Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Secret Agreement in the Works Between ENGOs and Tar Sands Industry | Coop média de Montréal

Secret Agreement in the Works Between ENGOs and Tar Sands Industry | Coop média de Montréal

A slew of recent articles have pointed to the likelihood that some foundation-funded environmental groups and the tar sands extraction industry are getting ready to make peace and sign a deal. The precedent, these reports note, has been set with the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement and the Great Bear Rainforest Agreement. What the media coverage doesn't mention is the actual character of these previous deals, and the unprecedented consolidation of funder influence in the hands of one man that is driving environmental groups toward such an agreement.

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