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Senate Votes in Favor of Dirty Tar Sands Pipeline
2013-03-23 19:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Full production of the oil from tar sands in Canada would add 240 billion tons of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere, severely hampering any efforts to tackle global warming. The U.S. Senate voted in support of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline on Friday, which would deepen our dependence on tar sands oil from Canada. The measure, introduced by Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND), signifies yet another attempt by Republicans to pressure President Obama to approve the TransCanada permit for the construction...
Company: Utah Tar Sands Poised to Yield Oil
2013-03-22 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salt Lake Tribune: For years, industry has mined paving material from the aptly named Asphalt Ridge southeast of Vernal. Soon it could also yield the states first commercial volumes of oil from tar sands under a California companys plans to process mined ore at the site near the Colorado state line. Join the Discussion Post a Comment MCW Energy Group executives say they expect to produce 250 barrels a day at the site later this year under an agreement with Temple Mountain Energy Inc., which will supply the ore....
Vt. Senate to take up tar sands bill
2013-03-22 03:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The Vermont Senate is expected to take up legislation that would toughen environmental review over an oil pipeline if its use sees significant changes. The legislation follows concerned voiced by environmental groups that owners of the Portland Montreal Pipe Line are looking to reverse its current east-to-west flow and begin shipping so-called tar sands oil from western Canada through northern New England for loading onto ships in Maine. The Senate was to take up the bill on Thursday but delayed...
Burlingame, Hillsborough Drivers Could Soon Be Burning Gasoline Made From Canadian Tar Sands Oil
2013-03-20 16:20:23| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Gas stations in Burlingame, Hillsborough and throughout the Bay Area could soon be selling gasoline refined from tar sands oil from Canada.
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Rail Is Not an Alternative to the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
2013-03-11 06:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: In its recently released draft environmental review of the Keystone XL pipeline that would bring tar sands from Canada to the Gulf Coast for export, the State Department attempts to make the case that rail could be a viable alternative. The State Department argued that Keystone XL would have little effect on tar sands production because rail could provide an equally feasible and economic transportation option for tar sands. This is a critical element of the draft environmental review because while...
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