Tar sands reaching the US Gulf Coast by rail remains a dribble
In contrast to claims made by Keystone XL proponents, tar sands crude is trickling into the Gulf Coast by rail.
Lorne Stockman
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Sovereignty, sanctions, theft and the oil industry in Russia and the Crimea
Is it not time, with the threat of increasing political and economic instability and the growing risk of climate change, that we finally recognize the costs of fossil fuel dependency are too high?
Crude-by-Rail may grow 4-fold. Are we all comfortable with that?
Ten years from now we could be seeing over four times more crude oil transported by rail throughout the US and Canada, some 4.5 million barrels per day. Are we comfortable with that?
Murkowski’s call for crude exports is climate change denial, raw deal for fracked communities
Senator Lisa Murkowski has put U.S. crude oil exports front and center of her policy agenda today. The debate on crude oil exports, like that on natural gas (LNG) and coal exports, should be about climate change.
IEA confirms tar sands pipelines are key to production growth
The International Energy Agency’s flagship annual report, the World Energy Outlook, is out today and it confirms what Keystone XL opponents have been saying all along. Building pipelines will increase tar sands production.