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Oil & Gas News (2012 & earlier)

“While the Natural Resources Department estimates the oil sands industry represents two per cent of the Canadian economy, the companies face intensive scrutiny over their environmental footprint since extraction requires massive amounts of energy and water that have made it Canada’s fastest growing source of the heat-trapping pollution that warms the atmosphere and contributes to climate change.”

OCanada.com (article)

News - Oil & Gas (2012 & earlier)

Date yyyy-mm-dd	Posted By	Article Link	Comment
2012-12-28	Chip Northrup Blog (USA)	Fracked by Liens	Chip Northrup Mechanic’s liens against the farm
2012-12-27	Huffington Post Toronto Star (link)	Izok Corridor Deal: Harper’s Cabinet Mulls Massive Chinese Resource Project In Arctic	Bob Weber, The Canadian Press – 260km southeast of Kugluktuk Nunavut Tourism (map)
2012-12-27	Caller.com	Opinion: Texas Railroad Commission needs more than a name change	John Sharp Industry control of the US oil and gas industry
2012-12-18	The Globe and Mail	Sacred Headwaters to remain protected from drilling in northwestern B.C.	Mark Hume
2012-12-04	Ernst v. EnCana Corporation / Council of Canadians	Timing is right for a fracking ban to protect Ontario from NAFTA lawsuits says Council of Canadians
2012-12-03	AllGov	Is Fracking Contaminating U.S. Livestock?	Matt Bewig
2012-11-23	Financial Post	Canadian taxpayers could be on hook for Quebec fracking decision	Nicolas van Praet
2012-11-23	CBC News	Ottawa sued over Quebec fracking ban
2012-11-22	Bloomberg Businessweek	Oil Trades at Two-Day High After Israel, Hamas Ceasefire	Jake Rudnitsky There’s the potential for future price gains due to the shaky nature of the truce in Israel
2012-11-18	LF Press	What’s this fracking ban about?	Paul Morden, Sarnia Observer
2012-11-07	Smart News	Researchers find fracking might cause earthquakes after all
2012-11-01	Bloomberg Businessweek	Gas Boom Means U.S. Exports Grow Fastest Rate Since ‘70s	Mike Lee Selling LNG to Japan avg $17.06, more than 6x avg.  price to USA ($2.82)
2012-10-27	Youtube	Video:  WARNING! Watch this before you head to North Dakota to get rich!! (14 mins)	NDtransplant North Dakota Oil Boom no place to live
2012-10-26	Bloomberg.com	First U.S. Oil Sands Mine Proceeds Without Pollution Permit	David Hasemyer
2012-10-26	Forest Ethics	Who Benefits? Foreign Investment in the Tar Sands	Nikki Skuce
2012-10-26	TheStar.com	Gulf of St. Lawrence is no place to drill for oil	Farley Mowat
2012-10-22	Toronto Star	Thousands of dead birds wash ashore at Wasaga Beach	[2014 speculation linking this to oil & gas exploration]
2012-10-18	Business Insider	Oil Sands – aerial photos (71) http://www.businessinsider.com/photos-destructive-canada-oil-sands-2012-10#to-get-a-look-at-the-oil-sand-mines-we-rented-this-cessna-172-which-the-pilot-was-allowed-to-bring-down-to-1000-feet--from-there-through-the-open-window-and-with-a-long-lens-we-were-able-to-see-what-really-goes-on-in-one-of-the-most-controversial-places-on-the-planet-1	Robert Johnson
2012-10-02	Daily Commercial News and Construction Record	Environmental assessment continues for 450 kilometre pipeline in Quebec	Gaz Metro
2012-10-01	International Institute of Concern for Public Health	Newsletter Fall 2012 (.pdf)	Specifically page 10 Also Fukushima and fluoridation
2012-07-27	Financial Post	The global (sled) race for the Arctic’s oil and gas riches	Yadullah Hussain
2012-06-27	Youtube	Video:  The reason I quit working in the ND oilfield (3 mins)	Lasvegascollapse North Dakota Oil Boom
2012-06-22	State Impact	Tioga County Methane Migration:  Onetime Geyser Being Brought Under Control	Scott Detrow
2012-06-12	State Impact	Chesapeake to Pay $1.6 Million for Contaminating Water Wells in Bradford County	Susan Phillips
2012-06-01	Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)	Report: Going in Reverse:  The Tar Sands Threat to Central Canada and New England
2012-05-08	WTAE News (USA)	Couple denied mortgage because of gas drilling	Pennsylvania
2012-05-16	Business Insider	Cenovus – fracking photos (39) http://www.businessinsider.com/a-tour-of-cenovus-energys-in-situ-christina-lake-facility-2012-5#cenovus-picked-us-up-in-this-king-air-350-in-edmonton-at-7-amto-take-us-to-their-state-of-the-art-oil-sands-drilling-site--the-technology-that-is-changing-the-face-of-the-canadian-economy-1	Robert Johnson
2012-04-30	EcoWatch	Newspapers Get Support from Doctors, Scientists and Advocates in Fracking Secrecy Case	Earthworks
2012-02-26	Vancouver Observer	National Geographic explorer Wade Davis on Enbridge, First Nations and Mining	David P. Ball
2012-01-21	Youtube	Enbridge caught covering up oil spills / Don’t let this happen to BC	John Bolenbaugh Michigan oil spill
2012-01-19	Simcoe.com	MNR mum on Barrie fish virus	[2014 speculation linking this to oil & gas exploration]
2012-01-09	YouTube / TED	The true cost of oil:  Garth Lenz @ TEDxVictoria
2011-10-06	CNBC News	Unemployed? Go to North Dakota!! Oil Fracking jobs GALORE!!-MSN Money	North Dakota, USA North Dakota Oil Boom Bakken shale formation
2011-06-08	Amusing Planet	The Door to Hell – Burning Gas Crater in Darvaza, Turkmenistan	Kaushik
2011-04-05	London Free Press / QMI Agency	Mooncor Oil and Gas to expand in southwest (Ontario)	Paul Morden (Sarnia Observer)
2011-03-24	Protecting Our Waters	House Explosions in Bradford Pennsylvania tied to Migrating methane Gas from Drilling Activity	Kristian Boose
2010-07-07	CBS News	27,000 Abandoned Gulf Oil Wells May Be Leaking	Associated Press - Gulf of Mexico
2010-03-20	Toronto Star	Alberta Firm eyes Ontario’s untapped shale gas
2008-12-09	CBC News	Millions of litres leak each day from oilsands tailings ponds: report
1999-01-30	CBC News	RCMP bombed oil site in 'dirty tricks' campaign

“The gas industry should spend less time trying to conceal information and more time disclosing information necessary to understand the true risks of fracking and gas development.”

Matthew Gerhart, Earthjustice attorney (article)

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