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$25 million to paint a tar sands black hole green?

April 29, 2008

Posted by Liz Barratt-Brown in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
alberta, borealforest, canada, oilsands, tarsands

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...

New fuel economy savings marred by tar sands

February 5, 2008

Posted by Liz Barratt-Brown in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
CAFE, corporateaveragefueleconomy, energybill, globalwarming, HR6, oilsands, tarsands

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...

NRDC asks airlines to oppose dirty fuels and cut global warming pollution

January 10, 2008

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

Tags:
airlines, alternativefuels, americanairlines, borealforest, canada, corporateresponsibility, dirtyfuel, globalwarming, richardbranson, unitedairlines

 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...