Tag: Pipelines
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Interactive Tool Tracks Tars Sands Refinery Production in North America
By Lorne Stockman Oil Change International launched a online tool today that tracks the flow of Canadian tar sands crude oil to North America’s refineries. The new tool enables users to discover how much tar sands crude is being processed at U.S. refineries and which Canadian refineries are regularly refining this dirty source of crude. [caption id=”attachment_315398″…
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11 Arrested Protesting Tar Sands and Fracking
On Friday, two activists with Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance and Cross Timbers Earth First! locked themselves inside a revolving door at the Devon Tower in Oklahoma City, OK in protest of Devon’s involvement in tar sands extraction and plans to increase fracking in Eagle Ford Shale. [caption id="attachment_315415" align="alignnone" width="395"] Two activists locked themselves in a…
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Keystone XL Southern Leg Now Being Injected With Oil
By Steve Horn Keystone XL’s southern half is one step closer to opening for business. TransCanada announced that “on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013, the company began to inject oil into the Gulf Coast Project pipeline as it moves closer to the start of commercial service.” [caption id="attachment_315045" align="alignnone" width="500"] The line fill comes weeks after…
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10 Most Toxic Ingredients Used In Coal, Oil and Gas Production
By Don Lieber There are many reasons to reject fossil fuels now, after 200 years of their reign as society’s primary energy source. History will articulate both the benefits provided to human society derived from fossil fuel energy technologies from 1750 to the present—and the extensive costs. In addition to transportation, electricity, industrial power, military…
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First Nations and Allies Stand Strong in Fight Against Enbridge Tar Sands Pipeline
By Elizabeth Shope Today marks the third anniversary of the Save the Fraser Declaration, a declaration signed by more than 130 First Nations, which states: We will not allow the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines, or similar tar sands projects, to cross our lands, territories and watersheds, or the ocean migration routes of Fraser River salmon.…