Major Investigative Series Into US-Canada Tar Sands Politics (including the Kochs)

[highplainsdem]

I ran across the latest in this series today while checking Google News for stories on the Kochs, but it had been announced at DeSmogBlog.com last week:

http://www.desmogblog.com/major-investigative-series-us-canada-tar-sands-politics-launched-today-tyee

14 March 11
Major Investigative Series Into US-Canada Tar Sands Politics Launched Today at The Tyee

Anyone concerned or simply intrigued by the controversy over Canada's climate-wrecking tar sands needs to check out The Tyee homepage every day for the next few weeks. The Tyee's tar sands investigative reporter Geoff Dembicki today released the first installment of his upcoming series exploring the intense lobbying battles taking place right now in Washington, D.C. over the future of tar sands development vis-a-vis the United States' oil addiction.

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The Tyee is an independent Canadian web magazine:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tyee


Link to Dembicki's bio at the Tyee, which lists his stories, most recent first:

http://thetyee.ca/Bios/Geoff_Dembicki/



This is the series so far, in chronological order:


In America's Capital, a Fierce Fight over Oil Sands
Today begins The Tyee's major series reported from Washington on the intense, high stakes political struggle fueled by Alberta crude.
14 Mar 2011
http://thetyee.ca/News/2011/03/14/OilSandsFight/


Breakfast With the Oil Sands' Top Salesman
Meet Tom Corcoran, the ultra-Republican hired to stop clean energy bills that threaten the flow of Alberta crude.
15 Mar 2011
http://thetyee.ca/News/2011/03/15/OilSandsTopSalesman/


Canada Teams with Oil Lobby to Fight US Clean Energy Clause
In tandem with Ottawa and Alberta, top oil sands lobbyist Tom Corcoran keeps chipping away at Section 526.
16 Mar 2011
http://thetyee.ca/News/2011/03/16/Canada_Teams_With_Oil_Lobby/


The Battle to Block Low Carbon Fuel Standards
How the oil sands lobby and a 'supportive' Canadian government defeated US lawmakers trying to make fuels greener.
17 Mar 2011
http://thetyee.ca/News/2011/03/17/LowCarbonFuelFight/


How Enviros Helped Block a Pipeline Worth Billions
Battlers against the Keystone XL say they're safeguarding a massive aquifer, the climate, and Canada's reputation.
21 March 2011
http://thetyee.ca/News/2011/03/21/BlockedPipeline/


The Kochs: Oil Sands Billionaires Bankrolling US Right
They process about one in four barrels of US-bound Alberta bitumen, and pump millions of dollars into highly conservative, anti-green causes.
22 March 2011
http://thetyee.ca/News/2011/03/22/KochBrothers/




His earlier articles look interesting, too.

[highplainsdem]

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[slay]

4. Man I'll kick this - lots of good info

not sure why people aren't replying - too lazy to read? i dunno - i do know the Koch Bros are out of control though! :kick:

[slay]

5. kick

wow guess nobody gives a shit - odd. :shrug:

[highplainsdem]

6. Thanks! I'm guessing there aren't replies commenting on this because people are bookmarking it to

read later, since there's so much else to keep up with right now.

I'm going to add it to my Journal so I don't lose track of it...

[Lone_Star_Dem]

7. Kick for later reading

Great post with a lot of information. I'll read it later when I have more time.

Thank you for posting this. :kick:

[highplainsdem]

8. You're welcome, and thanks for the kick!