KXL’s Outdated Oil Spill Technology
TransCanada has no plans to use cutting edge anti-pollution technology on the KXL, despite 12 spills on the Southern leg of the pipeline.
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Detroit’s petcoke pile helps a struggling coal plant stay in business…more to come?
The story of the Detroit petcoke pile should give the Obama administration some serious pause as they consider the Keystone XL decision.
New White House policy admits social cost of carbon higher than they thought
The official policy of the Obama administration now asserts that the social cost of carbon emissions to society are 60% higher than they previously estimated.
‘No’ KXL Threatens $9 Billion Tar Sands Investment
According to a report released yesterday, saying ‘No’ to KXL could put a massive $9-billion of tar sands investment at risk over the next seven years.
Tar Sands Makes Climate Change “Unsolvable”
One of the world’s leading climate scientists Dr James Hansen has warned British MPs that exploiting the tar sands and oil shale would make the problem of climate change “unsolvable”.
U.S. oil boom threat to tar sands much greater than State acknowledges
The U.S. oil boom is a clear threat to the tar sands market in the Gulf Coast. The State Department failed to acknowledge this in the SEIS.
Facebook Bans Ad Criticising Mark Zuckerberg’s Pro-KXL Stance
Here’s a question for you. What have one of the world’s richest companies and one of the world’s richest men got in common? The answer: They have both censored adverts criticising their actions on climate-related issues.
EPA: tar sands “significantly more intensive than other crudes”
The EPA slams the State Department review of Keystone XL pipeline, arguing that, from a climate perspective, “oil sands crude is significantly more GHG intensive than other crudes, and therefore has potentially large impacts.”