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Rupture of Aging Tar Sands Pipeline Beneath Great Lakes Would Devastate People, Planet and Economy
2014-07-11 16:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Because the strong currents in the Straits of Mackinac reverse direction every few days, a rupture of the oil pipeline beneath the channel would quickly contaminate shorelines miles away in both lakes Michigan and Huron, according to a new University of Michigan (U-M) study commissioned by the National Wildlife Federation. In one scenario examined in the study and accompanying animations, oil from a hypothetical pipeline break reached Mackinac Island and Round Island after 12 hours and Bois Blanc...
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New South Portland tar sand rules honor voters intent
2014-07-10 23:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Portland Press Herald: Last year, South Portland residents faced a tough, up-or-down vote. The citizen initiated Waterfront Protection Ordinance would effectively ban the use of the local harbor to export oil derived from Canadian tar sands, but it also had the potential to ban much more. It was a classic pitfall of direct democracy which demands a yes-or-no answer to a complex question, often written entirely by one side of the debate. As written, the ordinance could have been used to limit imports as well as exports,...
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Tar Sands Expansion Cools Down Without Keystone XL
2014-07-03 10:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Energy Collection: A series of recent industry announcements is pouring cold water on the argument that tar sands development will happen at the same pace and scale with or without major infrastructure projects like Keystone XL. In recent months, two major tar sands mines have been canceled, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) have substantially reduced their forecasted rates of tar sands expansion, and rising costs have caused an investor exodus for a number of proposed projects. Even as increasing...
UPDATE 1-Smithfield's Tar Heel pork packing plant evacuated due to ammonia leak
2014-06-18 20:11:32| Food - Topix.net
Smithfield Foods Inc. evacuated its Tar Heel, North Carolina, pork packing plant, the world's largest, on Tuesday due to a suspected ammonia leak, the company said.
Ammonia spill forces evacuation of Smithfield Food plant in Tar Heel
2014-06-18 06:37:42| Food - Topix.net
N.C. 87 was temporarily shut down as more than 2,000 workers were evacuated from the plant and emergency responders transported them across the highway to Tar Heel Middle School, according to the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office.
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