Dutch bank Rabobank has announced it will not lend money to businesses that deal with unconventional energy extraction, including shale gas, because of the environmental and social implications of doing so. - See more at:  http://blueandgreentomorrow.com/2013/07/01/dutch-bank-refuses-loans-to-businesses-involved-in-shale-gas/#sthash.1haesLQk.dpuf

Scientists say the Mackenzie River and its tributaries play a crucial role in cooling a warming climate, acting as a ‘climate stabilizer.’

According to Eesti Päevaleht, the bill, if passed, could spell the end for Eesti Energia's growing shale oil production efforts, costing the nation up to 4 percent of GDP.  The directive would compel fuel producers to measure the CO2 footprint of their products while also banning fuels with a high level of CO2, which would include shale oil and diesel fuel produced from oil shale.

**** Leaked Papers Show UK Government Will Backtrack on Tar Sands Extraction Being Classified As Highly Polluting - News - The Ecologist Lorna Howarth 17may13  http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/1928187/leaked_papers_show_uk_government_will_backtrack_on_tar_sands_extraction_being_classified_as_highly_polluting.html

*** Hansen Says Tar-Sands Oil Makes Climate Change Unsolvable - Bloomberg 16may13 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-16/hansen-says-tar-sands-oil-makes-climate-change-unsolvable.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

 http://www.no-tar-sands.org/2013/05/uks-pro-tar-sands-stance-exposed-and-showdown-with-shell/

 http://www.no-tar-sands.org/2013/05/indigenous-communities-oppose-extreme-energy-at-shells-agm/

Shell In The Tar Sands  a company determined to destroy our planet   Greenpeace UK 20may13  http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/groups/newcastle/blog/shell-tar-sands-company-determined-destroy-our-planet

 http://www.no-tar-sands.org/2013/05/uk-caught-in-battle-over-canadian-tar-sands/

******NB: HOC EAC Prof James Hansen 16may13  http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/Player.aspx?meetingId=13139

16may13 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-16/hansen-says-tar-sands-oil-makes-climate-change-unsolvable.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

UK signals support for EU import of Canadian tar sands oil   Environment   guardian.co.uk 15may13 John Vidal http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/15/uk-signals-support-eu-import-tar-sands 'Leaked papers show UK rejects proposal to classify oil from tar sands as highly polluting, a label that would deter EU countries from importing it'  ... 'But of six options put to EU countries in April on how to implement the proposal, the UK chose the two that would make no differentiation between the carbon content of fuels.  "Based on the findings so far, it seems clear that [these two] seem to meet the policy aims of the directive with the least risks of unexpected consequences," the UK said in the documents. It firmly rejected others that allowed a difference.' Charlie Kronick & Norman Baker both quoted. Baker says no change in his stance from before

Don’t cook the planet with tar sands, Canada told   Friends of the Earth Europe - Rowell re Peter Kent in Brussels 15may13 http://www.foeeurope.org/dont-cook--planet-tar-sands-Canada-150513

Canadian Scientist “Betrayed  Over Tar Sands   The Price of Oil Rowell 13may13 http://priceofoil.org/2013/05/13/canadian-scientist-betrayed-over-tar-sands/

12may13 Tar Sands Dependence Could Lead to Negative Fallout for Canadian Economy   DeSmog Canada http://www.desmog.ca/2013/05/10/tar-sands-dependence-could-lead-negative-fallout-canadian-economy

**** impact-eu-value-tar-sands-equal-removing-7-million-cars-europe’s-roads-–-study http://www.transportenvironment.org/press/impact-eu-value-tar-sands-equal-removing-7-million-cars-europe%E2%80%99s-roads-%E2%80%93-study

9may13 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/joe-oliver-backs-away-from-threat-of-eu-trade-battle/article11813534/

"A study being released Wednesday by the Brussels-based group Transport & Environment concludes that the directive would drive down Canadian prices by reducing the global market for products derived from oil-sands bitumen.  The fuel quality directive (FDQ) would provide “a powerful incentive to shift investment away from ultra-high-carbon feedstocks to lower-carbon ones, with significant ensuing environmental benefits,” the report said. It estimated the lower oil sands production would result in a reduction of 19 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, the equivalent of taking seven million cars a year off Europeans roads."

