#oilsands — Public Fediverse posts
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They Are Dying. And #Canada Is Watching.
#Mikisew #Cree’s own health study confirms what the community has always known: the #OilSands are killing them. If governments and industry don’t act, they say they will shut it all down.
by Brandi Morin
Apr 13, 2026Excerpt: "The findings confirmed what this community has carried in their grief, in their graveyards, for generations: cancer rates in Fort Chipewyan are at least 25 percent higher than the rest of Alberta. Since 1993, there have been 149 documented cases — and that number, Tuccaro says, is a gross underestimate. People who leave the community for treatment are no longer counted in local statistics. Factor those in, and the real number for Mikisew Cree members alone, he estimates, is closer to 250 to 300."
#CanadaPol #FortChipewyan #MikisewCreeFirstNation #NativeAmericanNews #TarSands #BigOil #FirstNations #EnvironmentalRacism
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Cenovus CEO says oilsands dialogue ‘myopically focused on the climate agenda’
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11837684/cenovus-oilsands-development/
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For #Indigenous communities in ‘#Alberta,’ the #OilIndustry has left an ugly stain
Facing #OilSpills, evacuations and #illness — nations downstream of the #OilSands grieve their way of life, as the #corporations polluting their water get richer
By Brandi Morin, December 7, 2023
Excerpt: "The rush of the wind and sprays of water add to the thrill as Jason Castor guides his riverboat through a stretch of #LakeAthabasca near #FortChipewyan, in #Treaty8 territories. If he slows down, his boat could get stuck in the mud or even flip over because the water levels in this spot are remarkably low. He steers around buoys, dodges logs and other debris while accelerating to the mouth of the channel, which he knows should be deep enough to navigate at an average speed.
"While trawling his boat further down the river, Castor points to odd-looking clusters resembling dirty foam floating by.
" 'There’s just a slurry of a foam that looks like #oil or some kind of #chemical in there,' says Castor, a 42-year-old father, construction business owner and member of the #AthabascaChipewyan #FirstNation (#ACFN).
"He’s been a traditional hunter, trapper and fisherman for nearly 20 years and has documented strange changes in the water, the land and animals.
"Something’s going on in the river, he says.
" 'They say that it’s natural, well, I know that that’s not natural because I’ve been on the river my whole life,' he explains as he points to brown and #WhiteFoam, #OilSheens and other discoloured formations floating on the river.
"Nowadays, it’s risky to navigate these waterways because of industrial intakes like the #WACBennettDam to the west in B.C.; the #AlbertaOilSands just up the river and impacts from #ClimateChange.
"The #PeaceAthabascaDelta is the second-largest #freshwater delta in the world.
"The #AthabascaRiver, and the larger delta, also sit atop the world’s largest known reservoir of #CrudeBitumen.
"The industry that has sprung up around it drives Alberta’s and Canada’s economy, employing about 138,000 people. In 2021, crude bitumen production totaled approximately 3.3 million barrels per day. The oil sands energy sector including oil sands, conventional #OilAndGas, mining and quarrying is valued at about $18 billion.
"But while Canada prospers off the oil sands industry, #Indigenous communities downstream are dealing with its #toxic impacts.
"Not only are the water levels fluctuating, but the health of the water flowing through the Athabasca River is jeopardized."
