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TransCanada Acknowledges Tar Sands Oil Could Sink If Spilled
2013-08-16 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EnergyWire: In comments released yesterday by the State Department, TransCanada Corp. acknowledged a possibility that opponents of Keystone XL have long used against the project: The heavy oil sands crude that would run through the controversial pipeline, if spilled in water, could sink below the surface. The TransCanada acknowledgment, tucked inside a 51-page list of proposed changes to State's March draft environmental review of KXL, came with caveats amid a suggestion that the government alter its reference...
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