One day after hearings between the Fort McKay First Nation and a proposed Dover oilsands project began, shares for the Athabasca Oil Corp. dropped 17% following media coverage of the panel.  AOC, which owns Dover but is run by PetroChina, was asked by the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada to comment on the sudden drop on Tuesday morning.

Gearing up to ask Council to reject #tarsands! Read why - http://www.cagoxfordshire.org.uk/news-archive/341-oxford-and-the-tar-sands … if you haven't signed yet, pls do! https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/oxford-city-council-keep-the-tar-sands-out-of-oxford-2 …

11apr13 http://www.rtcc.org/climate-protesters-converge-on-london-ahead-of-g8-meeting/
http://m.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/apr/10/bp-agm-pay-row
http://www.no-tar-sands.org/design-brief/
http://business.financialpost.com/2013/04/08/alberta-hires-lobby-group-with-john-kerry-ties-in-bid-to-promote-keystone-pipeline/?__lsa=fee2-9361
9apr13 http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/ddroitsch/the_alberta_credibility_gap_on.html
2apr13 http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2013/04/keystone-xl-pipeline-bad-youve-heard
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Hume+Pipeline+spills+exception+Alberta+they+oily+reality/6778601/story.html#ixzz2Q4jRH9SX
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-redford/arkansas-oil-spill-keystone-pipeline_b_3038269.html?utm_hp_ref=green
http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/oxford-city-council-keep-the-tar-sands-out-of-oxford-2
http://www.treehugger.com/energy-disasters/arkansas-oil-spill-could-be-almost-300000-gallons.html

FIPA  The Greatest Threat to Canada's Future - YouTube 5apr13 1:55mins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi6IWGzeJTQ&feature=youtu.be

Groups Ask State Dept for 120-Day Comment Period on Keystone Pipeline, Visit our News Center Page for All the Coverage of the Arkansas Exxon Oil Spill 4apr13

Old news (Feb2012) but relevant now (Spring2013) as Nick Clegg has had another petition on this subject: Rory Belcher - Office of Nick Clegg MP - writes response on behalf of Nick Clegg to People & Planet petition re FQD and tar sands: 'Me Eco, You Eco  Re-posting  People and Planet' Feb.2012 http://meecoyoueco.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/re-posting-people-and-planet.html?spref=tw
And here is P&P comment on the above:  http://blog.peopleandplanet.org/2012/02/tar-sands-clegg-reply/

 * Suncor Toxic Spill  A ten hour disaster   Greenpeace Canada Mike Hudema 28mar13  http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/Blog/suncor-toxic-spill-a-ten-hour-disaster/blog/44520/

* Harper government’s reckless and undemocratic muzzling of scientists  Editorial   Toronto Star 18mar13 http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2013/03/18/harper_governments_reckless_and_undemocratic_muzzling_of_scientists_editorial.html

Friends of the Earth: Tell President Obama and Secretary Kerry: Reject the Keystone XL!  
https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/455/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=12951

http://www.no-tar-sands.org/2013/03/a-visit-to-the-cabinet-office/

26mar13 ‘Tainted water poured for hours before broken Suncor pipe sealed’ http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Suncor+responding+break+frozen+line+that+spilled+tainted+water/8153068/story.html#.UVG6mgq3DvE.twitter

http://climateradio.org/defusing-the-tar-sands-climate-bomb/

http://newint.org/blog/2013/03/25/climate-radio-tar-sands-keystone-europe/

http://priceofoil.org/2013/03/22/the-tar-sands-refugees/

Statement on Hoeven pro-Keystone XL amendment - The Price of Oil 22mar13 http://priceofoil.org/2013/03/22/statement-on-hoeven-pro-keystone-xl-amendment/

Keystone XL picks up Senate backing - The Hill's E2-Wire 22mar13 http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/289941-senate-endorses-keystone-xl-through-budget-amendment

 
*EXCLUSIVE  State Dept. Hid Contractor's Ties to Keystone XL Pipeline Company   Mother Jones by Andy Kroll 21mar13 http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/03/keystone-xl-contractor-ties-transcanada-state-department State Dept redacted previous projects worked on by the ‘experts’ who wrote the report - they were contracts with co.s standing to gain from KXL.

