East China Township, Michigan. St. Clair Channelkeeper, a member organization of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.s Waterkeeper Alliance, is calling on Michigan residents and communities to demand that Canada subject Shell Canada to the highest level of environmental assessment under Canadian law for the review of its proposed tar sands crude oil refinery on the St. Clair River.
Ottawa
St. Clair Channelkeeper calls for Panel Study on Shell mega-refinery proposed for the St. Clair
Time to draw a line in the oil sands
Ontario is on the cusp of helping oil-sands emissions explode. Shell Canada wants permits to be granted by the end of this year for a new refinery in Sarnia to process oil from its oil-sands mines in Alberta for use in gas tanks across the GTA. The company will be submitting its environmental assessment in June, but the governments of Canada and Ontario are already being pressed to make crucial decisions about the refinery.