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The Dirt ~ April 16, 2013
By Der T. Tarsands
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
In this issue of The Dirt, Keystone XL opposition set to break the one million mark, Joe Oliver inadvertently reveals the Canadian government's latent climate denialism, and Canadians admit they don't want the pipelines the government is trying to shove down their throats.
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Federal government implements Orwellian rules to limit pipeline oversight
By D. T. Sands
Thursday, April 11, 2013
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The Dirt ~ April 10, 2013
By Dirty Tar Sands
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
In this issue of The Dirt, an energy industry pundit congratulates Keystone XL opponents, more lessons from Exxon's Pegasus oil spill in Mayflower, Arkansas, and another Orwellian attempt by the Canadian government to stifle pipeline oversight.
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More lessons from Arkansas tar sands spill
By DirtyOilSands.org
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
As tar sands crude stains the streets and streams of Mayflower, Arkansas, it's worth considering the serious risks inherent in transporting Alberta's dangerous oil across the continent and beyond.
Tagged with: keystone xl, tar sands, exxon, spill, mayflower, arkansas
Alison Redford’s Half-Truth Tour
By Mike Hudema | Greenpeace Canada
Monday, April 08, 2013
I think Americans and Albertan’s deserve honesty. It’s part of the reason that I wrote you this letter after your very misleading USA Today ad. But rather than be honest about Alberta’s poor environmental record and booming emissions, judging by your press release, the Alberta Government’s strategy is to continue the deception.
Tagged with: alberta, policy, carbon tax, redford
Barrier to public participation in upcoming pipeline hearings
By Environmental Defence & Greenpeace Canada
Friday, April 05, 2013
New undemocratic rules are creating a barrier to public participation in upcoming National Energy Board (NEB) hearings into the proposal for Enbridge’s Line 9 oil pipeline. For the first time, members of the public who want to send a letter with comments to the NEB about a pipeline project must first apply for permission to participate – by filling out a 10-page form that includes a request for a resume and references.
Tagged with: pipeline, enbridge, national energy board, public hearings, law, democracy
Does Tar Sand Oil Increase the Risk of Pipeline Spills?
By David Biello | Scientific American
Thursday, April 04, 2013
An oil flood through an Arkansas subdivision on March 29 is just the most recent example of pipeline problems in the U.S. In recent weeks, months and years diesel has leaked from a pipeline into wetlands near Salt Lake City; oil has spilled into the Yellowstone River in Montana; and about 20,000 barrels of oil have spewed into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan. The question: Is the problem the pipelines themselves or what they carry?
The Dirt :: Double Issue :: April 3, 2013
By DirtyOilSands.org
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
In this issue of The Dirt, the impacts of toxic pollution from tar sands development becomes starkly evident: a pipeline spill of tar sands crude in Arkansas illustrates the very real risks of Keystone XL to communities and watersheds across America, Suncor leaks toxic wastewater into the Athabasca River for three-and-a-half days, and the clean-up costs of the Kalamazoo River spill are expected to exceed $1 billion.
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Exxon’s Arkansas Tar Sands Spill: The Tar Sands Name Game
By Anthony Swift | Natural Resources Defense Council
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
As the American public becomes acquainted with images of tar sands flowing across lawns, driveways and streets of an Arkansas suburb near Little Rock (for video of the spill go here), Exxon is now making the claim that the crude spilled from its ruptured Pegasus pipeline isn’t technically tar sands. This attempt is reminiscent of the knots that Enbridge tied itself into to deny that the million gallons of tar sands it spilled into the Kalamazoo River weren’t actually tar sands.
Because ‘Bitumen is not Oil,’ Pipelines Carrying Tar Sands Crude Don’t Pay into US Oil Spill Fund
By CAROL LINNITT | DeSmog Canada
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
As Think Progress has just reported, a bizarre technicality allowed Exxon Mobil to avoid paying into the federal oil spill fund responsible for cleanup after the company's Pegasus pipeline released 12,000 barrels of tar sands oil and water into the town of Mayflower, Arkansas.
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