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B.C. and Alberta Move Closer to Canadian Oil Sands Pipeline Agreement

2013-09-30 15:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Globe and Mail: B.C. Premier Christy Clark says her province is moving closer to an agreement with Alberta that would lay a path for oil sands bitumen to reach B.C. ports. A series of high-level meetings are under way to discuss how the two provinces can open up the path to B.C.s coasts, and then Asian markets. An agreement is not imminent, but officials for both the provinces are working on a framework to address B.C.s five conditions. I get more confident about that as the weeks pass, Ms. Clark said in an...

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Agriculture, Trade Focus of Alberta Govt Trip to US Conference

2013-09-25 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

CANADA & US - Addressing trade issues and opening new markets for agriculture were top priorities when Alberta’s Agriculture Minister attends a US legislators’ conference.

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Canadian Natural told to drain Alberta lake due to oil sands leak

2013-09-24 23:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Canadian Natural Resources Ltd has been ordered to drain a lake on the site of its northern Alberta oil sands project so that contamination on the lake's bottom, from a leak that has been spilling tar-like bitumen for months, can be cleaned up. The province of Alberta's environment department issued an environmental protection order on Tuesday that compels the company to drain a two-thirds of the 53-hectare (131-acre) lake on its Primrose East thermal oil sands site before the onset of winter...

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