Showing posts with label IV III Tar Sands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IV III Tar Sands. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Tribal members sign treaty calling for an end to Alberta oil sands development and Keystone XL.
Tribal members sign treaty calling for an end to Alberta oil sands development and Keystone XL.
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman’s approval of
that state’s section of the disputed Keystone XL pipeline has united not
only indigenous from the U.S. and Canada but also non-Native ranchers,
farmers and concerned citizens who oppose the pipeline.
Indian Country Today Media Network
Protesters in Maine rally against tar sands oil
Protesters in Maine rally against tar sands oil.
More than 1,000 people rallied in Portland on
Saturday in what was billed as the largest protest yet against the
possibility of so-called tar sands oil being piped in from Montreal.
Associated Press
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Mountaintop Removal Mining Proves Hard to Stop. EP Magazine
Mountaintop Removal Mining Proves Hard to Stop
EP Magazine
Mountaintop removal is a form of surface mining used extensively throughout Appalachia that uses explosives to remove the summits of mountains to expose coal seams. Excess rock and soil laden with toxic mining byproducts are often dumped into nearby ...
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EP Magazine
Mountaintop removal is a form of surface mining used extensively throughout Appalachia that uses explosives to remove the summits of mountains to expose coal seams. Excess rock and soil laden with toxic mining byproducts are often dumped into nearby ...
See all stories on this topic »
Friday, January 18, 2013
Canadian oil sands pollute nearby lakes. Report is blow to Keystone pipeline. Christian Science Monitor
| Deep In Canadian Lakes, Signs Of Tar Sands Pollution NPR Canadian researchers have used the mud at the bottom of lakes like a time machine to show that tar sands oil production in Alberta, Canada, is polluting remote regional lakes as far as 50 miles from the operations. An increasingly large share of U.S ... See all stories on this topic » |  NPR |
Christian Science Monitor
Production at the world's third largest source of oil has polluted surrounding waters with toxic substances, according to a new study. The findings add fuel to a fiery debate over a proposed pipeline connecting Canadian oil sands with US refineries ...
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Monday, September 24, 2012
BREAKING: Eight People Climb Trees And Start Indefinite Tree Sit to Stop ... It's Getting Hot In Here
BREAKING: Eight People Climb Trees And Start Indefinite Tree Sit to Stop ...
It's Getting Hot In Here
This pipeline is a disaster for everyone it touches, from the cancer tar sands extraction is causing indigenous communities, to the water poisoned by inevitable tar sands spills, to the landowners whose land has been seized, and to everyone that will ...
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It's Getting Hot In Here
This pipeline is a disaster for everyone it touches, from the cancer tar sands extraction is causing indigenous communities, to the water poisoned by inevitable tar sands spills, to the landowners whose land has been seized, and to everyone that will ...
See all stories on this topic »
Monday, September 17, 2012
Friday, August 31, 2012
Kuwait closes in on Athabasca deal Globe and Mail
| Globe and Mail - |
Kuwait's state-owned petroleum company has signed a preliminary deal to invest as much as $4-billion in a joint venture with Athabasca Oil Corp.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Oil Sands Mining in Utah Clears Major Hurdle Inside Climate New
| Inside Climate News - |
An administrative law judge in Salt Lake City has ruled against two environmental organizations that are trying to block a Canadian company's plan to open the first large-scale oil sands mine in the United States. Judge Sandra Allen sided with U.S. Oil ...
Monday, August 13, 2012
Environmentalists Fear Tar Sands Pipeline Is Coming Vermont Public Radio
| Vermont Public Radio - |
Although energy companies deny that they plan to ship tar sands oil through New England, the possibility of the west-east route has triggered growing protest around the region.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Environmental cost of Keystone project too great South Bend Tribune
| South Bend Tribune - |
There already are numerous examples of bitumen pipelines rupturing. The Keystone XL pipeline is supposed to be built over the Ogallala Aquifer, which extends from Montana to New Mexico.
Friday, August 10, 2012
Shipping oilsands crude by rail Montreal Gazette
| Montreal Gazette - |
OTTAWA - As battles rage over the Northern Gateway and Keystone XL pipelines, governments and energy companies are eyeing other options for transporting oilsands crude to foreign markets, including by rail, a pipeline through the Northwest Territories ...
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Keystone XL pipeline may threaten aquifer that irrigates much of the central US Washington Post
| Washington Post - |
A Florida native who moved to Nebraska in 2007 after marrying a rancher active in Democratic politics, she did as much as anyone to bring the massive Keystone XL crude oil pipeline to a halt last year. James Goecke is a counterpoint to Kleeb.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Tar Sands Blockade video raises questions about what we may see in BC Straight.com
Straight.com -
U.S. activists speak about the need to save the planet. If this is what's happening south of the border, one can only imagine the type of resistance that Enbridge and Kinder Morgan will encounter if they gain approval for pipeline proposals delivering ...
Monday, August 6, 2012
This is insane: Alberta premier backs piping oil east Financial Times
Financial Times -
The premier of Alberta says she backs plans to ship Canadian oil sands to the country's east coast, as environmental opposition delays the Keystone XL pipeline to the US Gulf of Mexico. In an interview in London, Alison Redford said Canada's east coast ...
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Friday, August 3, 2012
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Tar Sands Protest Attacked by Vermont Police Pacific Free Press
Pacific Free Press -
A Sunday tar sands protest in Burlington, Vermont turned violent when riot police shot protesters with pepper spray and rubber bullets.
Monday, July 30, 2012
Saturday, May 26, 2012
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