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 Solving Global Warming
Last week I had the opportunity to take a road trip to northwest Indiana. Riding shotgun was Canadian journalist and author, Andrew Nikiforuk, whose book Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent is selling like hotcakes in...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→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Solving Global Warming
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→
Posted by Josh Mogerman
Canada is the leading provider of oil to the US. But sadly, a growing percentage of that petroleum oozing south comes in the form of goop from Alberta's tar sands mines, most of which makes its way to the Great...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Solving Global Warming
I’ve had that great 90’s hip hop tune “The Choice is Yours” in my head for a week now. It's been lodged there since I read comments from Shell’s chief executive in the The Guardian. What connects the Dutch oil giant...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Moving Beyond Oil
Prices at the pump are hitting us all pretty hard. Everyone is looking for a quick fix. And everyone is looking for someone to blame.NRDC’s recent win against the ConocoPhillips Wood River Refinery air permits gave a target to some folks with...continued→
