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Sources Experts & SpokespersonsNews ReleasesAre We Drawing the Right Lessons from the Gulf Oil Disaster?2010-05-03 Richard Martin We are already hearing calls from environmentalists for a moratorium on oil drilling and exploration in coastal zones, with a definite "I told you so" attitude. Unfortunately, that would be drawing pr... Community groups and First Nations demand the shutdown of Enbridge's Line 92015-12-09 More than 80 organizations in southern Ontario and Quebec, impacted indigenous communities, as well as national organizations have released a statement letter to the Prime Minister condemning the rece... Sources Select ResourcesBig Oil's Chokehold on Canadian DemocracyDobbin, Murray Article 2014 CounterPunch The fight against Big Oil corporatism may be the most important one you ever support. Canada Is Now To Climate What Japan Is To WhalingMonbiot, George Article 2009 Here I am, watching the astonishing spectacle of a beautiful, cultured nation turning itself into a corrupt petro-state. Canada is slipping down the development ladder, retreating from a complex, dive... Chevron Wins Latest Round in Ecuador Pollution CaseLobe, Jim Article 2014 Inter Press Service In the latest twist in a 21-year-old environmental pollution case, a U.S. federal judge Tuesday ruled that the victims of massive oil spillage and their U.S. attorney could not collect on a nine-billi... Citizen-Journalist Fined for Telling the TruthBrasch, Walter Article 2015 Dissident Voice The story of an injunction against against a journalist who dared to tell the truth. Community groups and First Nations demand the shutdown of Enbridge's Line 9Sources News Release Article 2015 More than 80 organizations in southern Ontario and Quebec, impacted indigenous communities, as well as national organizations have released a statement letter to the Prime Minister condemning the rece... Connexions Library: Environment FocusWebsite Connexions Information Sharing Serivces Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on environment, ecology, climate change, pollution, and land use. Dirty Water, Dirtier PracticesEcuador's Battle with Texaco's Legacy Pollution Ospina, Hernando Calvo Article 2014 Le Monde Diplomatique Texaco (now owned by Chevron) left polluted soil and ground water after 20 years of oil extraction in the Amazon in Ecuador. The legal claims and counter-claims over responsibility and reparation cont... Ecuadorean Villagers May Still Triumph Over ChevronEmersberger, Joe Article 2018 Counter Punch Michael Krauss, a lawyer who teaches "ethics" at a law school named after the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, recently posted a blog on the Forbes website entitled "The Ecuador Saga Co... Edelman's TransCanada Astroturf Documents Expose Oil Industry's Broad Attack on Public InterestDemelle, Brendan Article 2014 Desmogblog The Edelman strategy documents and work proposals outline a "grassroots advocacy" campaign plan to build support for TransCanada's Energy East pipeline as well as to undermine public opposition to oil... EnvironmentSources.comWebsite 2017 Sources Web portal with information about environmental issues and resources, with articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and importa... Fighting Big Oil's Cynical Arts SponsorshipGarrard, Chris Article 2014 Ecologist A growing movement is opposing fossil fuel industry sponsorship of the arts. Pop-up protests and performances denouncing Shell, BP and others are winning the popular vote. Just the Beginning of Canada's Filthy Tar SandsA Qualitative Jump Down a Black Hole Stainsby, Macdonald Article 2013 CounterPunch The technology used in Canada's tar sands will be used to open up other potential oil deposits that could more than double all know oil reserves. The disaster threatens to keep expanding. Letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau regarding Line 9Climate Change and the Line 9B Reversal Project Article 2015 A letter from community organizations in southern Ontario and Quebec, impacted Indigenous communities, and national organizations that would like to express adamant opposition to the recent 'Leave to ... Lockdown: the end of growth in the tar sandsMacKinnon, Hannah Article 2015 Oil Change International Climate change is here and now. And if world leaders had heeded scientific warnings 30 years ago, 20 years ago, 10 years ago, or even as recently as the Copenhagen climate conference in 2009 -- it's p... A Marxist History of the World part 104: 2001: 9/11, the War on Terror, and the New ImperialismFaulkner, Neil Article 2012 Counterfire The Al-Qaida terror attacks allowed the great powers to justify new imperialist wars to safeguard the interests of global capital. The oil warSérén, Jean-Pierre Article 2013 Le Monde diplomatique Declassified documents now reveal what everybody, especially the Iraqis, always knew: the US invaded Iraq to secure its oil supplies for US and allied companies. It hasn't quite worked out as planned. £1bn a month: the spiralling cost of oil theft in NigeriaVidal, John Article 2013 Guardian Weekly It's a crime with international repercussions, and second only to the drugs trade for the money it earns. And it threatens to destabilise Africa's second-largest economy. Preservation or plunder? The battle over the British Museum's Indigenous Australian show Daley,Paul Article 2015 The Guardian Indigenous Australians are calling for the objects on show at the British Museum's new exhibition to be returned. Reversing Enbridge & Big Oil's Pipeline PlansNelson, Joyce Article 2015 Nelson, Joyce The National Academy of Sciences is skewering the industry's 'oil is oil' talking point -- making it clear that diluted bitumen is a different beast altogether and needs to be treated as such. The ago... Tar sands campaigners are Canada's new 'terrorists' Dolack, Pete Article 2015 The Ecologist Canada's Harper government has targeted as a new crime being a member of an 'anti-Canadian petroleum movement', and equating such a stance with terrorism. Washington and the Oil Industry Know the Truth About Climate ChangeShort-Term Profits Trump Survival Lindorff, Dave Article 2014 CounterPunch Climate skeptics in Congress, and oil and coal industry lobbyists like the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the American Coal Council (ACC) may be preventing any significant action in the US on ... Sources BookshelfThe American Deep StateWall Street, Big Oil, and the Attack on U.S. Democracy Dale Scott, Peter Book 2014 Scott makes a compelling case for a hidden "deep state," a second order of government behind the public or constitutional state, that influences and often opposes official U.S. policies. Canada Since 1960: A People's HistoryA Left Perspective on 50 Years of Politics, Economics and Culture Gonick, By (ed.) Book 2016 An account of the most important developments in Canadian history from the 1960s to today, seen through the eyes of Canadian Dimension magazine. The Heat Is OnThe Climate Crisis, The Cover-up, The Prescription Gelbspan, Ross Book 1997 A book discussing the ever-worsening threat of global climate change. Stupid to the Last DropHow Alberta is Bringing Environmental Armageddon to Canada (and Doesn't Seem to Care) Marsden, William Book 2007 As the world teeters on the edge of catastrophic climate change, Alberta plunges ahead with uncontrolled development of its fossil fuels, levelling its northern Boreal forest to get at the oil sands, ... New InternationalistNew Internationalist reports on issues of world poverty and inequality. We focus attention on the unjust relationship between the powerful and the powerless worldwide in the fight for global justice. 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