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All-Party Consultation Urged On Oilsands Environmental Issues

Edmonton – Alberta Liberals are calling for an All-Party Task Force to consult with Albertans on environmental issues relating to the oilsands.

13 May 2008 Read More...
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Environment

Reclamation of Oil Sands Operations – Is 3 Cents a Barrel Enough?

Edmonton – Alberta Liberal Leader Kevin Taft today asked Minister of Energy Mel Knight if the province collects enough from industry to return the land to the state it was in prior to oil sands mining operations.

12 May 2008 Read More...
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Energy

Censored Oilsands Documents Don’t Tell Whole Story: Taft

Edmonton – Alberta Liberal Leader Kevin Taft says the provincial government has withheld information about environmental standards and impacts of oilsands development.

08 May 2008 Read More...
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Environment

Alberta Comes Up Short On Oilsands Cleanup: Swann

Edmonton – David Swann, Alberta Liberal Shadow Environment Minister, says the Alberta government is failing to guarantee enough money will be available to clean up toxic oilsands tailings ponds.

06 May 2008 Read More...
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Health and Wellness

Tories Take Money From ‘Kid-Friendly” Tobacco: Taylor

Edmonton – Alberta Liberal Deputy Leader Dave Taylor says the provincial Conservatives are showing poor leadership by accepting political contributions from a smokeless tobacco firm that he says markets its cancer-causing product as “kid friendly.”

06 May 2008 Read More...
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Environment

Washington ‘Greenwashing’ Trip An Embarrassing Failure: Taft

Edmonton – Alberta Liberal Leader Kevin Taft says Deputy Premier Ron Stevens’ trip to Washington last week to “greenwash” the oilsands environmental record was an embarrassing failure.

05 May 2008 Read More...
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Environment

Taft Alleges Coverup In Oilsands Tailings Pond Tragedy

Edmonton – Alberta Liberal Leader Kevin Taft is accusing the Stelmach government of a coverup by refusing to release photographs of dead birds at a toxic oilsands tailings pond near Fort McMurray.

01 May 2008 Read More...
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Environment

Stelmach Government’s $25M Rebranding A ‘Greenwash’

Edmonton—The Alberta Liberals say the Stelmach government’s $25 million rebranding campaign is an attempt to “greenwash” the truth rather than deal with environmental issues such as climate change and oilsands tailings.

29 April 2008 Read More...


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