Sharing environmental stories from across Alberta
-
Wiebo’s War: One man’s controversial battle against gas development
David York’s acclaimed feature documentary explores one man’s controversial battle against gas development. Wieibo Ludwig is the prime suspect in a string of 2008 bombings. The bombings echo a campaign of sabotage he waged against the oil and gas industry in the 1990s. Continue reading
-
Standing Up by Sitting In – Protesting the Tar Sands
Tomorrow environmental activists will gather in Ottawa to protest the Tar Sands Pipeline from Canada to the US. When I Continue reading
-
Conservation groups say tar sands extraction violates international wildlife treaties
Today, conservation groups represented by Earthjustice and Ecojustice Canada submitted a petition to Interior Secretary Salazar asking him to report to President Obama that Canada’s destructive tar sands extraction undermines international efforts to protect endangered and threatened species. Continue reading
-
Conference: Petrocultures: Oil, Energy, Culture
Conference: Petrocultures: Oil, Energy, Culture September 6-8, 2012 / Campus Saint-Jean, University of Alberta Keynote Speakers: Ursula Biemann, (video artist, Switzerland) Warren Cariou, (University of Manitoba) Allan Stoekl, (Penn State University) Petrocultures will bring together scholars, writers, filmmakers and artists from around the world who are engaged in an exploration… Continue reading
-
Removing fences near Buffalo Lake Moraine – Sep. 28
Help the tear-down a fence line that is currently interfering with natural wildlife movement, near Stettler, Alberta. Continue reading
– Advertisement –
Video playlist
Subscribe to my channel
