In ethical oil, levant exposes the hypocrisy of the wests dealings with the reprehensible regimes from which we purchase the oil that sustains our lifestyles, and offers solutions to this dilemma. Ezra levant, the bestselling author of ethical oil and other troublemaking books, is here to say what noone in the liberal media will. The ethical oil campaign began with ezra levant, a political activist and lawyer with close ties to government. By jillian smith, university of birmingham the phrase ethical oil went mainstream in canada in 2010 after a national bestseller of the same name. Levant is a canadian journalist, political commentator, and lawyer. Levant oil inc 432 pine tree rd levant, me oilsfuel mapquest. Albertas conservative parties merge but dont celebrate yet today, the alberta pcs and wildrose parties, the two nominally conservative parties in the province, announced a plan to merge. Various complaints have been brought against himmost notably. Oct 04, 2011 see the 2 follow up interviews ezra did on this topic on the oct 4th 2011 with former us ambassador to canada david wilkins pn the xl pipeline and patrick brazeau on the benefits of the oil sands. Levants other partner at the ethical oil institute is calgary lawyer thomas. Questions about the relationship between ethical oil. The case for canadas oil sands is an example of the current neoliberal perspective tha t pervades mainstream media and argues in suppor t of oil sand s developmen t in alberta. The enduser community using this resource is diverse, and includes representatives of government, industry, academic institutions, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals. Ethical oil ad sparks war of words between ottawa, saudis.
Read ethical oil the case for canadas oil sands online, read in mobile or kindle. As part of a program aimed at estimating the recoverable oil and gas resources of priority basins around the world, the u. In 2011, one of the groups cofounders, alykhan velshi, left his job as a spokesperson for harpers government to help found ethical oil. Levant explains that conventional oil fields such as those in iran and saudi arabia have been decreasing production at a rate of 6. Ezra isaac levant born 1972 is a canadian media personality, conservative political activist, writer, and broadcaster. Readers at all points on the political spectrum will want to read this timely and provocative new book, which is. The special was followed by the premiere of the source with ezra levant, and the remainder of the networks primetime talk programming. Levant later became a recurring critic of nenshis policies.
The ethical oil institute has been described as a nonprofit astroturf organization that started as a joint project of ezra levant and alykhan velshi the ethical oil institute was officially incorporated on march 9, 2011, and has since become a prominent rightwing echo chamber that operates the website. High performance government 2010 frontier centre for public policy number 3 with ezra levant, lawyer, journalist, and political activist ezra levant is a lawyer, journalist, and political activist. The case for canadas oil sands, popular canadian conservative pundit and media personality ezra levant discusses how canadas vast reserves in bitumen oil sands is the favorable option to oil produced from nations with unethical social paradigms. See the 2 follow up interviews ezra did on this topic on the oct 4th 2011 with former us ambassador to canada david wilkins pn the xl pipeline and patrick brazeau on the benefits of the oil sands. Ezra levant, a conservative canadian media personality, published the book ethi. Canadas ethical oil fallacy council of canadians, london. Rebel staff in his new book, ezra levant, the bestselling author of ethical oil and other troublemaking books, is here to say what noone in the liberal media will. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Ezra levant ethical oil versus conflict oil youtube. Ezra levant turned ethical oil into a meme late last year. In september 2010, levant published a book, ethical oil.
The book, written by ezra levant, a rightwing political activist and lawyer, gave this simplified primer. Pdf the alberta tar sands, and the proposed pipelines which would carry their. Saudi arabia and opec organization of petroleum exporting. Ezra levant is a canadian media personality, an ultraconservative political activist, author and lawyer who has made a brilliant career out of being half right. Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the levant basin province, eastern mediterranean. The book is a polemical defence of the oil sands and an attack on their opponents that says bitumen from alberta is the ethical alternative to oil sourced from corrupt, repressive, violent, socialist, fascist, or otherwise downright nasty producers elsewhere in the world. While many north americans may be aware of the financial and environmental price we pay for a gallon of gas or a barrel of oil, levant argues that it is time we consider ethical factors as well. Its a small country, so the sales havent made levant rich. Geological survey usgs estimated the undiscovered oil and gas resources of. It is available in traditional hard copy or as an online download from amazon among others. Fazil mihlar, former fraser institute director, tapped as b. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in. Alykhan velshi is a lawyer, policy analyst, and ministerial assistant. Various complaints have been brought against himmost notably the human rights complaint for publishing the danish cartoons.
