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Report finds Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to increase tar sands traffic in US
2016-04-22 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
A new report released by Friends of the Earth in the US has found that the proposed $6.8bn expansion of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline will result in seven times as much traffic formed by tar sands tankers.
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Report: Millions of barrels of tar sands oil barged within the Salish Sea since 2010
2016-04-22 01:00:00| Ship Technology
There is an alarming increase in barge traffic transporting tar sands oil for refining and export between an oil port near Vancouver, British Columbia (BC) and the US Oil refinery in Tacoma, Washington, according to a report titled Tar Sands/Dilbit
Company slows work on controversial Utah tar sands project
2016-02-07 15:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Environmentalists are celebrating after the Canadian company behind a controversial tar sands development in eastern Utah announced it is scaling back work on its project. Calgary-based U.S. Oil Sands Inc. announced plans Thursday to cut back on construction on its PR Spring project, which is located in the Book Cliffs about 170 miles from Salt Lake City and is 85 percent complete. The company said low oil prices forced two of its major contractors to shutter operations in Utah, and said it didn't...
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Institute Index: Dirty tar sands oil flows to South's refineries despite Keystone XL rejection
2015-11-14 11:50:04| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Year in which TransCanada's Keystone Pipeline carrying carbon-heavy tar sands oil from Canada to the United States was approved by the Bush administration: 2008 Year in which the first phase of the pipeline, from eastern Alberta to Nebraska and then on to Illinois, was completed: 2010 Year of completion for the third phase, known as the Gulf Coast Extension and running from Oklahoma to refineries at Port Arthur, Texas: 2014 Year in which another piece of the Gulf Coast Extension, connecting to refineries in Houston, is expected to begin operating: 2016 Date on which President Obama, citing concerns about climate change, rejected the fourth phase of the project, known as the Keystone XL, which would have essentially duplicated the initial phase between Alberta and Nebraska: 11/6/2015 Percent more greenhouse gas emissions produced from an average gallon of tar sands oil than from ... (more)
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Obama Kills Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
2015-11-07 03:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: TransCanada`s Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is dead, at least for the remainder of President Barack Obama`s term in office. Today, after six years of research and protest demonstrations, Obama denied the project the Presidential Permit it needed to cross the Canada-U.S. border. Speaking from the White House, the President said, "Several years ago, the State Department began a review process for the proposed construction of a pipeline that would carry Canadian crude oil through our heartland to...
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