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Tar sands activists in Commons protest against Canadian PM

2013-06-13 15:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Press Association: Three environmental activists demonstrating during a visit to parliament by the Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper, have been arrested, say police. Environmental campaigners against tar sands, a form of fuel that produces more emissions than conventional oil, have posted a video showing them on the roof of parliament, with a statement saying they wanted to disrupt the premier's address to MPs and peers. The Love Canada Hate Tar Sands site said: "We have entered parliament to interrupt...

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USAF to deploy non-GPS positioning technology at White Sands Missile Range

2013-06-12 05:35:02| Location-Based Services (LBS) Zone

TMC Design awarded contract to integrate Locata’s Non-GPS Based Positioning System for USAF on White Sands Missile Range

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Detroit struggles with tar sands refinery in pictures

2013-06-07 23:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: One day in November, mysterious black piles appeared on the banks of the Detroit River, not far from the Motor City's downtown and right next to the Ambassador Bridge, the busiest international crossing in North America. These huge stockpiles of petroleum coke, the byproduct of refining tar sands oil at the Marathon refinery in south-west Detroit, are owned by Koch Carbon, run by businessmen Charles and David Koch. This series of photographs takes a closer look at the people the petroleum coke piles...

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Canadian Utility Finds a Use for Detroits Pile of Oil Sands Byproduct

2013-06-07 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: In something resembling a bottle return program, Detroits enormous petroleum coke pile, a byproduct of Canadian oil sands, is making its way back to Canada. A Canadian electrical power plant, owned by Nova Scotia Power, is chipping away at the three-story-high, blocklong pile of petroleum coke on Detroits waterfront. The company is burning the high-carbon, high-sulfur waste product because it is cheaper than natural gas. The uncovered black pile, which has angered and upset some residents of...

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MCW Energy Group: successful initial testing of extraction of up to 99.9% of hydrocarbon content from oil sands tailings pond samples

2013-06-05 12:30:21| Green Car Congress

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