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Nebraska State Senator Tony Fulton’s letter to State Department re Keystone XL

By: | Senator Tony Fulton

Published: August 2010

Nebraska State Senator Tony Fulton, a conservative member of the state legislature, sent a letter to the Department of State asking a series of questions about the safety of the Keystone XL pipeline proposal.

Tagged with: pipeline, keystone xl, transcanada, nebraska, tony fulton

TransCanada threatens Nebraska landowner with eminent domain for Keystone XL

By: TransCanada | Tim Irons

Published: July 2010

In this copy of a letter to a Nebraska landowner, TransCanada is threatening eminent domain -- taking their property by government fiat -- to acquire land for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline proposal. They are making these threats before the pipeline has been approved.

Tagged with: pipeline, keystone xl, transcanada, nebraska, eminent domain

House letter to Secretary Clinton urging to complete analysis of Keystone XL

By: House of Representatives

Published: June 2010

50 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging the State Department to fully analyze the impacts of the Keystone XL pipeline before permitting it. Specifically, they called for transparent consideration of all potential climate change impacts.

Tagged with: pipeline, keystone xl, state department, hillary clinton, house kxl letter

Business leader letter to Secretary Clinton opposing Keystone XL

By: Environmental Entrepreneurs

Published: June 2010

Over 250 individual business leaders co-signed this letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calling on her to suspend the Keystone XL permitting process.

Tagged with: pipeline, keystone xl, hillary clinton, environmental entrepreneurs

Group letter to President Obama

By: Corporate Ethics International | EARTHWORKS | Environment America | Environmental Defence Canada | Friends of the Earth | | Natural Resources Defense Council | National Wildlife Federation | Sierra Club | Western Organization of Resource Councils

Published: May 2010

The gulf spill shows that ALL dirty fuels are dangerous and expensive -- including the tar sands. Please reduce our dependence on dirty fuels.

Tagged with: obama, sierra club, natural resources defense council, corporate ethics international, friends of the earth, national wildlife federation, earthworks, environment america, western organization of resource councils

James Hansen letter to Norway Prime Minister discouraging Statoil tar sands investment

By: | James Hansen

Published: May 2010

In an opinion editorial in Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, Professor James E. Hansen calls on Jens Stoltenberg to show leadership and pull Statoil out the destructive extraction of oil from the Canadian tar sands. The full text of the letter -- in English -- is available at Greenpeace Canada's website. Clicking the thumbnail returns the original letter with the logos of supporting organizations.

Tagged with: greenpeace canada, investment, statoil, james hansen, norway

European Parliament Members Letter to Tar Sands Companies

By: European Parliament

Published: December 2009

A group of 11 MEPs, representing three political groups and seven countries, is today appealing to the leaders of four European oil companies to stop producing oil from Canadian tar sands, a process causing 2-3 times more pollution than the production of conventional oil.

Tagged with: copenhagen, shell oil, bp, statoil, european parliament, total

Comments to the White House regarding the EISA Section 933 Energy Security Report to Congress

By: Corporate Ethics International | Sierra Club | Greenpeace | Lorne Stockman | Kenny Bruno

Published: October 2009

The following comments are submitted as input to the content of the report the White House is required to submit to Congress under Section 933 of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA). This memo focuses on the role of Canadian oil sands, traditionally known as tar sands, and suggests that the White House begin dismantling myths about the supposed key role of oil from tar sands to provide energy security. We argue that growth in tar sands imports cannot provide energy security to the United States.

Tagged with: greenpeace, sierra club, corporate ethics international, white house, congress, eisa

September 14th letter to President Obama regarding Prime Minister Harper’s visit

By: Climate Action Network

Published: October 2009

The Climate Action Network to President Obama expressing concerns that Prime Minister Harper wants to protect the oil sands industry from climate regulation.

Tagged with: whoisharper, climate action network

Canadian Minister Lisa Raitt Letter to California Gov. Schwarzenegger

By: Minister of Natural Resources (Canada) | Lisa Raitt

Published: April 2009

A letter from Canadian Minister of Natural Resources to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger opposing California's then pending, now in effect, Low Carbon Fuel Standard.

Tagged with: low carbon fuel standard, california, schwarzenegger, minister of natural resources

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News

Editorial- Court delays threaten refinery project

August 31, 2010 (Billings Gazette )

Dump spotty water-monitoring regime

August 31, 2010 (Edmonton Journal | Graham Thomson)

Oil sands polluting Alberta river system, study finds

August 30, 2010 (Reuters | Jeffrey Jones)

Editorial: Oil, gas pipelines inspections should be more transparent

August 30, 2010 (The Grand Rapids Press Editorial Board | Editorial )