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Vt. Senate to take up tar sands bill
2013-03-22 03:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The Vermont Senate is expected to take up legislation that would toughen environmental review over an oil pipeline if its use sees significant changes. The legislation follows concerned 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 Senate was to take up the bill on Thursday but delayed...
Native Groups in Canada and U.S. Vow to Fight Oil Sands Pipelines
2013-03-21 06:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: An alliance of First Nations leaders is preparing to fight proposed new pipelines in the courts and through unspecified direct action. Native leaders from Canada and the United States were on Parliament Hill on Wednesday to underline opposition to both the Northern Gateway and Keystone XL pipelines. The first would tie the Alberta oil sands to the West Coast, while the second would send bitumen to refineries on the American Gulf Coast. Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver said the federal...
Burlingame, Hillsborough Drivers Could Soon Be Burning Gasoline Made From Canadian Tar Sands Oil
2013-03-20 16:20:23| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Gas stations in Burlingame, Hillsborough and throughout the Bay Area could soon be selling gasoline refined from tar sands oil from Canada.
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Rail Is Not an Alternative to the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
2013-03-11 06:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: In its recently released draft environmental review of the Keystone XL pipeline that would bring tar sands from Canada to the Gulf Coast for export, the State Department attempts to make the case that rail could be a viable alternative. The State Department argued that Keystone XL would have little effect on tar sands production because rail could provide an equally feasible and economic transportation option for tar sands. This is a critical element of the draft environmental review because while...
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No, Minister Oliver, the oil sands have not become 'green'
2013-03-09 14:36:04| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Many Canadians must have wondered if George Orwell was alive and well this week as they read that the Alberta oil sands were being pitched to U.S. officials as "green" by Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver. "Canada is the environmentally responsible choice for the U.S. to meet its energy needs in oil for years to come," the minister told an audience in Chicago - a message he repeated over and over in his U.S. tour, part of a calculated mission to associate Alberta bitumen with ecological...
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