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Vermont delegation calls for strict environmental review of tar sands
2013-03-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Burlington Free Press: All three members of Vermonts Congressional delegation are asking the federal government to require a strict environmental review should the owner of a New England oil pipeline seek to transport Canadian tar sands oil through its infrastructure in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. The request was made in a letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry dated Feb. 26 and signed by 18 members of Congress, including U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., U.S. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and U.S. Rep. Peter Welch,...
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Draft Assessment of Tar Sands Pipeline Devastatingly Cynical
2013-03-01 21:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: The U.S. State Department late Friday released a draft environmental impact assessment of a contentious pipeline project that simultaneously acknowledged the dangers posed by climate change while also noting the project would "not likely result in significant adverse environmental effects". Scientists and advocates have reacted with significant alarm, warning that the new report, officially a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS), is merely recycling deeply flawed conclusions offered...
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Texas Oil Spill Hits Home for Tar Sands Activists
2013-02-27 23:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Rainforest Action Network: Does the Tar Sands Blockade (TSB) have a crystal ball we didnt know about? Yesterday in Tyler County, TX, a pipeline operated by Sunoco Logistics sprung a leak and spilled 20,000 gallons (or 550 barrels) of oil into local East Texas waterways. Deep East Texas is known for its creeks and lakes, freshwater eco-systems and aquifers that provide water to the eastern part of the state, including mega-cities Dallas and Houston. But oil companies treat these forests and waterways as collateral damage....
New Documentary Celebrates the Voices of the Tar Sands Blockade
2013-02-25 15:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Blockadia Rising: Voices of the Tar Sands Blockade is an hour-long documentary film written and directed by Garrett Graham in collaboration with the Tar Sands Blockade and features exclusive video footage shot by the blockaders during the course of more than six months of sustained resistance. In 2012, Texas landowners and environmental activists came together to organize resistance against a dangerous pipeline being built by a Canadian corporation to bring tar sands oil from Alberta Canada to...
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Protesters Demonstrate Against Planned Tar Sands Mine in Eastern Utah
2013-02-22 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salt Lake Tribune: More than 100 protesters pounded drums, marched in a circle and decried a proposed fuel-producing tar sands mine in eastern Utah -- drawing curious onlookers under the dome of the state Capitol Thursday evening. The demonstration wasnt aimed at any particular piece of legislation but instead was focused on a planned operation between Vernal and Moab by Alberta-based U.S. Oil Sands. The Utah Division of Oil Gas and Mining gave the approval for the first stage of the mine in January. It will cover...
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