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Leduc No. 1 and Alberta's unluckiest lucky day
By
David J. Climenhaga
| February 14, 2017

February 13 is the 70th anniversary of the day Alberta simultaneously won the lottery and started to watch everything go to hell in a handcart. February 13...Alberta's unluckiest lucky day.

In other words, 70 years ago, with memories of the Great Depression and the Second World War still very fresh in the minds of the province's population of about 800,000 souls, Leduc No. 1, a few miles south of Edmonton, struck oil and the whole world changed.

Cars didn't have seat belts back in 1947, so no one thought to say: "Fasten your seat belts!" But by gosh, they should've!

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Oil prices drop as global warming rises
By
David Suzuki
| January 20, 2015

With oil prices plunging from more than $100 a barrel last summer to below $50 now, the consequences of a petro-fuelled economy are hitting home -- especially in Alberta, where experts forecast a recession. The province's projected budget surplus has turned into a $500-million deficit on top of a $12-billion debt, with predicted revenue losses of $11 billion or more over the next three or four years if prices stay low or continue to drop as expected. Alberta's government is talking about service reductions, public-sector wage and job cuts and even increased or new taxes on individuals.

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Coal, oil, gas: None shall pass!
By
Maryam Adrangi
| July 31, 2013

This past weekend, activists in Vancouver, Washington dropped a banner off a bridge protesting fossil fuel exports on the Pacific Coast. While the action was directly responding to an approved oil export terminal in the Port of Vancouver, Washington there were speakers from along the Coast, including someone from the activist group, Rising Tide-Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories located in Vancouver, British Columbia who spoke about proposed projects to expand fossil fuel export capacity in B.C.

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CCPA on fracking: Why B.C.'s natural gas plans will kill our climate action targets

The Enbridge pipeline isn't BC's only major environmental threat. Find out how the provincial Natural Gas Strategy (including fracking) makes it impossible for us to meet our legislated greenhouse gas reduction targets. Why is the BC government breaking its own law? Check out the open letter calling on BC political parties to commit to obeying legislated GHG targets:http://www.policyalternatives.ca/obey-ghg-law

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University of Victoria urged to divest from energy sector

January 25, 2013
| The University of Victoria has high-profile climate and environmental scientists on faculty. Yet, the university invests pension funds in Enbridge and some of the tar sands' biggest players.
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Taking a stand against the Pacific Trail pipeline

October 17, 2012
| Freda Huson is spokesperson for the Unis'tot'en clan of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation in B.C. She has built a cabin on her land directly on the proposed route of a gas pipeline.
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Soaring Gas Prices Requires New Direction in Energy Policy, CAW President says
March 1, 2011 |
Why are Canadians are paying dramatically higher oil and gasoline prices as a result of geopolitical events on the other side of the world?
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It's time to end Canada's billion-dollar handout to big oil and coal

Photo: Greenpeace/John Woods

After two years of stimulus spending and years of tax cuts, Canada's debt has ballooned to $56 billion. Now the Harper government is sharpening the axe. Who will feel the cut? Given the Conservative's position on social spending, they will likely focus on provincial transfers that support healthcare and social welfare.

Meanwhile, the federal government subsidizes oil companies to the tune of $1.4 billion every year, according to the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). It's more if you factor in other fossil fuels such as coal. If the government is looking for ways to pay down the debt, ending fossil fuel subsidies in the 2011-12 budget is a good place to start.

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Weekly Mulch: Off-shore drilling, auto emissions, mountaintop mining from Obama administration
By
Sarah Laskow
| April 2, 2010

President Barack Obama announced this week that his administration would open areas from Delaware to Florida and in Alaska to offshore drilling for gas and oil. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation also released new guidelines for auto emissions to cut carbon emissions, and the EPA said new benchmarks for issuing mountaintop mining permits would prevent damage to waterways in Appalachia.  The environmental community welcomed these last two announcements but both were overshadowed by the off-shore drilling decision, which green groups largely condemned.

Off-putting off-shore drilling decision

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Sour gas line explosion leaves bad taste for northern B.C. residents

When a sour gas line explodes near a village and a saboteur isn't to blame, does anyone pay attention?

 

That's what dozens of Pouce Coupe residents in northeastern B.C. are wondering after regulators slammed EnCana, North America's largest natural gas company, for releasing 30,000 cubic meters of toxic sour gas into their community.

B.C.'s Oil and Gas Commission lambasted multiple failures with EnCana's safety protocols in a report released on Feb. 4.

"This is a very serious event," said commission spokesman Steve Simon. "This shouldn't have happened."

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