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TransCanada Acknowledges Tar Sands Oil Could Sink If Spilled
2013-08-16 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EnergyWire: In comments released yesterday by the State Department, TransCanada Corp. acknowledged a possibility that opponents of Keystone XL have long used against the project: The heavy oil sands crude that would run through the controversial pipeline, if spilled in water, could sink below the surface. The TransCanada acknowledgment, tucked inside a 51-page list of proposed changes to State's March draft environmental review of KXL, came with caveats amid a suggestion that the government alter its reference...
Keystone XL pipeline from Canadian tar sands
2013-08-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
International Business Times: The Obama administration needs to stop delaying the Keystone XL pipeline, Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., said this week in a statement in support of a new study he says confirms his belief that the pipeline would have no impact on U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. After five years and numerous studies, all pointing to the same conclusion, the White House and opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline project have exhausted all arguments, read Hoeven's statement, released Thursday. Its time to stop delaying...
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Keystone Would Not Impact Tar Sands Production, Emissions
2013-08-09 07:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fuel Fix: Keystone XL would not add to greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study published Thursday by an independent research group that echoed the findings of government-backed reports. The study found that the addition of the new pipeline connecting Canadian oil sands fields with the U.S. Gulf Coast wouldnt make a substantial difference in emissions because U.S. refineries would get similar crude from Venezuela or elsewhere. Production, processing and transportation of Venezuelan heavy crude results...
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Tribal Activists Arrested Trying to Block Tar Sands 'Megaload' on Idaho Highway
2013-08-07 07:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Police arrested 19 members of the Nez Perce Tribe on Tuesday on suspicion of disorderly conduct for refusing to break a human chain blocking a highway in Idaho in protest against a 322-ton load of equipment bound for the tar sands of Alberta, Canada. The blockade by more than 250 mostly Native American protesters halted travel of a so-called megaload for two hours on a scenic roadway at the front lines of an ideological struggle over North American oil and gas development and its impact on the environment,...
Tar Sands Stock Tanks After Direct Action in Utah
2013-08-05 20:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: If you are thinking about investing in tar sands oil in Utahthink again. US Oil Sands stock price fell further down the road to failure when a group of nonviolent activists gathered last week at the site of the first proposed tar sands mine in the country. Dozens of people peacefully overtook the operations, effectively shutting down for the entire day road construction of the Seep Ridge Road expansion project and work at the mine in Utahs Book Cliffs. According to KCSG Television, the companys...
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