 
* Keystone Pipeline Safe from Climate Change,  State Department Says   NationofChange 21mar13 http://www.nationofchange.org/keystone-pipeline-safe-climate-change-state-department-says-1363361465 “Secretary of State John Kerry promised a “transparent” assessment of the Keystone XL pipeline and now the State Department has delivered on that promise—with a transparently fraudulent “environmental impact statement,” which, according one critic, “makes no mention of the [pipeline’s] impact on the world’s climate.” 

 
German research institute pulls out of Canadian tar sands project   EurActiv 19mar13 & re FQD  http://www.euractiv.com/science-policymaking/german-research-institute-pulls-news-518608?utm_source=EurActiv%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=21646d9f92-newsletter_daily_update&utm_medium=email

 
EU must play hardball on tar sands, says Canadian chief   EurActiv 18mar13 http://www.euractiv.com/climate-environment/eu-play-hard-ball-canada-tar-san-news-518523?utm_source=EurActiv%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=aa33ae39ee-newsletter_daily_update&utm_medium=email Incl FQD and comments by FoE and T&E

‘A sticky situation - The EU and Canada are at loggerheads over the damage caused to the environment by oil sands, and neither side is prepared to give way’ -  European Voice Dave Keating 14mar13 http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/a-sticky-situation/76660.aspx -  The strapline summarizes the 5mar13 mtg re FQD in European Parliament. Hedegard et al vs Canadian gov bloke “Because the Council's scientific committee could not reach an agreement, the Commission's fuel-quality directive proposal is referred up to environment ministers – who are waiting for the Commission to complete the impact assessment. In the meantime, Canada has been active in various European capitals trying to persuade national ministries to reject the Commission's approach.  Meanwhile, MEPs resent being bypassed on a highly controversial issue. At last week's workshop, German Liberal MEP Holger Krahmer declared: “The time is right to bring this issue up in a co-decision procedure.””

** Keystone XL refineries already exporting 60 percent of their gasoline - The Price of Oil 14mar13 Lorne Stockman http://priceofoil.org/2013/03/14/keystone-xl-refineries-already-exporting-60-percent-of-their-gasoline/ vg map of Mexico Gulf refineries & descript of their export plans inc leg Valero

  http://priceofoil.org/2013/03/14/pro-keystone-xl-senate-bill-follows-pattern-of-following-the-oil-money/

Obama pitches clean-fuel car plan in Chicago but signals retreat on Keystone   Environment   guardian.co.uk  15mar13 Goldenberg http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/15/obama-congress-electric-cars-research?CMP=twt_gu

Muzzling of Canadian scientists ‘absolutely embarrassing’   Metro 15mar13 http://metronews.ca/news/canada/596593/muzzling-of-canadian-scientists-absolutely-embarrassing/ Federal Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault is being asked to investigate the “muzzling” of Canadian government scientists in a request backed by a 128-page report detailing “systemic efforts” to obstruct access to researchers.

CACC AGM 2013 Part 2 - Emily Coats from UKTSN speaks re tar sands 2mar13 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7mwbQmqVOE

She updates us on KXL, FQD Shell’s tar sands expansion vs First Nations, UKTSN plans eg re FQD, Shell sponsorship of South Bank Centre, BP & Shell AGMs

* Andy Stevenson Guest Blog  Is the Party Over for Tar Sands without Keystone XL    Danielle Droitsch's Blog   Switchboard, from NRDC 13mar13 http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/ddroitsch/andy_stevenson_guest_blog_is_t.html via UK Tar Sands Network ‏@NoTarSands  "In sum, the financial community sees #KeystoneXL as critical to the growth rate of #tarsands oil production" http://ow.ly/j39tz  v @NRDC

