Tag: Tar Sands
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How the 16-Day Government Shutdown Significantly Impacted Health and the Environment
By Frances Beinecke After 16 long days, the government shutdown has finally come to an end. It is relief to know that hundreds of thousands public servants can return to work and that critical programs protecting our health and the environment will fully function once again. But any sense of reassurance is tempered by two…
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First-Ever Footage of Aging Tar Sands Pipelines Beneath Great Lakes
National Wildlife Federation By Beth Wallace This past July, National Wildlife Federation (NWF) conducted a diving expedition to obtain footage of aging oil pipelines strung across one of the most sensitive locations in the Great Lakes, and possibly the world: the Straits of Mackinac. Footage of these pipelines has never been released to the public until now. [caption…
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Canadian Scientists Expose Their Government’s Tar Sands Obsession at DC Briefing
A delegation of Canadian scientists and activists participated in a briefing today at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, to set the record straight on the government’s strategy …
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Keystone XL State Department Review Compromised From Day One
But just how “transparent and rigorous” and “merit-based” has the review really been? The truth is that from day one, the State Department’s review of the pipeline has been polluted by conflicts of interest, insider lobbying and the heavy hand of Big Oil …
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Setting the Record Straight on Tar Sands and Water Use
Big Oil is spending millions of dollars to try to greenwash the tar sands, Canada’s fastest growing source of greenhouse gas pollution. A new report, Reality Check: Water and the Tar Sands, sets the record straight on industry …