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Caution urged in landowners’ pipeline dealings
News Articles | Grand Island (NE) Independent | by Mark Coddington | Tuesday, March 31, 2009
CENTRAL CITY — William Blake didn’t mince words Tuesday night. He wanted property owners to know exactly what they were in for with the installation of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. “If you think you’re going to stop the pipeline, forget it — you won’t,” said Blake, a Lincoln attorney who specializes in eminent domain. “If you think you’re going to slow them down, forget it — you won’t.” But that didn’t mean Blake was advising the 25 people gathered in Central City on Tuesday to lay down and give up their rights. “Nobody should sign the initial document that is handed to you by TransCanada,” Blake said, referring to the Calgary-based company that is building the pipeline. “It’s as one-sided as it could possibly get.”
Duck death toll at tailings ponds triples
News Articles | Calgary Herald | Edmonton Journal | Hanneke Brooymans | Tuesday, March 31, 2009
The actual dead bird count was 1,606, Katinas told a news conference. Original estimates had put the number of dead birds at 500.
President’s trip to Canada defines critical carbon moment
Opinion | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | James Hansen | OP-ED | Tuesday, February 17, 2009
The tar sands of Canada constitute one of our planet's greatest threats. They are a double-barreled threat. First, producing oil from tar sands emits two to three times the global warming pollution of conventional oil. But the process also diminishes one of the best carbon reduction tools on the planet -- Canada's Boreal Forest.
Syncrude charged over dead ducks
News Articles | Calgary Herald | Edmonton Journal | Darcy Henton & Hanneke Brooymans | Monday, February 09, 2009
EDMONTON — Syncrude Canada faces charges from both Alberta and the federal governments in connection with the deaths of 500 ducks on one of the company’s tailings ponds north of Fort McMurray last spring.
Tar Sands Pipeline Delay Makes Room for Alternatives
Media Releases | ForestEthics, Equiterre | Monday, January 19, 2009
Conservationists celebrated news that Enbridge will shelve its controversial “Trailbreaker” project to reverse the flow of oil in the Montreal-Sarnia pipeline in order to bring tar sands oil to and through Montreal for export. Groups see this decision as an opportunity.
Scenes from the Tar Wars
News Articles | Mother Jones | Josh Harkinson | Friday, May 30, 2008
As Canada scrambles to dig up some of the world's dirtiest oil, a bush doctor tracks mysterious diseases, poisoned rivers, and shattered lives.
Opponents line up against proposed Canada oil pipeline
News Articles | Minnesota Public Radio | by Bob Kelleher | Tuesday, April 22, 2008
A new oil pipeline proposed in northern Minnesota is getting resistance from an unusual direction. Opponents say the large pipeline would contribute significantly to global warming -- not so much from the oil itself, but for how the oil is extracted in Canada.
Oil spill tainted water table
News Articles | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | by Lee Bergquist | Friday, February 16, 2007
An oil pipeline spill on Feb. 2 in Rusk County - one of the largest such accidents of its kind in state history - has been found to have contaminated the local water table, officials confirmed Thursday.
Environmental group says oil spill underscores its point
News Articles | Janesville (WI) Gazette | AP | Friday, January 05, 2007
CURTISS, Wis. - A pipeline rupture that leaked thousands of gallons of crude oil across a frozen field caused little environmental damage, yet it re-energized a group that already has gone to court trying to block a new pipeline planned for the same route through Wisconsin.
