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Communities Demand Environmental Review of Plans to Increase Transport of Tar Sands Oil by Rail and Barge
2014-02-13 17:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Citizens, local community leaders and environmental groups, representing thousands of area residents, mobilized to call on the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to immediately order a full public safety and environmental review of the proposed expansion of an oil terminal in the Port of Albany today at the agencys first information forum to allow the public to ask questions and express concerns about the plan. A DOT-111 car, which is currently the type of train car...
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Canadian Tar Sands Poised to Flood European Market As U.S. Considers Lifting Oil Export Ban
2014-02-07 15:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Recent developments in Europe and the U.S. are setting the groundwork for a surge in Canadian tar sands production. In both regions, government leaders are considering proposals that would loosen import and export regulations for the fuel, which has been estimated to produce 23 percent more greenhouse gases than conventional oil. The European Commission is currently grappling with the future of the Fuel Quality Directive (FQD), a 2009 order that requires a six percent reduction in the greenhouse...
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Keystone XL's Northern Leg: A Fracked Oil Pipeline Along with Tar Sands
2014-02-06 15:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: On January 31, President Barack Obama's U.S. State Department released its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the northern leg of TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The State Department's FEIS argues that the northern half of Keystone XL, if built, "remains unlikely to significantly impact the rate of extraction in the oil sands, or the continued demand for heavy crude oil at refineries in the United States." But flying under the media's radar so far, the State...
Tar Sands Air Pollution May Be 2-3 Times Higher Than Industry Reported
2014-02-04 07:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canadian Press: A new study suggests the environmental health risks of oilsands operations in Alberta's Athabasca region have probably been underestimated. Researchers say emissions of potentially hazardous air pollution that were used in environmental reviews done before approving some projects did not include evaporation from tailings ponds or other sources, such as dust from mining sites. The study, by the University of Toronto's environmental chemistry research group, looked at reported levels of polycyclic...
Tar Sands Pipeline is a Bad Idea, Fails Presidents Climate Test
2014-02-04 00:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The more people learn about the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, the less they like it. Despite what we might be hearing in industry spin, the environmental report released by the State Department Friday confirms that tar sands crude means a dirtier, more dangerous future for our children all so that the oil industry can reach the higher prices of overseas markets. That`s right, overseas markets, which is where the majority of this processed oil will end up. This dirty energy project is all risk and...
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