PETCOKE pollution: U.S. environmental group joins Windsorites in petcoke fight (with video)   Windsor Star 12mar13 http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2013/03/12/u-s-environmental-group-joins-windsorites-in-fight-against-petroleum-coke-piles/

29 Vermont Communities Say No to Tar Sands Shipments, New England Opposition Grows   DeSmogBlog 12mar13

http://www.desmogblog.com/2013/03/12/29-vermont-communities-say-no-tar-sands-shipments-new-england?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Fact-checking Canada’s record on climate change and the oilsands Pembina Institute 12mar13 http://www.pembina.org/blog/697

Keystone  Mulcair tells Americans Harper government playing them for fools   Canadian Politics   Canada   News   National Post 12mar13 http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/03/12/tom-mulcair-goes-to-washington-tells-americans-that-harper-is-playing-people-for-fools-on-environment-amid-keystone-assessment/

State Department Keystone XL Study Done by Oil Industry-Connected Firm with Big Tobacco, Fracking Ties   DeSmogBlog  12mar13 http://www.desmogblog.com/2013/03/11/state-department-keystone-xl-study-oil-industry-big-tobacco-fracking?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

No, Minister Oliver, the oil sands have not become 'green' - The Globe and Mail Tzeporah Berman is an environmental author and co-founder of ForestEthics ?8mar13 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/no-minister-oliver-the-oil-sands-have-not-become-green/article9503879/?cmpid=rss1 While Mr. Oliver claimed this week that the oil sands were ‘getting greener’ citing statistics that showed per-barrel emissions dropping between 1990 and 2010, he failed to mention that since 2010 per barrel emissions have increased by 21 per cent.  The oil is getting dirtier due to an increasing focus on deep oil sands development using steam, which causes more greenhouse-gas emissions. 

Ottawa [ Joe Oliver ] pitches the oil sands as ‘green’ - The Globe and Mail 5mar13

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/ottawa-pitches-the-oil-sands-as-green/article9306257/

Musings of A Canadian government scientist from behind the muzzle

http://unmuzzledscience.wordpress.com/

The Strategic Importance of the Keystone XL Pipeline   The Indypendent Micael Klare 21feb13

https://indypendent.org/2013/02/21/strategic-importance-keystone-xl-pipeline

http://www.oilsandsdevelopers.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Oil-Sands-Project-List-March-5-2013.pdf

*** Oil Change International Statement on Draft Keystone XL EIS - The Price of Oil 1mar13 Steve Kretzman

 http://priceofoil.org/2013/03/01/oil-change-international-statement-on-draft-keystone-xl-eis/   -

'Oil Change International: Obama Administration Draft Keystone XL EIS

Understates Climate Impact, Ignores Pipeline’s Purpose of Exporting Oil Abroad'

***

http://environmentaldefence.ca/blog/5-things-you-need-know-about-keystone-xl-environmental-impact-assessment

Keystone XL pipeline report slammed by activists and scientists - Sierra Club leads angry response to 'deeply flawed' State Department report into proposed oil sands pipeline  Environment   guardian.co.uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/02/keystone-xl-pipeline-report-activists-scientists?CMP=twt_gu

http://www.desmogblog.com/keystone-xl-pipeline-environmental-assessment-news

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/11/opinion/when-to-say-no-to-the-keystone-xl.html?ref=opinion&_r=3&

Blame Canada Part 1  The Country Has Become a Petro-State, Happily Drilling for Profits as the World Warms   DeSmog Canada 7mar13 http://desmog.ca/2013/03/06/blame-canada-part-1-country-has-become-petro-state-happily-drilling-profits-world-warms

‘State Department’ Keystone XL Report Actually Written By TransCanada Contractor   Grist 6mar13 http://grist.org/article/state-department-keystone-xl-report-actually-written-by-transcanada-contractor/

http   keystonepipeline-xl.state.gov documents organization 205719.pdf Draft Supplement EIS ?1mar13 http://ht.ly/ibv04

