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Judge halts shipment on Idaho road of giant tar sands equipment
2013-09-13 18:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A U.S. judge has temporarily blocked a shipment of massive oil field equipment from traversing a scenic Idaho roadway that cuts through the homeland of the Nez Perce Tribe and runs alongside two federally protected rivers. U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill halted next week's planned shipment on U.S. Highway 12 of an oversized water treatment system destined for Canadian tar sands in a decision handed down late Thursday. He also ordered the U.S. Forest Service to ban the so-called megaload...
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Judge rules against 'megaloads' of tar sands equipment in Idaho
2013-09-13 18:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: A federal judge has ruled that the massive hauls of equipment bound for the Canadian oil tar sands cannot use a narrow highway that runs through forested areas and Nez Perce tribal lands in Idaho. Judge Lynn Winmill granted an injunction Thursday that halts the so-called megaloads -- the most recent reportedly weighing 644,000 pounds and stretching more than 200 feet -- until U.S. Forest Service officials finish a review of U.S. Highway 12 and consult with the Nez Perce, whose reservation is part...
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Owners Backtrack on Utah Tar Sands, Oil Shale Refinery Permitting
2013-09-11 20:26:25| Waste Management - Topix.net
September 11 - Facing a legal challenge from environmental groups, attorneys for Emery Refining on Monday announced the company's plans to redo permitting for their proposed Green River oil refinery - Utah's first new refinery since 1976.
Green groups: Keystone XL to increase tar sands production by 36 per cent
2013-08-30 12:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The Keystone XL pipeline would boost oil production from Canadian tar sands by at least 36 per cent leading to an inevitable increase in greenhouse gas emissions, according to a major new report from a coalition of US green NGOs. The group of more than a dozen organisations, including the Sierra Club, 350.org, and Oil Change International, released the report yesterday in response to President Obama's recent pledge that he would only approve the project if it "does not significantly exacerbate...
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NREL patents catalyst that removes syngas tar, boosting the economics of biofuels
2013-08-30 11:30:09| Green Car Congress
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