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  House Votes to Deny the Cost of Carbon Pollution

  Matt Maiorana, August 2, 2013
  This past Spring the Obama Administration took an important (and little reported) step towards more aggressively addressing climate change. They increased the social cost of carbon.
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  New report exposes billions per year in new fossil fuel subsidies

  David Turnbull, July 22, 2013
  Today we’re releasing a new report with Earth Track that exposes some $4 billion per year in new fossil fuel subsidies which have gone unaccounted for in previous estimates.
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  Senate Beats Back Fossil Fuel Millions to Confirm Gina McCarthy for EPA

  Matt Maiorana, July 18, 2013
  The 40 Senators voting against Gina McCarthy's nomination for EPA Administrator would have voted against anyone who would even consider measures that could affect the fossil fuel industry...thanks to $25 million in dirt energy money.
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  Keystone XL: The Key to Crude Exports – New Report

  Lorne Stockman, July 11, 2013
  Proponents of the Keystone XL pipeline regularly claim that the pipeline will replace heavy oil from Venezuela and elsewhere if it is built. In fact just this week, Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE) claimed that Venezuela’s recent offer of asylum for whistleblower Edward Snowden is somehow a reason to approve the pipeline. The reality is that crude delivered...
  Continue reading 'Keystone XL: The Key to Crude Exports – New Report'.
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  Infographic: Piling up Keystone XL’s Petcoke

  David Turnbull, July 8, 2013
  New Infographic! There are many reasons that the Keystone XL pipeline will clearly exacerbate the problem of climate pollution...but one that is often overlooked at our peril is the problem of petroleum coke (aka "petcoke").
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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.
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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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  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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  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.