Keystone XL Environmental Assessment Expected Today As Industry Experts Proclaim It an Export Pipeline – EcoWatch  Uniting the Voice of the Grassroots Environmental Movement Article by Oil Change International 1mar13 http://ecowatch.org/2013/keystone-xl-assessment/

kxl-own-words-v2 - The Tar Sands need KXL to expand https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.350.org/images/kxl-own-words-v2.pdf

Texas Oil Spill [on 26feb13] Hits Home for Tar Sands Activists » Rainforest Action Network Blog Scott Parkin 27feb13 http://understory.ran.org/2013/02/27/texas-oil-spill-hits-home-for-tar-sands-activists/ Yesterday in Tyler County, TX, a pipeline operated by Sunoco Logistics sprung a leak and spilled 20,000 gallons (or 550 barrels) of oil into local East Texas waterways

Hugo Chavez Told Me He Won't Sell Oil to the Kochs   VICE United Kingdom Feb2012  http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/koch-brothers-hugo-chavez-and-the-xl-pipeline  and part 2 a week later:

Murkier Than Oil   VICE United Kingdom Feb2012  http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/only-you-can-stop-the-xl-keystone-pipeline

Also in Morning Star 19feb12: The dark lords of the tar sands / Features / Home - Morning Star

www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/129659 And printed on 20feb13

Greg Palast   Investigative Reporter http://www.gregpalast.com/the-koch-brothers-hugo-chavez-and-the-xl-pipeline/

‘Experts have warned of ‘bitumen bubble’ for years’ Karen Kleiss, Edmonton Journal, 24feb13 http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/energy-resources/Experts+have+warned+bitumen+bubble+years/8009291/story.html

Keystone XL decision will define Barack Obama's legacy on climate change   Environment   guardian.co.uk by John Abraham 22feb13 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2013/feb/22/keystone-xl-pipeline-barack-obama-oil-sands John Abraham is associate professor in the school of engineering at the University of St Thomas in Minnesota v punchily written

Forward on Climate Rally - February 17, 2013 - YouTube 20feb13 - excellent and inspirational 4 minute video http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=anXE46utpo8#! The Story of #ForwardOnClimate 350.org  http://ht.ly/hV2aB

What's in a Number   Media and Government Downplay Keystone XL Climate Rally Attendance   DeSmog Canada 20feb13 http://desmog.ca/2013/02/19/what-s-number-media-and-government-downplay-keystone-protest-figures

Evangeline Lilly (aka Kate Austen in ‘Lost’) speaks to other Canadians re tar sands: “I am Canadian. What are You?”...“The tar sands in Alberta, the construction of new pipelines, the industrial abuse of clean water, the elimination of environmental laws and mistreatment of First Nations peoples are some of the greatest threats to our identity as Canadians.” 12feb13  http://desmog.ca/2013/01/22/evangeline-lilly-i-am-canadian-what-are-you in DeSmog Canada

Oil Sands Mining Uses Up Almost as Much Energy as It Produces   InsideClimate News Rachel Newer 19feb13 http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20130219/oil-sands-mining-tar-sands-alberta-canada-energy-return-on-investment-eroi-natural-gas-in-situ-dilbit-bitumen Examines and cf’s EROI figures ‘energy returned on investment’

 
The Missing Tar Sands Monitoring Data - The Price of Oil - Andy Rowell 19feb13 http://priceofoil.org/2013/02/19/the-missing-tar-sands-monitoring-data/

 
Bernie Sanders ‏@SenSanders Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks out against the #KeystoneXL pipeline:http://youtu.be/atjSaBEb_PI  #ForwardOnClimate #NoKXL - this tweet on 18feb13 but video last summer

Europe says NO to tar sands, NO to KXL 17feb13   350.org http://350.org/en/about/blogs/europe-says-no-tar-sands-no-kxl - at the foor of this page it states Please sign this petition..... and links to: 350   UK  #ForwardOnClimate http://act.350.org/sign/uk-fuel-quality-directive/    <Sign this to Nick Clegg             http://www.foepembrokeshire.co.uk/

