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US DOI finalizes plan for oil shale and oil sands research, demonstration and development

2013-03-25 11:30:18| Green Car Congress

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Utah Protesters Decry Tar Sands in Chevron Refinery March

2013-03-25 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Salt Lake Tribune: They carried cardboard coffins and waved banners that screamed "Dirty Energy Kills" and "Stop the Tar Sands Insanity." Some 60 hearty souls braved brisk March breezes Saturday to march one-third mile up a private road to Chevrons Salt Lake City refinery. They protested tar sands development in eastern Utah and criticized the oil giants processing of Canadian crude from Alberta tar sands. Later Saturday afternoon, however, a spokesman for Chevron said that although the Salt Lake City facility...

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Tar Sands Bill Gets Early OK in Vermont

2013-03-25 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Times Argus: The Vermont Senate has advanced legislation that would toughen environmental review over an oil pipeline if its use sees significant changes. Preliminary approval Friday came without substantial debate on the bill. It followed concerns 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...

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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...

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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....

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