Tag Archives: Pollution

Pollution and the Tar Sands: The Same Old Story.

Posted on 17 July, 2012 by Lauren Wheeler

All weekend in Alberta the news covered the provincial and federal Environment Ministers toured new pollution monitoring stations in the Oil/Tar Sands. It reminded me of the consistent sense of deja vu that comes with studying the early environmental movement in Alberta and and of a recent presentation I gave at the Directions West conference at the University of Alberta. Below is a portion of that presentation about pollution monitoring, court cases, and environmentalism in Alberta in the 1970s. Continue reading →

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Oil and Environment in Alberta – Or When a Spill Hits Close to Home

Posted on 8 June, 2012 by Lauren Wheeler

Last night (June 8) a pipeline running along a tributary of the Red Deer River spilt crude oil contaminating the surrounding environment.  As Sean Kheraj noted earlier this week, this is not the first spill in recent memory and it will … Continue reading →

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Archival Inspiration: “Dirty Pictures”

Posted on 23 May, 2011 by Lauren Wheeler

Over the past week I have spent a number of days at the Provincial Archives of Alberta researching in the STOP (Save Tomorrow Oppose Pollution) collection. Specifically, the set of files on the annual “Dirty Pictures Contest” that have caught … Continue reading →

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