands, National, Prairie Chapter, Energy Onslaught
EDMONTON - At a time when Alberta is facing increased scrutiny and criticism of its oilsands operations, the provincial government is turning to the public for advice on a difficult question: Can a region's land be divided to balance the interests of industry with those who favour different uses, such as conservation?
Mel Knight believes it can. The province's Sustainable Resource Development minister said as much Thursday in unveiling a new vision for the northeast, home to the...
2010-08-30 10:54
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National, Quebec Chapter, Water, Health & Environment
While much attention has been given to the deep oil well being drilled by Chevron hundreds of kilometres off the coast of Newfoundland, the Save Our Seas and Shores Coalition has been trying to stop similar exploration in shallower water much closer to the mainland.
Corridor Resources Inc. has been given the license to explore oil and gas resources in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in what is known as the Old Harry prospect, located midway between the Magdalen Islands and Cape Anguille in...
2010-08-30 10:49
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Mackenzie Valley Pipeline and Alberta Tar Sands, National, Prairie Chapter, Energy Onslaught
The Alberta government is looking for public input as it moves to come up with a land-use policy for the Lower Athabasca watershed that could see a fifth of the area set aside for conservation.
Speaking at a news conference from Edmonton on Thursday, Sustainable Resource Minister Mel Knight said the province will solicit the views of people across the province during September with an eye to balancing environmental protection and economic growth in an area that is becoming increasingly...
2010-08-30 10:44
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National, Prairie Chapter
A new Edmonton subdivision will bring thousands of homes to Big Lake, but environmentalists worry it could shut out moose and deer.
Edmonton city council approved the neighbourhood structure plan for Big Lake Neighbourhood Two after a public hearing Monday. The 130-hectare subdivision is southwest of St. Albert between 199 Street, 137 Avenue, Ray Gibbon Drive and Anthony Henday Drive.
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The neighbourhood will house about 4,800 people in 1,900 homes at build-out,...
2010-08-30 10:36
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Atmosphere & Energy, National, Ontario Chapter, Radioactive Waste, Nuclear Free Canada
Canada's nuclear regulator has "prejudiced" its public hearing by concluding that Bruce Power's plan to ship steam generators through the Great Lakes doesn't pose a significant safety risk, according to Great Lakes United.
Derek Stack, executive director of the Canadian-American group, said the low-level radioactive waste shipments should be halted until the plan is subjected to full community consultation.
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The Sierra Club of Canada, one of...
2010-08-19 09:40
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Atlantic Chapter, Atmosphere & Energy, National, Protecting Marine Areas from the Threat of Oil and Gas Development, Energy Onslaught
There is no reason to ban drilling in Canadian waters despite the devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a Senate committee looking into the possibility of a similar disaster here reported from Ottawa Wednesday.
"We're not that scared, nor do we think Canadians should be," said Senator David Angus in releasing the report, which was prepared in the wake of the devastating explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and subsequent blowout off Louisiana in late April that...
2010-08-19 09:33
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National, Ontario Chapter, Wilderness and Species Conservation, Protecting Biodiversity
The Sierra Club of Canada plans to file legal action that threatens to halt construction of the $1.6-billion Windsor-Essex Parkway and government-backed DRIC crossing in Brighton Beach, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
The group will file an application in Ontario Court for judicial review against Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources, which issued the permit for the project, said Sierra Club Ontario director Dan McDermott.
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"If the Endangered Species Act...
