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Beaver Tails and Tar Sands: climate security talks are not going to stay this sweet

February 19, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
alberta, beavertail, canada, dirtyfuels, obama, obamatocanada, tarsands

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

The Tar Sands Litany: tough times for Calgary oilmen, tougher times for their PR folks…

February 13, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
athabascariver, bishoplucbouchard, canada, dangerinthenursery, dirtyfuels, downstream, ducks, eenergysecurity, mutantfish, obama, obamatocanada, oil, oilsands, pollution, tarsands

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

A New Rocky Mountain Low: Energy Security at the Expense of National Security?

December 23, 2008

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
alberta, dirtyfuels, energysecurity, rockymountainnews, tarsands

The Rocky Mountain News published a strongly pro-tar sands Op Ed from a Colorado petroleum geologist over the weekend, entitled "Oil sands spell energy security." I don't claim to have aced any spelling bees -- but I do know my...continued

Coal Juice Tastes Nasty in China: Central government says Coal-to-Liquid is too dirty

October 16, 2008

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
baard, china, coal, coaltoliquid, CTL, dirtyfuels, ohio

Over and over we hear from dirty fuel advocates that the U.S. needs to use slop like tar sands and high sulfur coal so that it does not get shipped to places like China where the environmental standards are considered...continued

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