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Is the U.S. trying to strongarm EU to accept petroleum products from Alberta’s oil sands

July 30, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

It’s being reported by the IPS News Agency documents suggest the U.S. government is trying to prevent a landmark regulatory proposal in the European Union aimed at addressing climate change. Environmentalists, working off of documents released through open government requests, say U.S. trade representatives are responding to frustrations voiced by the oil and gas industry.  […]

Filed Under: International, News Tagged With: Bill Waren, Canadian government.oil sands, Chevron, Climate Change, European Union, ExxonMobil, Friends of the Earth, Fuel Quality Directive, oil industry, tar sands, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP, U.S. government, world’s largest free-trade area

Comment: Climate plans amount to ‘wishful thinking’

July 22, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

Alberta’s strategy to address climate change has proven to be little more than “wishful thinking.” When the Alberta government introduced its Climate Change Strategy in 2008, the document was branded with the words “Responsibility, Leadership and Action” but eight years later – with greenhouse gas emissions nowhere close to meeting the provincial target – there’s […]

Filed Under: Editorial Tagged With: Alberta, Canadians, Climate Change, Environment, GHG, greenhouse gas, Harper Government, Keystone XL pipeline, oil companies, oil sands, pipeline, social licence

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