#CanPol #CanadaPol #Alberta #TarSands #BigOilAndGas #OilSands #WaterIsLife #Pollution #Environment #Oiligarchy
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A New Political Fault Line Opens Over Canada’s Energy Future
Canada is often torn in two different directions when it comes to energy policy, with former Prime Minister…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #Albertaoil #AviLewis #Canadaenergypolicy #climatepolicy #fossilfuels #greentransition #LNGCanada #MarkCarney #NDP #oilsands #Science
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A New Political Fault Line Opens Over Canada’s Energy Future
Canada is often torn in two different directions when it comes to energy policy, with former Prime Minister…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #Albertaoil #AviLewis #Canadaenergypolicy #climatepolicy #fossilfuels #greentransition #LNGCanada #MarkCarney #NDP #oilsands #Science
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/424743/ A New Political Fault Line Opens Over Canada’s Energy Future #AlbertaOil #AviLewis #Business #CanadaEnergyPolicy #ClimatePolicy #Economy #Éire #FossilFuels #GreenTransition #IE #Ireland #LNGCanada #MarkCarney #NDP #OilSands
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/878402/ A New Political Fault Line Opens Over Canada’s Energy Future #AlbertaOil #AviLewis #CanadaEnergyPolicy #ClimatePolicy #Environment #FossilFuels #GreenTransition #LNGCanada #MarkCarney #NDP #OilSands #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Alberta has long accused Ottawa of trying to destroy its oil industry. That’s a dangerous myth
#Alberta #Canada #DanielleSmith #AlbertaOil #Oilsands #CanadianPolitics #ClimatePolicy #FederalSupport #EnergyMyths #OilAndGas #EnvironmentalPolicy #CanadaEnergy
https://the-14.com/alberta-has-long-accused-ottawa-of-trying-to-destroy-its-oil-industry-thats-a-dangerous-myth/ -
Alberta has long accused Ottawa of trying to destroy its oil industry. That’s a dangerous myth
#Alberta #Canada #DanielleSmith #AlbertaOil #Oilsands #CanadianPolitics #ClimatePolicy #FederalSupport #EnergyMyths #OilAndGas #EnvironmentalPolicy #CanadaEnergy
https://the-14.com/alberta-has-long-accused-ottawa-of-trying-to-destroy-its-oil-industry-thats-a-dangerous-myth/ -
Season 3 Episode 8: Propaganda and Petroturfing with Dr Jordan Kinder
What is petroturfing? What is an energy imaginary? If, as Thomas King says, we are all stories, how can we make sense of which stories are leading us to an understanding of things as they are, rather than misrepresenting reality or persuading us to take a biased view? And what can we do when we learn to critically interpret the world around us? What are some concrete actions we can take as regular folks if we decide that we want to push back against this narrative of “ethical oil” and intervene in the reactionary oil culture war?
Dr Jordan Kinder has spent the last decade of his life thinking about these questions, specifically in the context of the Canadian oil industry and Alberta. The result? His new book Petroturfing: Refining Canadian Oil, which covers these topics and more, forthcoming from University of Minnesota Press in spring 2024. Join Ariel and Jordan to learn about the many competing narratives about (and even by!) Canadian oil and gas—including but not limited to being labelled dirty oil, ethical oil, one of the world’s leading polluters, an underdog industry under attack, a Canadian success story, the ball and chain around Canada’s neck as it tries to avert climate catastrophe, and the list goes on…
https://youtu.be/_2X-AY5DRV8?si=tV8liBgRi3KLsX8-
#Episode #Season3 #YouTube #solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #Oil #CanadianOil #AlbertaOil #Petroculture #Petroturfing #OilAndGas #OilSands #ClimateChange #Pollution #Advertising #Propaganda
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Season 3 Episode 8: Propaganda and Petroturfing with Dr Jordan Kinder
What is petroturfing? What is an energy imaginary? If, as Thomas King says, we are all stories, how can we make sense of which stories are leading us to an understanding of things as they are, rather than misrepresenting reality or persuading us to take a biased view? And what can we do when we learn to critically interpret the world around us? What are some concrete actions we can take as regular folks if we decide that we want to push back against this narrative of “ethical oil” and intervene in the reactionary oil culture war?
Dr Jordan Kinder has spent the last decade of his life thinking about these questions, specifically in the context of the Canadian oil industry and Alberta. The result? His new book Petroturfing: Refining Canadian Oil, which covers these topics and more, forthcoming from University of Minnesota Press in spring 2024. Join Ariel and Jordan to learn about the many competing narratives about (and even by!) Canadian oil and gas—including but not limited to being labelled dirty oil, ethical oil, one of the world’s leading polluters, an underdog industry under attack, a Canadian success story, the ball and chain around Canada’s neck as it tries to avert climate catastrophe, and the list goes on…
https://youtu.be/_2X-AY5DRV8?si=tV8liBgRi3KLsX8-
#Episode #Season3 #YouTube #solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #Oil #CanadianOil #AlbertaOil #Petroculture #Petroturfing #OilAndGas #OilSands #ClimateChange #Pollution #Advertising #Propaganda
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Season 3 Episode 8: Propaganda and Petroturfing with Dr Jordan Kinder
What is petroturfing? What is an energy imaginary? If, as Thomas King says, we are all stories, how can we make sense of which stories are leading us to an understanding of things as they are, rather than misrepresenting reality or persuading us to take a biased view? And what can we do when we learn to critically interpret the world around us? What are some concrete actions we can take as regular folks if we decide that we want to push back against this narrative of “ethical oil” and intervene in the reactionary oil culture war?
