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The Dirt ~ March 5, 2013

By DirtyOilSands.org

Wednesday, March 06, 2013

In this issue of The Dirt, the U.S. State Department's environmental impact statement for the Keystone XL pipeline sparks outrage, a former Conservative prime minister crticizes Canada's climate policy, and 28 Vermont towns vote to keep New England tar sands free.

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Where Is the Climate Leadership? We Need to Get It Right on Keystone XL

By Robert Redford | The Huffington Post

Monday, March 04, 2013

Mr. Secretary, I am disappointed. I thought that we all understood that to fight climate change, we have to be able to say "no" to dirty energy projects. Our friends around the world are looking to us for climate leadership and it starts with drawing the line at tar sands expansion. It also means that we need to give health and environment a fair shake in the environmental review of a dirty energy project such as the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

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Tagged with: keystone xl, pipeline, climate change, keystone, environmental impact statement, opposition

Alberta’s Tar Sands Pollution Refugees

By Andrew Nikiforuk | The Tyee

Saturday, March 02, 2013

'Gassed' by oil sands operations, families say they've been forced to evacuate. Another Alberta pollution scandal has forced as many as six residents from their homes and poisoned scores of other citizens near the Peace River Oil Sands in the northwest corner of the province.

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Tagged with: alberta, tar sands, human rights, evacuation, family

Keystone XL: Cynicism on the Potomac

By Michael Brune | Sierra Club

Friday, March 01, 2013

You know the news is going to be bad when they bury it at 4pm on a Friday. We dealt with this for eight years during the Bush administration. I never thought we'd be doing it again under John Kerry's State Department.

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Tagged with: keystone xl, pipeline, obama, keystone, environmental impact statement, climate, kerry

Will Obama Go Back to 1984 on Keystone XL?

By Peter LaFontaine | National Wildlife Federation

Friday, March 01, 2013

With the clock ticking down toward midnight on President Obama's Keystone XL decision, one of the planet's top climate officials is calling it big, BIG news — enough that a rejection could propel action on global climate efforts: "I think that would be an extremely strong signal [that Obama is serious about climate change action]," European Union climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard, said during a briefing with reporters in Washington. "That would be a strong signal to the world."

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Tagged with: keystone xl, climate change, keystone, european union, international

Halfway to where?

By Hannah McKinnon | Environmental Defence

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Recently, we've heard a lot of boasting that Canada is halfway to our 2020 climate change goal for cutting carbon pollution. But the math doesn't add up.

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Tagged with: canada, climate, carbon, targets, goal, 2020

The Dirt ~ Feb. 26, 2013

By DirtyOilSands.org

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

In this issue of The Dirt, leading climate scientists call BS on Canada's environmental credentials, rapid tar sands development puts Canada's economy at risk, and Toronto wades into the debate about the risk of the Line 9 pipeline transporting dirty oil through the middle of Ontario's biggest city.

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Why America needs to say ‘No” to the Keystone XL pipeline

By Tzeporah Berman

Friday, February 22, 2013

Eight clear reasons to reject the Keystone XL pipeline

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Tagged with: keystone xl, pipeline, climate change, keystone

The Dirt ~ People Power Edition ~ Feb. 19, 2012

By DirtyOilSands.org

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

n this issue of The Dirt, tens of thousands of Americans show up at the White House to tell President Obama to get serious about climate change, a secret memo indicates Canada's federal government has kept silent about leaky toxic tailings ponds for more than a year, and Northern Gateway hearings return to Prince Rupert for Round Two.

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Oil Sands Mining Uses Up Almost as Much Energy as It Produces

By Rachel Nuwer | InsideClimate News

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Thanks to high global oil prices, industry can afford the large amount of energy needed to extract the oil and turn it into a usable fuel.

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Tagged with: oil sands, mining, energy, balance, extraction

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News

Alberta’s carbon tax is a bold move. Sadly, it’s not enough

April 05, 2013 (Tzeporah Berman | The Globe and Mail)

Energy board changes pipeline complaint rules

April 05, 2013 (Gloria Galloway | The Globe and Mail)

CP oil spill in northern Ontario larger than first reported

April 04, 2013 (Nathan Vanderklippe | The Globe and Mail)

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