Posted by Josh Mogerman in Solving Global Warming
Ahh, the Canadian tar sands industry. Unhappy that the dirty oil criticisms of their industry are sticking they are to once again change the name of their product rather than fix it. If it wasn't so irritating, it would be...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Solving Global Warming
In an odd quirk of timing, two competing visions of the Canadian tar sands hit the media today. I was pleased to see the announcement that the Society for Environmental Journalists had chosen Andrew Nikiforuk's "Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Curbing Pollution
"They're coming to get you Barbara..." Those are some of the last words we hear from an unfortunate victim early in "Night of the Living Dead." With creeping doom and danger sprouting up all around them, a pair of siblings...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Moving Beyond Oil
It was a sweet day for President Obama in Canada. As he savored a "beaver tail" in Ottawa, security seemed the farthest issue from his mind. No, this is not an endangered species post...apparently there is a rockin' bakery...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Solving Global Warming
Things looked pretty rosy in Alberta last summer when oil was trading for $140/barrel. Investments flooded in from folks all over the world eager to stake their claim on the Canadian province's cash cow: tar sands. Sure, there were...continued→
