Posted by Liz Barratt-Brown in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
Yesterday, two important reports were released and their conclusions are startling. First was the Munk Centre's report cataloguing a "pollution delivery system" from Alberta, Canada, to the Great Lakes. It warned that the air and water pollution from increased tar...continued→
Posted by Liz Barratt-Brown in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Today, key players in the aviation industry, led by Boeing and Virgin Atlantic Airways, have joined forces with academics and environmental groups to launch a push for low carbon fuel. This new coalition, Sustainable Aviation Fuels Users' Group, is being advised by NRDC and the...continued→
Posted by Liz Barratt-Brown in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
Following nine months of assault on Section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, Congress decided today to keep intact a critically important fuel contracting requirement- marking a big win for clean energy supporters. The provision-- known...continued→
Posted by Liz Barratt-Brown in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Canada has sent its fourth delegation in so many months to Washington D.C. to convince Americans that there is no need to worry about the tar sands oil extraction in northern Alberta. This barrage of visits reminds me of when a colleague...continued→
Posted by Liz Barratt-Brown in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Yesterday, our Canadian colleagues won a landmark tar sands case. The Canadian Federal Court found that there were gaping holes in the environmental assessment of a huge tar sands project that would strip mine the Boreal forest for oil. The Kearl...continued→
Posted by Liz Barratt-Brown in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
Those who visit the Canadian tar sands in Alberta often describe what they have seen as a visit to Tolkien’s Mordor – miles of open pits and lagoons of toxic waste water and a night sky lit by fires and...continued→
Posted by Liz Barratt-Brown in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
There has been a great deal of discussion about whether the trend towards greener energy will hold or fade away. As the price of oil goes up and stays up, greener energy – such as renewable, wind and solar energies...continued→
Posted by Liz Barratt-Brown in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
Premier Stelmach came to town this week to promote increased production of tar sands oil and was met by protestors and serious questions about the impacts of this production on Alberta and on the U.S. I wonder what he expected? ...continued→
Posted by Liz Barratt-Brown in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
Today we are sending letters to 15 U.S. and Canadian airlines asking that they participate in a new campaign we are launching called “Cool Fuels.” We’re asking participants in “Cool Fuels,” to adopt their own corporate “Low Carbon Fuel Standard” and...continued→