He is the author of several books, including shakedown, which won the writers trust and samaras best canadian political book of the last 25 years poll, and ethical oil, winner of the national business book award. An undercover leftie cruises the caribbean with ezra levant and his army of trump supporters, conspiracy theorists, and islamophobes. Ezra levant celebrates earth day ethicaloil oil youtube. Large energy reserves have recently been discovered in the levant basin, where considerable amounts of gas reserves have been found in the exclusive economic zones eez of lebanon, cyprus and israel. The authors ranting, whether on the page or in his hyperactive media appearances to plug his book, is entertaining. Download pdf ethical oil the case for canadas oil sands. According to ezra, the key to that rebuilding was to send cheques, payable to the rebel, so that ezra can build up the joseph howe institute, a moribund, slappedtogether entity that last surfaced two years ago when it promoted a conference shilling for big oil.
The case for canadas oil sands is a book written by canadian lawyer, talkshow host and lobbyist ezra levant, which makes a case for exploiting the athabasca oil. Aug 09, 2011 sun media and author of ethical oil ezra levant belligerently prunes a tiny cedar as an insult to saint suzuki and a koranburningstyle assault on the sanctity of earth day. Ethical oil the canadian oil industry and the israel. Ezra levant project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. The case for canadas oil sands by ezra levant at indigo. Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the. In the 261 page book, ezra levant makes the case that in terms of four criteria the environment, conflict, economic and social justice and freedom from oppression.
In ethical oil, levant turns his consideration to a different hotbutton matter. According to mr levant, neil youngs biggest mistake. Levant oil inc serving the greater bangor area for 8 years. A runin with angry dogooders during an oilsands discussion panel at a writers festival fueled ezra levants interest in ethical oil. Oil and gas firms operating in a noncompetitive industry are more likely to engage in unethical practices than oil and gas firms operating in a competitive industry.
The online ei source book platform was conceived and. He is the founder and former publisher of the western standard, hosts the source daily on sun news network, and has written several books on politics. A few months later, he left ethical oil and returned to the harper administration to become director of planning in the prime ministers office. Oil is crucial to human life, not only as a source of energy that fuels our homes, businesses, cars, airplanes, and hospitals, but also as a key component of countless products on which our lives and prosperity dependfrom medical devices and cell phones, to. Oil and gas industry reports and maps on global oil markets, featuring interviews with key petroleum industry stakeholders, available in hardcopy or pdf. Almost overnight, proindustry and government officials, keen to sell the filthy oil to a skeptical public. But, like other errors dotted through ethical oil, it doesnt help his thesis. In 2009, ezra levant s bestselling ebook shakedown revealed the corruption of canadas human rights commissions and was declared the most essential public affairs ebook of the 12 months.
Full of tightly knit arguments and uncontroversial facts, levant slays the paper tiger thrown up by the antioil sands movement. In february 2015, he founded the rebel media website. He has worked at the predominantly neoconservative american enterprise institute and was manager of research at. The case for canadas oil sands is an example of the current neoliberal perspective that pervades mainstream media and argues in support of oil sands development in alberta. In the face of this relentless antioil sentiment, ezra levant has written ethical oil. This is ezra levant and andrew nikiforuk debate ethics of albertas oilsands by trevor howell on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the. The big rich from texas oil fields even bankrolled senator joe mccarthys. Ezra levant, a political commentator formerly of sun news, is facing a law society of alberta hearing for a newspaper column he wrote called next stop crazy town about the alberta human rights. Levant reserves particular scorn for opec and its members. Mar 17, 2011 oilsands more ethical than the alternatives. Canadian oil sands limited coswf ethical oil for generations. Ezra levant is a canadian television and radio personality, conservative political activist, and author of ethical oil. Or will trudeau do what his father did play the role of antiamerican gadfly, to the delight of the third world but the detriment of canadians.
