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Tar sands supporters suffer setback as British Columbia rejects pipeline
2013-06-01 01:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Efforts to expand production from the Alberta tar sands suffered a significant setback on Friday when the provincial government of British Columbia rejected a pipeline project because of environmental shortcomings. In a strongly worded statement, the government of the province said it was not satisfied with the pipeline company's oil spill response plans. The rejection of the pipeline which was to have given Alberta an outlet to Pacific coast ports and markets in China further raises the...
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British Columbia Government Rejects Plans for Enbridge Tar Sands Pipeline
2013-05-31 23:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: News broke today that the British Columbia government in Canada has rejected a proposal from Enbridge to build the Northern Gateway pipeline which would pump tar sands through the province for export. Government officials cited a lack of evidence that the company has the ability to transport the heavy crude safely, nor could Enbridge prove that they would have a sufficient response to a spill should one occur. According to Environment Minister Terry Lake, British Columbia thoroughly reviewed...
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House Votes to Fast Track Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
2013-05-23 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted 241-175 to fast track the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, voting in favor of H.R. 3, the Northern Pipeline Approval Act, which would exempt the Keystone XL pipeline from any further environmental review. H.R. 3 marks the seventh time the House of Representatives has voted on a bill that would circumvent the nations most crucial environmental laws in order to force approval of Keystone XL. But yesterdays vote saw fewer Representatives in favor of...
Tar sands exploitation would be game over climate, warns leading scientist
2013-05-19 16:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Major international oil companies are buying off governments, according to the world's most prominent climate scientist, Prof James Hansen. During a visit to London, he accused the Canadian government of acting as the industry's tar sands salesman and "holding a club" over the UK and European nations to accept its "dirty" oil. "Oil from tar sands makes sense only for a small number of people who are making a lot of money from that product," he said in an interview with the Guardian. "It doesn't...
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UK Signals Support for EU Import of Canadian Tar Sands Oil
2013-05-17 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Britain has given its clearest signal yet that it wants to allow European countries to import carbon-intensive tar sands oil from Canada. Leaked papers seen by the Guardian show that in EU negotiations on laws intended to encourage the use of low-carbon transport fuels, the UK has rejected language that would class tar sands oil as more polluting than conventional crude or other fuels. The European commission has proposed labelling the oil as "highly polluting" under its fuel quality directive,...
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