Map: Another Major Tar Sands Pipeline Seeking U.S. Permit. Home Page Title: Map: A Pipeline Boom, Bigger Than Keystone.
Toxic Tar Sands - Reports - Tar Sands - Dirty Fuels. An Assault on American Water, Air, Health and Jobs Photo: Sierra Club Michigan On July 26, 2010 an Enbridge tar sands pipeline ruptured in Michigan, spilling one million gallons of toxic crude into the Kalamazoo River, a major tributary of Lake Michigan.
Www.sierraclub.org/dirtyfuels/downloads/2010-09-TarSands_factsheet.pdf. Dirtyfuels/downloads/2011-02-safety.pdf. Www.nrdc.org/energy/files/TarSandsInvasion.pdf. Sixth Maine Town Passes Resolution Opposing Transport of Tar Sands Through Existing Pipeline. Natural Resources Council of Maine Harrison residents voted 156-59 yesterday to pass a municipal resolution stating opposition to sending tar sands oil through ExxonMobil’s Portland-Montreal Pipeline, making it the sixth Maine town to publicly and officially oppose the proposal.
The 62-year-old pipeline, which stretches 236 miles from Montreal to South Portland, is being considered for the transport of tar sands, a form of toxic, thick oil that is associated with higher incidence of pipeline spills and can be nearly impossible to clean up. The pipeline stretches five miles through Harrison and crosses the Crooked River near Plains Road. The pipeline also passes through critical wetland habitat along the Crooked River watershed. “Here in the Lakes Region, our lakes, rivers and streams are our livelihood and an important part of our economy,” said longtime Harrison resident Ray Sirois. Dangers On A Train: Top Canadian Official Disputes State Department’s Keystone Claims. By Daniel J.
Weiss, Guest Contributor "Dangers On A Train: Top Canadian Official Disputes State Department’s Keystone Claims" The State Departments draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Keystone XL pipeline is centered on the assumption that there will be an increase in tar sands oil production with or without the pipeline. Canadian Government Pursuing Aggressive Lobbying Push On Keystone XL. (Source: Suncor Energy Inc., BLM) The Canadian government has nearly doubled its spending to promote the Keystone XL pipeline to $16.5 million, up from $9 million a year ago.
This dramatic spending increase is a result of an increased lobbying effort the government is planning, which includes high-profile ad buys and dispatching a series of officials to reiterate talking points that the pipeline will increase U.S. energy security and provide us with thousands of home-grown jobs. Their expanded lobbying efforts include Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper traveling to New York City to speak with the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and participate in roundtables with American business leaders. Fighting to save the family farm from TransCanada's Keystone XL Pipeline. FROM READERS: MU students attend a pipeline protest in Washington, D.C. Elizabeth Kolbert: Obama’s Keystone Decision.
A lot of what’s known about carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can be traced back to a chemist named Charles David Keeling, who, in 1958, persuaded the U.S.
Mountain of Petroleum Coke From Oil Sands Rises in Detroit. WINDSOR, Ontario — Assumption Park gives residents of this city lovely views of the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit skyline.
Lately they’ve been treated to another sight: a three-story pile of petroleum coke covering an entire city block on the other side of the Detroit River. Detroit’s ever-growing black mountain is the unloved, unwanted and long overlooked byproduct of Canada’s boom. And no one knows quite what to do about it, except Koch Carbon, which owns it. The company is controlled by Charles and David Koch, wealthy industrialists who back a number of conservative and libertarian causes including activist groups that challenge the science behind climate change.
The company sells the high-sulfur, high-carbon waste, usually overseas, where it is burned as fuel. HeavyCrude-DiluentMix. Washington Post. The province said the Calgary, Alberta-based company has not presented any real assurance that it would be able to meet its commitments to prevent oil spills. “’Trust me’ is not good enough in this case,” said the 99-page submission.
The fear of oil spills is especially acute in pristine British Columbia, with its snowcapped mountains and deep ocean inlets. There is fierce environmental and aboriginal opposition. Tar Sands Tailings Pond. Causes of Climate Change. Key Points Both natural and human factors change Earth’s climate.
Before humans, changes in climate resulted entirely from natural causes such as changes in Earth’s orbit, changes in solar activity, or volcanic eruptions. Since the Industrial Era began, humans have had an increasing effect on climate, particularly by adding billions of tons of heat-trapping greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Most of the observed warming since the mid-20th century is due to human-caused greenhouse gas emissions.
Earth’s temperature is a balancing act Earth’s temperature depends on the balance between energy entering and leaving the planet’s system . View enlarged image. Keystone XL: Mapping the Flow of Tar Sands Oil. Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Keystone Legislation. WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S.
House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. The Tar Sands Disaster. Let’s count the ways Keystone approval helps us. So, why do we want President Obama and Secretary John Kerry to approve construction of the Keystone pipeline from Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico? • Because it will allow Canada to double and then triple production of tar sands and send it to thirsty Asian consumers. EXCLUSIVE: State Dept. Hid Contractor's Ties to Keystone XL Pipeline Company. A top expert who helped write the government's latest Keystone report previously consulted on three different TransCanada projects—a fact the State Department tried to hide. —Andy Kroll on Thu. March 21, 2013 3:00 AM PDT A woman protests the Keystone XL pipeline at a rally in Washington, DC, on October 7, 2011.Elbert Barnes/Flickr Late on a Friday afternoon in early March, the State Department released a 2,000-page draft report downplaying the environmental risks of the northern portion of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would ferry oil from Canada's tar sands to refineries in Texas, passing through Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma.