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Institute Index: Dirty tar sands oil flows to South's refineries despite Keystone XL rejection
2015-11-14 11:50:04| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Year in which TransCanada's Keystone Pipeline carrying carbon-heavy tar sands oil from Canada to the United States was approved by the Bush administration: 2008 Year in which the first phase of the pipeline, from eastern Alberta to Nebraska and then on to Illinois, was completed: 2010 Year of completion for the third phase, known as the Gulf Coast Extension and running from Oklahoma to refineries at Port Arthur, Texas: 2014 Year in which another piece of the Gulf Coast Extension, connecting to refineries in Houston, is expected to begin operating: 2016 Date on which President Obama, citing concerns about climate change, rejected the fourth phase of the project, known as the Keystone XL, which would have essentially duplicated the initial phase between Alberta and Nebraska: 11/6/2015 Percent more greenhouse gas emissions produced from an average gallon of tar sands oil than from ... (more)
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