Tag: Tar Sands
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Proposed Utah Tar Sands Refinery Faces Massive Backlash
A coalition of conservation groups have filed a “request for agency action,” demanding that the Utah Department of Air Quality (UDAQ) revoke its June 21 approval of an oil refinery …
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Taking a Stand Against Tar Sands for Three Year Anniversary of Kalamazoo Spill
Today marks the three year anniversary of when Enbridge’s tar sands pipeline spilled more than a million gallons of bitumen into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan. This incident stands as America’s longest-running and most expensive oil cleanup …
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Interactive Website Compares Alternate Energy Futures
The Two Energy Futures site allows users to visualize and explore two energy futures—one fossil fuel based and one based on clean energy—and learn about the impacts of the different fuels involved, such as tar sands, biofuels and shale gas.
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The Tar Sands Oil Spill That Can’t Be Stopped
According to an article in the Canadian Star, underground tar sands operations have resulted in four separate oil spills that have been leaking over the last six weeks …
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12 Arrested at Enbridge Tar Sands Pipeline Expansion Site in Michigan
Michigan Coalition Against Tar Sands (MI-CATS) took direct action near Stockbridge, MI, yesterday, to halt construction of the Tar Sands pipeline 6B expansion project of Canadian corporation Enbridge …