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Climate Science Says We CAN’T Move Towards More Tar Sands and Dirty Fuels

February 19, 2009

Posted by Melanie Nakagawa in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
climatechange, dirtyfuels, oilsands, tarsands

  We've all been hearing the litany of problems with tar sands from the environmental impacts to the public health consequences.  However, how much more needs to happen for our decision makers to act now?  Scientists who have specialized in...continued

A Cause for Alarm in Community Downstream from Tar Sands

February 10, 2009

Posted by Melanie Nakagawa in Health and the Environment

Tags:
cancerstudy, dirtyfuels, fortchipewyan, oilsands, tarsands

The release of last week's Alberta Health cancer study in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, Canada answered few questions but prompted many more.  Responding to requests by the community of Fort Chipewyan, the Alberta Government conducted a health study to investigate the...continued