Tag: Tar Sands
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Breaking: In Wake of Obama’s Climate Speech, TD Bank to Sell Shares in Keystone XL and Tar Sands Projects
TD Bank announced today that it will begin selling its shares in Keystone XL and other oil sands related ventures. Citing President Obama’s recent statement about denying …
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New Evidence Reveals Significant Carbon Pollution Increase if Keystone Pipeline Approved
This week, environmentalists called on the State Department to reopen the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline environmental review process. New information from the Department of Energy …
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President Obama Will Not Approve Keystone XL If It ‘Significantly Exacerbates’ Climate Pollution
Even the State Department, in its extremely conservative analysis in the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, acknowledged that the project will increase GHGs …
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President Obama, Fracking is Part of the Climate Change Problem, Not Solution
The recent shale gas boom is made possible by hydraulic fracturing. And at the same time shale gas’ methane leakage problem is increasing climate change, this boom is …
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A Call for Unity: An Open Letter From a Texas Landowner to Keystone XL Pipeline Opponents
I urge everyone to consider this letter and to join the few of us that are out here fighting for the future of our children and grandchildren and not vying for political or financial advancement.