Ethical oil campaign polishes oilsands image cbc news. In 2009, ezra levant s bestselling bookshakedownrevealed the corruption of canadas human rights commissions and was declared the most important public affairs book of the year. The case for canadas oil sands is a book written by canadian lawyer, talkshow host and lobbyist ezra levant, which makes a case for exploiting the athabasca oil sands and its sister projects in alberta. As the publisher of western standard magazine, he was charged by the government of alberta for publishing the danish cartoons of. Levant thoroughly documents the double standards and hypocrisy of the ethical funds and environmental activists which act as unquestioning quislings for a rogues gallery of overseas oil producers which are setting out to undermine canadas wonderful oil resource most with very nasty cvs, appalling environmental practices and brutal regimes.
Ezra levant responds to law society hearing over crazy town. Ezra levant is a lawyer, journalist, and political activist, and the host of the source on sun tv. The ethical oil campaign began with ezra levant, a political activist and. We are here for all your heating needs, heating oil, propane, natural gas and heat pumps. Inethical oil, levant turns his attention to another hotbutton topic. It was founded in february 2015 by former sun news network personalities ezra levant and brian lilley. Canadian pundit ezra levant talks ethical oil utilities. What they have done, however, is put him square in the middle of a debate that grows dirtier and more extreme by the week a trend now well and. Hydraulic fracturing is how oppressed regions will be able to free themselves from the tyranny of the worlds energy cartels, says ezra levant, a canadian journalist and author of the new book groundswell. Parallel to the greimasian square, if we combine these two dimensions, inout. Dirty oil, snake oil european group for organizational studies. The case for canadas oil sands, the book that popularized the phrase ethical oil, which is now being used by the conservative government in canada as justification for the expansion of the athabasca tar sands. The case for canadas oil sands, arguing a moral case for developing the athabasca oil sands rather than importing oil from nations with bad records concerning human rights and the environment.
In another life the sun news loudmouth might be wandering the streets with a sandwich board warning of creeping jihad, but in these twisted. Trumping trudeau download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Ethical oil the founders of are ezra levant and alykhan velshi. The case for canadas oil sands ebook written by ezra levant. The 1,897kilometre pipeline would snake strategically through alberta, saskatchewan.
Ezra levant biography ezra isaac levant born 1972 is a canadian lawyer, conservative political activist and media figure. By the end of the book that tiger lies bloodless and crushed. In ethical oil, levant turns his attention to another hotbutton topic. In a recent episode of the source, mr levant outlined the flaws in neil youngs rationale for the honour the treaties tour. Nenshi was a constant debate opponent of toronto sun journalist ezra levant. Ethical oil, by ezra levant the objective standard. The case for canadas oil sands, arrived in bookstores in september and, within weeks, was a canadian bestseller. Are oil and gas firms more likely to engage in unethical.
This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 3. Whether you are looking for an introduction to investing in qatar gas infrastructure or need to know who is producing oil in the kurdistan region of iraq togy books and maps are the ideal resource. The eerie echoes of ethical oil s recent advertising campaign and backandforth timing have led some to recall previously discussed ties between stephen harpers conservative government and key ethical oil figures ezra levant and former executive. The book was the winner of the 2011 national business book award, awarded on may 12, 2011 in toronto. Download ethical oil the case for canadas oil sands ebook free in pdf and epub format. The ethical oil institute claims that it is an independent, grassroots organization. The case for canadas oil sands is a book written by canadian lawyer, talkshow host and lobbyist ezra levant, which makes a case for exploiting the athabasca oil sands and its sister projects.
We have shown that oil and gas firms are not more likely to engage in unethical practices. Number 3 with ezra levant, lawyer, journalist, and. It states that its website, began as a blog created by alykhan velshi in july 2011 to promote ideas espoused by journalist ezra levant in his book ethical oil. In 2009, ezra levant s bestselling book shakedown revealed the corruption of canadas human rights commissions and was declared the most important public affairs book of the year. He has worked at the predominantly neoconservative american enterprise institute and was manager of research at the foundation for the defense of democracies. Political environmentalism is embodied at the highest level in the president of the united states. He is the founder and former publisher of the western standard, a former columnist for sun media, and former host of a daily program on the sun news network from the channels inception in 2011 until its demise in 2015. Today, he is the director of issues management for the. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read ethical oil. However, we find that industry competition is an important determinant.
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