It’s a momentous day in the fight against the tar sands   No Tar Sands   UK Tar Sands Network 17feb13 http://www.no-tar-sands.org/2013/02/its-a-momentous-day-in-the-fight-against-the-tar-sands/

 
Shame this contains false propaganda: Thousands at climate rally in Washington call on Obama to reject Keystone pipeline   Reuters -17feb13 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/17/us-usa-climate-keystone-protest-idUSBRE91G0GZ20130217

 
Canadian cops monitor environmentalists » StraightGoods.ca http://sgnews.ca/2013/02/15/canadian-cops-monitor-environmentalists/

Oilsands tailings leaking into groundwater, Joe Oliver told in memo - by Mike de Souza, POSTMEDIA NEWS 17feb13 Calgary Herald http://ht.ly/hNJKU  He Wrote this in Dec2011: ‘Secret’ Environment Canada study warns of oil sands’ impact on habitat   News   Financial Post 22dec11 http://business.financialpost.com/2011/12/22/secret-environment-canada-study-warns-of-oil-sands-impact-on-habitat/

Harper government presses Obama to approve Keystone XL pipeline   rabble.ca 17feb13 http://rabble.ca/news/2013/02/harper-government-presses-obama-approve-keystone-xl-pipeline#.USDs7ujzi5o.twitter

Why I Got Arrested at the White House to Stop the Tar Sands Pipeline - BY ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.  OnEarth Magazine 15feb13 http://www.onearth.org/blog/robert-f-kennedy-jr-arrested-at-white-house-keystone-xl-protest#.USEBs7I1QpY.twitter

Daryl Hannah leads celebrity Keystone XL protest at White House gates   Environment   guardian.co.uk 13feb13 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/feb/13/daryl-hannah-keystone-xl-protest-obama

Canada's environmental activists seen as 'threat to national security'   Environment   guardian.co.uk 14feb13 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/feb/14/canada-environmental-activism-threat

Gagging / muzzling science: ‘Scientist calls new confidentiality rules on Arctic project ‘chilling’’   canada.com 13feb13 http://o.canada.com/2013/02/13/feds-new-confidentiality-rules-on-arctic-project-called-chilling/#.UR1u-vGmUPk.twitter  “I’m not signing it,” said Andreas Muenchow of the University of Delaware, who has taken issue with the wording that Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans has proposed for the Canada-U.S. project. It’s an affront to academic freedom and a “potential muzzle,” said Muenchow, who has been collaborating with DFO scientists on the project in the eastern Arctic since 2003.  ....Harper government’s micro-management of science ...Muenchow... so it does not “sign away my freedom to speak, publish, educate, learn and share.”

Kinder Morgan Pipeline Route Maps   Wilderness Committee  http://wildernesscommittee.org/KMmap

Re the Montreal-Portland pipeline - which goes through VERMONT: ‘Pipeline CEO argues safety of pumping tar sands oil through Vermont; environmentalist disagrees’ 12feb13 http://vtdigger.org/2013/02/12/pipeline-ceo-argues-safety-of-pumping-tar-sands-oil-through-vermont-environmentalist-disagrees/  The vg Senator .... is Senator for Vermont

Tar Sands Directly Hurting “Brand Canada” - The Price of Oil Andy Rowell 13feb13 http://priceofoil.org/2013/02/13/tar-sands-directly-hurting-brand-canada/   

** Has RBS stopped financing the tar sands  (Spoiler  No) [but...] - February 12, 2013   Platform London - Arts. Activism. Education. Research. 12feb13 by Kevin Smith http://platformlondon.org/2013/02/12/rbs-stopped-financing-tar-sands-spoiler-no/ inc leg diff btwn project finance & corporate finance Also published in The Price of Oil on an Andy Rowell page as guest post ‘RBS Wriggles Over Tar Sands Investments’

