2010

 Read the interview with Maurice Tougas of See Magazine and Satya  on the effectivness and objectives of the cosmetic company, Lush boycotting the oilsands.

Satya with Tarek Fatah and John Turley-Ewart on the use of confidential sources in journalism.

A series of photos taken by photographer Eward Allen during the "Clean Oil? panels with authors Satya Das and Ezra Levant.

Satya penned the title, "Green Oil: Clean Energy for the 21st Century?" which states that Canada can use the energy wealth of the oilsands to build a clean energy future.

Ezra's title "Ethical Oil" argues that Canada's oilsands are the world's best energy option due to our democratic nature.

Thank you to Eward Allen for taking these great photos and allowing us to share them with you. You can see the full set on Flickr.

 

Gary Lamphier's column in the Edmonton Journal discusses the September 17th and 18th Clean-Tech Conference in Red Deer and the debate over what will cost more for society, building a green future using clean-tech, or the costs caused by climate change?

The conference will also elect founding directors of the Clean-Tech Alliance, a new industry association that will promote clean-tech development in Alberta. Read Gary's full article here.

Watch the March 27th Clean Energy and Canada's Potential in the low -carbon world session here.

Along with Satya. the panel included Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and thinker Sheryl WuDunn; Equiterre founder and former Greenpeace Climate and Energy campaign coordinator Steven Guilbeault; and Cleantech Group co-founder Nicholas Parker.

Watch OMNI's recap of the Mahatma Gandhi birthday celebrations on October 2nd, including Satya's Rebooting Alberta the Mahatma's Way presentation.
(select the 2nd clip - GANDHI_BDAY_10_04)

Ken was interviewd on the controversy surrounding the Gun Sculpture exhibit by Edmonton artists Sandra Bromley and Wallis Kendal after objections to a part of the work by the Chinese government. Watch the CTV News Channel segment here.

Ken weighs in on the oilsands debate in Sheila Pratt's October 3rd article in the Edmonton Journal, on competing views of how Alberta's oilsands should be developed. Read it here!

Read Satya's op-ed for the Edmonton Journal here, published March 29th on the economic and environmental benefits a Natural Resource Severance Tax would have for Alberta and Canada.