About the Author
EZRA LEVANT is a lawyer, journalist, and political activist. As the publisher of
Western Standard magazine, he was charged by the Government of Alberta for publishing the Danish cartoons of Mohammed. He is a frequent radio talk show guest known for his plain-spoken opinions, and he has written columns for media throughout North America. His most recent book,
Shakedown, was a national bestseller.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: The Shocking Truth About the Oil Sands
Chapter 1 What Are the Oil Sands and Why Are They Important?
Chapter 2 The Very Short List of Democracies That Sell Oil
Chapter 3 Then What? The Sad Case of Talisman in Sudan
Chapter 4 If America Doesn’t Buy Oil Sands Oil, Who Will?
Chapter 5 A Moral Checklist for Oil Companies
Chapter 6 Say One Thing, Do Another: Ethical Funds and the Oil Sands
Chapter 7 The Most Scrutinized Industry on Earth: Environmental Protection and the Oil Sands
Chapter 8 Greenpeace’s Best Fundraiser Ever
Chapter 9 The Cancer Scare That Wasn’t
Chapter 10 Propaganda Wars
Chapter 11 Saudi Arabia’s War Against the Oil Sands
Chapter 12 Green Jobs: The Enron of Environmentalism
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Sources
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