RBS Wriggles Over Tar Sand Investments   The Price of Oil

Michael T. Klare  ‘A Presidential Decision That Could Change the World - The Strategic Importance of Keystone XL’ 11feb13 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-t-klare/obama-keystone-xl-decision_b_2661798.html also published in eg Grist 11feb13 : http://grist.org/climate-energy/obamas-keystone-xl-decision-could-doom-the-tar-sands-or-the-planet/?utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter  Michael T. Klare is author and Professor of Peace and World-Security Studies, Hampshire College Michael Klare is a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, aTomDispatch regular and the author, most recently, of The Race for What’s Left, just published in paperback.  A documentary movie based on his book Blood and Oil can be previewed and ordered at www.bloodandoilmovie.com. You can follow Klare on Facebook by clicking here.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Klare/316344375093469

keeping_their_head_in_the_sand_january_2013 - Canada’s EU Fuel Quality Directive lobby diary FoE Europe by Andy Rowell & ed by Darek Urbaniak http://www.foeeurope.org/sites/default/files/publications/keeping_their_head_in_the_sand_january_2013.pdf

**An Updated Look at What Keystone XL and Alberta Tar Sands Mean for the Climate 8feb13 http://www.skepticalscience.com/updated-keystone-climate.html

Twilight of an energy boom  Alberta’s new fiscal challenge - The Globe and Mail 9feb13

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/twilight-of-an-energy-boom-albertas-new-fiscal-challenge/article8415713/?page=1

Suncor's $1.5-billion writedown puts oil sands project in jeopardy - The Globe and Mail 6feb13 http://m.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/blow-for-suncor-as-oil-sands-project-in-jeopardy-after-writedown/article8287055/?service=mobile

KXL  Its Not an Either   Or Decision - The Price of Oil 4feb13 Andy Rowell http://priceofoil.org/2013/02/04/kxl-its-not-an-either-or-decision/

Alberta oil sands face defining days as Keystone ruling, EU vote nears   Energy   News   Financial Post by Claudia Cattaneo http://business.financialpost.com/2013/01/30/oil-sands-face-defining-days-as-u-s-keystone-ruling-eu-vote-draw-closer/?__lsa=62c9-2053  - but contains errors. A Financial Post energy viewpoint - climate change is not given importance

Keystone XL  Obama should approve pipeline, Nature says   Energy   News   Financial Post 30jan13 http://business.financialpost.com/2013/01/30/obama-should-face-down-critics-and-approve-keystone-xl-science-journal/?__lsa=a98f-88c6 A shockingly erroneous and anti-nature editorial in Nature !  & shamelessly open about being pro-industry pro-conservative right !! Nature = anti-nature !!  Truly sickening bias in what I had thought was a science-based objective publication. Very flawed with false & predjudiced presumptions.

Alberta picks former oil lobby head as Washington envoy   Canada   Reuters 1feb13  - also re dropping price of tar sands oil due to restricted pipeline capacity - “devastating the finances of the [Alberta] province” ! http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCABRE91019T20130201?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=101167

http://priceofoil.org/2013/01/29/bankers-warn-oil-is-unburnable-carbon/

http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/unburnable-carbon-value-of-fossil-fuel-giants-at-risk-71370

http://priceofoil.org/2012/12/20/kill-bill-c-45/

RBS financing toxic tar sands   Friends of the Earth Scotland 9nov12 http://www.foe-scotland.org.uk/node/1520 New research, published 5th November 2012 has shown that pollution from the highly destructive tar sand extraction process is being spread across a wider area than ever thought possible as toxins are being found in river, fish, rain and snow.    Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is the UK’s biggest financer of the fossil fuel industry, including the Canadian tar sands, which have been described as the most environmentally destructive project on the planet.  

THE DILBIT DISASTER SERIES 2012   InsideClimate News http://insideclimatenews.org/topic/dilbit-disaster-series-2012

madagascar_tar_sands 18jun13 http://www.banktrack.org/manage/ajax/ems_dodgydeals/createPDF/madagascar_tar_sands

Madagascar Oil and Total drop Africa's biggest oil sands project   MINING.com 1jul11  http://www.mining.com/madagascar-oil-and-total-drop-africas-biggest-oil-sands-project/