Green Options » bitumen http://greenoptions.com/tag/bitumen Posts tagged 'bitumen' Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:16:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en What’s the Real Story Behind the Enbridge Pipeline? http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/06/18/whats-the-real-story-behind-the-enbridge-pipeline/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/06/18/whats-the-real-story-behind-the-enbridge-pipeline/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:16:26 +0000 Ruedigar Matthes http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/06/18/whats-the-real-story-behind-the-enbridge-pipeline/

With the spotlight shining on clean energy, the stage has been set for the U.S. to rid itself of a harmful addiction to foreign oil. The stars are aligned and the cards have been dealt. Soon we’ll have kicked the dirty habit, right?

Sarah Palin seems to think so. Perhaps you’ll remember her proposal to tap the natural gas supply found under the pristine Alaskan wilderness. As Governor of Alaska she “fought to bring about the largest private-sector infrastructure project in North American history . . . a nearly $40 billion natural gas pipeline to help lead America to energy independence.”

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/06/18/whats-the-real-story-behind-the-enbridge-pipeline/feed/ Book Review: Andrew Nikiforuk’s Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent http://sustainablog.org/2009/01/07/book-review-andrew-nikiforuk%e2%80%99s-tar-sands-dirty-oil-and-the-future-of-a-continent/ http://sustainablog.org/2009/01/07/book-review-andrew-nikiforuk%e2%80%99s-tar-sands-dirty-oil-and-the-future-of-a-continent/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:00:29 +0000 Justin Van Kleeck http://sustainablog.org/2009/01/07/book-review-andrew-nikiforuk%e2%80%99s-tar-sands-dirty-oil-and-the-future-of-a-continent/ Northern Alberta’s vast stores of bitumen–a.k.a. “tar sands” or “oil sands” or “dirty oil”–may well be one of the worst environmental tragedies you never heard of. At least that is what Andrew Nikiforuk, a prize-winning Canadian journalist, wants you to believe.

In his recent book Tar Sands: Diry Oil and the Future of a Continent, Nikiforuk lands a knockout blow on the kissers of the oil industry, oil-friendly bureaucrats, and petrol-guzzling North Americans. It is obvious that this Canadian is sick and tired of watching his own beloved habitat mutate from a pristine Northern ecosystem to a veritable toxic wasteland.

That said, Nikiforuk is clearly perturbed (another “p” word springs to mind…but this is a family-friendly blog). His book combines intensive research with a lively, caustic writing style…sort of enlightened invective. This makes for an astonishingly entertaining read that raises your hackles while raising your awareness about a seriously dangerous issue.

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