Dr Jordan Kinder has spent the last decade of his life thinking about these questions, specifically in the context of the Canadian oil industry and Alberta. The result? His new book Petroturfing: Refining Canadian Oil, which covers these topics and more, forthcoming from University of Minnesota Press in spring 2024. Join Ariel and Jordan to learn about the many competing narratives about (and even by!) Canadian oil and gas—including but not limited to being labelled dirty oil, ethical oil, one of the world’s leading polluters, an underdog industry under attack, a Canadian success story, the ball and chain around Canada’s neck as it tries to avert climate catastrophe, and the list goes on…
https://youtu.be/_2X-AY5DRV8?si=tV8liBgRi3KLsX8-
#Episode #Season3 #YouTube #solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #Oil #CanadianOil #AlbertaOil #Petroculture #Petroturfing #OilAndGas #OilSands #ClimateChange #Pollution #Advertising #Propaganda
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Season 3 Episode 8: Propaganda and Petroturfing with Dr Jordan Kinder
What is petroturfing? What is an energy imaginary? If, as Thomas King says, we are all stories, how can we make sense of which stories are leading us to an understanding of things as they are, rather than misrepresenting reality or persuading us to take a biased view? And what can we do when we learn to critically interpret the world around us? What are some concrete actions we can take as regular folks if we decide that we want to push back against this narrative of “ethical oil” and intervene in the reactionary oil culture war?
Dr Jordan Kinder has spent the last decade of his life thinking about these questions, specifically in the context of the Canadian oil industry and Alberta. The result? His new book Petroturfing: Refining Canadian Oil, which covers these topics and more, forthcoming from University of Minnesota Press in spring 2024. Join Ariel and Jordan to learn about the many competing narratives about (and even by!) Canadian oil and gas—including but not limited to being labelled dirty oil, ethical oil, one of the world’s leading polluters, an underdog industry under attack, a Canadian success story, the ball and chain around Canada’s neck as it tries to avert climate catastrophe, and the list goes on…
https://youtu.be/_2X-AY5DRV8?si=tV8liBgRi3KLsX8-
#Episode #Season3 #YouTube #solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #Oil #CanadianOil #AlbertaOil #Petroculture #Petroturfing #OilAndGas #OilSands #ClimateChange #Pollution #Advertising #Propaganda
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Season 3 Episode 8: Propaganda and Petroturfing with Dr Jordan Kinder
What is petroturfing? What is an energy imaginary? If, as Thomas King says, we are all stories, how can we make sense of which stories are leading us to an understanding of things as they are, rather than misrepresenting reality or persuading us to take a biased view? And what can we do when we learn to critically interpret the world around us? What are some concrete actions we can take as regular folks if we decide that we want to push back against this narrative of “ethical oil” and intervene in the reactionary oil culture war?
Dr Jordan Kinder has spent the last decade of his life thinking about these questions, specifically in the context of the Canadian oil industry and Alberta. The result? His new book Petroturfing: Refining Canadian Oil, which covers these topics and more, forthcoming from University of Minnesota Press in spring 2024. Join Ariel and Jordan to learn about the many competing narratives about (and even by!) Canadian oil and gas—including but not limited to being labelled dirty oil, ethical oil, one of the world’s leading polluters, an underdog industry under attack, a Canadian success story, the ball and chain around Canada’s neck as it tries to avert climate catastrophe, and the list goes on…
https://youtu.be/_2X-AY5DRV8?si=tV8liBgRi3KLsX8-
#Episode #Season3 #YouTube #solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #Oil #CanadianOil #AlbertaOil #Petroculture #Petroturfing #OilAndGas #OilSands #ClimateChange #Pollution #Advertising #Propaganda