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Obama Kills Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
2015-11-07 03:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: TransCanada`s Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is dead, at least for the remainder of President Barack Obama`s term in office. Today, after six years of research and protest demonstrations, Obama denied the project the Presidential Permit it needed to cross the Canada-U.S. border. Speaking from the White House, the President said, "Several years ago, the State Department began a review process for the proposed construction of a pipeline that would carry Canadian crude oil through our heartland to...
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Tar Sands Mining Moves to Utah
2015-10-01 15:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The Canadian tar sands, or oil sands, are much more carbon-laden than most other fossil fuels produced in North America, and their possible outsized impact on the climate is one of the primary reasons the proposed Keystone XLPipeline, which would carry tar sands oil to Texas refineries, is so controversial. Despite long odds as oil prices continue their dip below $50 per barrel, commercial tar sands mining is coming for the first time to the U.S., where an Alberta company called U.S. Oil Sands...
Corn diseases: Tar spot Q+A
2015-09-30 22:45:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: Ohio State University A few weeks ago, Tar Spot, a new disease of corn caused by the fungus Phyllachora maydis, was reported for the first time in the U.S., first in Indiana and then in Illinois. It was later found as far east as Allen County, IN, bordering Paulding County in northwest Ohio. Pierce Paul, Ohio State University, offers these answers about the new disease. read more
Canada: No long-term future in tar sands, says Alberta's premier
2015-09-30 15:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The leader of Canadas biggest oil-producing province has declared she sees no long-term future in fossil fuels, predicting Alberta would wean itself off dirty energy within a century. In an early reveal of her forthcoming new energy policy, Albertas Rachel Notley said she would fight climate change by cleaning up the tar sands, shutting down coal-fired power plants, and converting to wind and solar power. Notley also forecast an eventual future beyond fossil fuels a dramatic change for...
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Enbridges Aging Tar Sands Pipelines Beneath Great Lakes Are Ticking Time Bomb
2015-09-10 18:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The Straits of Mackinac is a narrow waterway that separates Michigan`s lower peninsula from its upper peninsula. The straights connect two of the Great Lakes: Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. But underneath this iconic part of the Great Lakes are two 62-year old pipelines. The pipelines have never been replaced, despite the well-documented risk of a rupture. "If just one of the pipelines ruptured, it would result in a spill of 1.5 million gallons of oil--and thats if Enbridge, the company that owns...
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