NWT leaders fear tar sands means disaster for key watershed
As APTN reported last week, a new study on the Mackenzie River Basin has raised new concerns in the Northwest Territories.
Tar sands
‘There’s other ways of living a life; we don’t have to be so poisonous’
U.S. President Barack Obama recently decided to delay the Keystone XL pipeline and in response, the Canadian government is ramping up efforts to capitalize on the lucrative gas and oil market in Asia.
U.S. delays Keystone pipeline project
It has faced protests on both sides of the border, and now the U.S. State Department has ordered a review of the $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline in a decision that could delay the project until after 2012 U.S. Presidential election.
Governing Conservatives ‘don’t know’ tar sands ‘impact’ on water, caribou, forests: watchdog
The federal Conservative government has a weak grasp of the tar sands’ environmental impact, according to the federal environmental watchdog.
‘Hypocritical’ Greenpeace ‘use’ of Aboriginal people ‘problematic:’ Senator Brazeau
reenpeace is using Aboriginal people for the organization’s own aims in their fight against the tar sands, according to Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau.
Tantoo Cardinal: Keystone XL is “creating a sickness”
APTN National News Actress Tantoo Cardinal joins APTN National News anchor Michael Hutchinson to discuss…
Protesters: Keystone XL has “catastrophic implications”
APTN National News Hundreds of protesters marched on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, demonstrating against the…