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  House Supporters of Keystone XL Took $56 Million From Fossil Fuel Industry

  David Turnbull, May 22, 2013
  In todays House Keystone XL vote, those in support took in a combined $56 million from fossil fuel interests, $36 million from oil industry interests alone.
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  U.S. oil boom threat to tar sands much greater than State acknowledges

  Lorne Stockman, May 16, 2013
  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.

• 8 Senate Republicans Boycotting McCarthy EPA Nomination Took $5.2 Million from Fossil Fuel Industry

  David Turnbull, May 9, 2013
  New analysis by Oil Change International revealed today that the 8 Republican members of the Senate Environment and Public Works committee who boycotted a vote on the nomination of Gina McCarthy to lead the US Environmental Protection Agency have received over $5.2 million in campaign contributions from fossil fuel interests.
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  Keystone XL Could Cost Society Over $100 Billion per Year

  Lorne Stockman, May 7, 2013
  The Keystone XL Pipeline's social cost of carbon could be as much as $100 billion per year. Until government agencies properly account for the cost of climate change caused by major fossil fuel infrastructure, projects like Keystone XL will continue to impose disproportionate costs on society.
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  1 million+ comments to stop the KeystoneXL pipeline

  David Turnbull, April 22, 2013
  For immediate release April 22, 2013 More than One Million Comments Urge Obama Administration to Reject Keystone XL Public Comments highlight that Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is all risk and no reward Washington, DC – Opponents of Keystone XL have submitted more than one million comments urging President Obama, Secretary Kerry and the State Department...
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  Cooking the Books: The True Climate Impact of Keystone XL

  David Turnbull, April 16, 2013
  A new report out today from environmental groups shows that the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline would, if approved, be responsible for at least 181 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) each year, comparable to the tailpipe emissions from more than 37.7 million cars or 51 coal-fired power plants.
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  Exxon Pressures Arkansas TV Stations To Ban Critical Ad Following Mayflower Tar Sands Spill

  David Turnbull, April 11, 2013
  For Immediate Release: April 11, 2013 Contact: Molly Haigh, 907-750-1999, molly@fitzgibbonmedia.com Exxon Pressures Arkansas TV Stations To Ban Critical Ad Following Mayflower Tar Sands Spill Amidst reports of media intimidation at the site of the Mayflower, Arkansas tar sands oil spill, ExxonMobil has now taken to bullying local Little Rock television stations into canceling the...
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• 59 Groups Pressure World Bank to Clean Up Energy Lending

  Elizabeth Bast, April 3, 2013
  Development, faith, human rights, community, and environmental groups from more than 20 countries teamed up today to ask World Bank President Jim Kim to end Bank support for all fossil fuel projects unless the projects are solely focused on directly increasing energy access for the poor.
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  Keystone XL refineries already exporting 60 percent of their gasoline

  Lorne Stockman, March 14, 2013
  New data reveals that a full 60 percent of gasoline produced at Keystone XL refineries was exported.
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  Petroleum Coke: The Coal Hiding in the Tar Sands

  Lorne Stockman, January 17, 2013
  Existing analyses of the impacts of tar sands fail to account for a byproduct of the process that is a major source of climate change causing carbon emissions: petroleum coke - known as petcoke. Petcoke is the coal hiding in North America's tar sands oil boom.