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-Environmental organizations in Canada and the US are stepping up their campaign to derail Alberta`s oil sands and seeking funding from deep-pocketed endowments, including the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.-a multitude of green groups, including the New York-based Natural Resources Defense Council, Oregon-based Corporate Ethics International and Alberta based Pembina Institute, have formed a coalition to broaden their attack on the Canadian sector, targeting politicians, regulators, investors, communities and the media.
-They said they want to raise the negatives of the oil-sands industry, boost the costs of producing them, stop infrastructure development and enrol key decision-makers.
-talk about "preventing" the proposed modification of US Securities & Exchange Commission rules on oil-sands reporting, which they say would encourage the business.
-The presentations show unflattering images of oilsands mines and refineries. Pictures of Stephen Harper, the Canadian Prime Minister, and Ed Stelmach, the Alberta Premier, are shown beside a banner that reads: "Canada, Keep Your Dirty Oil!"
-Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, a senior attorney with the NRCD and one of the presenters, said the environmental movement is uniting against the oil sands because it sees its extraction as "very destructive" to the environment and a major cause of global warming.
-In addition to the Rockefeller Fund, other major endowments supporting anti-oil sands causes include the US$6B Pew Charitable Trusts, a legacy of J. Howard Pew, founder of a company that eventually became oil-sands pioneer Suncor, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, a legacy of the co-founder of computer giant Hewlett Packard with assets of more than $7B.
(National Post 081119)
-They said they want to raise the negatives of the oil-sands industry, boost the costs of producing them, stop infrastructure development and enrol key decision-makers.
-talk about "preventing" the proposed modification of US Securities & Exchange Commission rules on oil-sands reporting, which they say would encourage the business.
-The presentations show unflattering images of oilsands mines and refineries. Pictures of Stephen Harper, the Canadian Prime Minister, and Ed Stelmach, the Alberta Premier, are shown beside a banner that reads: "Canada, Keep Your Dirty Oil!"
-Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, a senior attorney with the NRCD and one of the presenters, said the environmental movement is uniting against the oil sands because it sees its extraction as "very destructive" to the environment and a major cause of global warming.
-In addition to the Rockefeller Fund, other major endowments supporting anti-oil sands causes include the US$6B Pew Charitable Trusts, a legacy of J. Howard Pew, founder of a company that eventually became oil-sands pioneer Suncor, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, a legacy of the co-founder of computer giant Hewlett Packard with assets of more than $7B.
(National Post 081119)
