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Could We Win the Keystone XL Battle But Still Lose the Tar Sands War?
2014-04-15 19:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The Vietnam War might seem irrelevant to the environmental movements five-year effort to stop construction of the Keystone XL pipeline that, if approved by President Obama, would bring tar sands oil from Alberta to the Texas coast for refining and shipment overseas. But the more I look at the situation, the more I see worrisome similarities. Both American war planners and environmental movement leaders made the same strategic mistake: conceptualizing transportation as a single fixed conduit that...
Because of Tar Sands, Energy Is Now Canada's Biggest Greenhouse Gas Source
2014-04-15 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Canada`s energy industry has officially surpassed transportation as the largest producer of climate-change causing greenhouse gases, in no small part because of large increases in tar sands extraction, according to a government report quietly released Friday. In its overview of reported greenhouse gas emissions from industry facilities in the year 2012, Environment Canada said that oil and gas production now accounts for one quarter of Canada`s greenhouse emissions, narrowly beating transportation....
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Canadians Turn Up The Heat Against The Northern Gateway Tar Sands Pipeline
2014-04-14 08:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Residents of British Columbia, Canada are pushing back against Enbridge`s proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline, a 731-mile twin pipeline project that, if given final approval, would carry tar sands oil from Alberta to Canada`s west coast. On Saturday, residents of Kitimat, B.C. - the last stop of the proposed pipeline`s route - voted no to the pipeline`s construction in a non-binding ballot. Until this vote, Kitimat as a whole hadn`t voiced an opinion on the pipeline - now, the city council will...
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Tar sands oil expansion is risky
2014-04-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Journal Sentinel: Will Lake Superior and the Upper Great Lakes region continue to be the land of sky blue waters? Or will a vast swath of our pristine waters become a fading memory, soiled by the leaks and spills of a massive network of tar sands crude oil pipelines and maritime traffic? Expanding proposals for more pipeline capacity by Canadian pipeline company Enbridge, as well as plans to ship tar sands crude oil across Lake Superior and other Great Lakes, are astonishing in their sheer scale. For example,...
Maine Town Planning Board Votes to Extend Tar Sands Moratorium
2014-04-10 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forecaster: The South Portland Planning Board on Tuesday endorsed a 180-day extension of the moratorium on tar sands developments, which is set to expire May 5. The board approved the extension 4-0, with Rob Schreiber and Erick Giles absent. The City Council sent the extension to the board after it approved a first reading March 17. The extension now goes back to the council on April 23 for a second and final reading. The city has been under the tar sands moratorium retroactively since last fall. For the...
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