Oil Sands

Utah Tar Sands Project Comes Under Attack

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 05.17.2012

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State regulators testified Wednesday that the first U.S. commercial oil sands operation won't pollute groundwater because the ...

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Koch Brothers' Activism Protects Their 50-Year Stake In Canadian Heavy Oils

Inside Climate News | Posted 05.11.2012

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Long involvement in Canada's tar sands has been central to Koch Industries' evolution and positions the billionaire brothers for a new oil boom....

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Canada's Tar Sands Battle With Europe

Reuters | Posted 05.11.2012

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By Barbara Lewis, David Ljunggren and Jeffrey Jones BRUSSELS/OTTAWA, May 10 (Reuters) - There's a science to using science. ...

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Are Rapidly Expanding Coal And Oil Sands Exports To Asia Raising Risks Of Another Major U.S. Oil Spill?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Oil Sands, Gulf Oil Spill, Coal, Energy Policy, Exxon Valdez, Alberta Oil Sands, Coal-Fired Plants, Tar Sands, Alberta Tar Sands, Oil Spill, BP Oil Spill, Air Pollution, Asia, Green News

Like many residents of the San Juan Islands, Johannes Krieger's livelihood is inextricably tied to the sea. He runs kayak and whale-watching tours her...

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Environmental Justice Work Still a Work in Progress in Detroit's 48217

Patrick Geans-Ali | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Tar Sands, Oil Sands, Sierra Club Environmental Justice, Environmental Justice, East Michigan Environmental Action Council, 13 in the Hole, Marathon Petroleum, 48217, Detroit, Detroit News

As well-documented as the environmental hazards of 48217 may be, there is no shortage of stories deserving to be told.

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Crude Secrets: Tar Sands, Busted Pipelines and a Whistleblower's Day in Court

Scott Dodd | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Tar Sands, Kalamazoo Oil Spill, Oil Sands, Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, Enbridge, Keystone XL Pipeline, Kalamazoo River, John Bolenbaugh, Michigan Oil Spill, Green News

On the night of July 25, 2010, a section of the continent's vast pipeline network spilled around a million gallons of chemical-laden crude into western Michigan waterways. In the debate over our nation's energy future, the Kalamazoo River spill may prove even more important than the BP blowout.

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Following SEC Complaint, Greenpeace Asks TransCanada for Honest Keystone XL Jobs Explanation

Philip Radford | Posted 03.31.2012

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TransCanada has some explaining to do. Greenpeace just sent a letter to TransCanada's CEO, Russ Girling, as well as to the company's board of directo...

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US House Passes Keystone Bill, Senate Action Uncertain

Reuters | Posted 04.18.2012

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* Keystone was part of energy portion of highway bill * Legislating Keystone approval remains uphill climb * Fate of Key...

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An Oil Sand Marriage?

Christopher F. Jones | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Energy Infrastructure, Tar Sands, Oil Sands, Alternative Energy, Pipeline, Keystone XL Pipeline, San Francisco News

Pipelines are like marriages: they are meant to last several decades. We have to ask ourselves not only whether we want the Keystone XL pipeline now, we have to determine whether we want to spend the rest of our lives with it.

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Canadian Government Plans to Poison Wolves Due to Tar Sands Project

Jeremy Symons | Posted 04.11.2012

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Alberta's carefully constructed web of secrecy was pierced this week by news that Canada is planning to poison thousands of wolves in a desperate effort to save caribou decimated by oil development.

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Canadian Prime Minister Talks Oil With China Following Obama's Pipeline Rejection

AP | Posted 04.08.2012

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BEIJING (AP) — Canada's prime minister is visiting China to discuss oil sales and other economic ties following President Barack Obama's rejection o...

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Controversy Mars Start Of Canadian Pipeline Review Process

AP | ROB GILLIES | Posted 03.12.2012

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KITIMAAT VILLAGE, British Columbia (AP) — The chief of an aboriginal community that stands to be most affected by a proposed pipeline to Canada's Pa...

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TransCanada Exec Says Asian Markets An Option

AP | Posted 03.12.2012

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — If the U.S. government doesn't approve plans for the 1,700-mile Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas, Canadian oil pro...

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Canadian Natives Warn Against Pipeline To Pacific

Reuters | Posted 03.11.2012

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(Fixes spelling of Kitamaat in dateline and conforms throughout) * Haisla chiefs fear spill, oppose project * Hearing p...

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Asia's Largest Oil And Gas Company Buys Full Stake In Canada Oil Sands Project

AP | Posted 01.03.2012

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TORONTO -- PetroChina, Asia's largest oil and gas company, is buying the 40 percent interest it didn't own in the MacKay River oil sands project in Ca...

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Nation Energy Investments Sell Us Short

Jigar Shah | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Tar Sands, Alberta Tar Sands, Solar Energy, Oil Sands, Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change, Durban Conference, Solyndra, Canada, Carbon War Room, Alberta Oil Sands, Green News

Entrepreneurs are equipped to grow the business models to deploy solutions to our global energy needs. Nations like the U.S. and Canada are inept investors and entrepreneurs. But they do set the tone and attitude of their nation.

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Chiquita Goes Bananas over Ethical Oil

Kathryn Marshall | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Ethical Oil, Chiquita, Oil Sands, Chiquita Blood Oil, Chiquita Ethical Oil, Canada Oil Sands, OPEC Countries, Home News

Perhaps it isn't surprising then that an environmental group with such a flexible sense of ethics--ForestEthics-- should find a partner in a banana firm made notorious for its own vast ethical deficits. The two of them have now teamed up to make Chiquita Brands a friend to the petro-tyrants of the world.

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Possible Tar Sands Spill Fouls Colorado Creek

National Wildlife Federation | Posted 11.30.2011

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Authorities are investigating an oily muck found in a creek north of Denver near the Suncor Energy tar sands refinery in Commerce City:...

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What Keystone's Supporters Get Wrong

Paul Tullis | Posted 01.12.2012

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Since policy decisions need to be based on facts and not rhetoric to be successful, let's go through these one by one.

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Nebraska Celebrates Keystone Pipeline Delay

AP | MATTHEW BROWN and JAMES MacPHERSON | Posted 01.11.2012

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BILLINGS, Mont. — The White House plan to seek alternate routes for a Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline presents a tangle of new problems for the pro...

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Anti-Pipeline Activists Glad Obama Is 'Taking Full Ownership' Of Keystone Decision

Posted 01.02.2012

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Earlier this week, President Obama said in a television interview with Nebraska's KETV that he will be the one making the decision on the approval of ...

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Oil Sands Safety: Does Anyone Know?

InsideClimate News | Posted 01.02.2012

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The Canadian crude oil that would flow through the Keystone XL pipeline is either the lynchpin of U.S. energy security or the path to certain environm...

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TransCanada To Nebraska: Altering Keystone XL Pipeline Route Would Be Unconstitutional

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 01.01.2012

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In a signal of what might lie ahead in the contentious battle over the Keystone XL oil pipeline, the company behind the proposed project, Calgary-base...

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WATCH: Another Actor Fights The Keystone XL Pipeline, Invites People To Protest

Posted 12.28.2011

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Actor David Strathairn, nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayal of journalist Edward R. Murrow in "Good Night, and Good Luck," released a vid...

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EU Commission Defends Proposal To Label Oil Sands Fuel

Posted 12.28.2011

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The European Union's climate commissioner announced this week that the EU's plans to label all fuel produced from oil sands as "highly polluting" are ...

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