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Activists Challenge Law That Limits Public Criticism of Oil Sands Projects
2013-08-14 08:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Environmental activists have launched a suit in the Federal Court of Canada to overturn federal legislation that limits their ability to oppose proposed pipeline projects at regulatory hearings. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, ForestEthics Advocacy and an activist named Donna Sinclair have asked the court to strike down provisions of the National Energy Board Act - passed as amendments in last year's omnibus budget bill - that they say unreasonably restrict public comment on project proposals. The...
Joint Canada/Alberta Implementation Plan for Oil Sands Monitoring begins summer air monitoring project
2013-08-13 13:30:20| Green Car Congress
Oil Sands Industry Turns to Algae to Appease Obama
2013-08-12 09:46:56| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Canada's response to President Barrack Obama's challenge to reduce emissions of global-warming gases from the oil sands starts with sewage and algae.
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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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Ala. Oil Sands Hold Lucrative Promise, Environmental Peril
2013-08-11 07:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A financial boon could be awaiting Alabama just below the earth's surface in parts of north and west Alabama. That's what some consider to be the potential of oil sands -- or tar sands as they also are called -- that geologists said are called in some areas, including Colbert, Franklin and Lawrence counties. According to some estimates, the oil sands hold 7.5 billion barrels of crude oil and a revenue source for the state that has remained untapped to this point. Environmental groups call...
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