Our new report, “Petroleum Coke: the Coal Hiding in the Tar Sands” has been making waves across the media landscape. Below is a sampling of the coverage this report has received in January 2013.
Online/print media:
- Washington Post, As State Department nears completion of Keystone XL review, both sides dig in, January 17, 2013 (Note: Washington Post exclusive initially posted here on morning of Jan 17…now redirects to story above)
- New York Times (Green Blog), 2 Reports on Oil Sands Paint a Dire Picture, January 17, 2013
- Huffington Post, TransCanada On The Climate Impacts Of Its Keystone XL Pipeline, January 17, 2013
- The Globe and Mail (Canada), Environmental Groups Redouble Efforts to Block US Keystone Expansion, January 17, 2013
- ClimateWire, Keystone XL emissions are underestimated, report says, focusing on petcoke, January 17, 2013
- Houston Chronicle’s “Fuel Fix” blog, Keystone XL prompts dueling studies, January 17, 2013
- The Hill, Groups battle on Keystone XL pipeline, January 17, 2013
- CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), Keystone XL pipeline opponents ramp up U.S. campaign, January 17, 2013
- Platts, Petcoke would magnify climate harm from Keystone XL: pipeline opponents, January 17, 2013
- Toronto Star, Oil sands dirtier than acknowledged, Keystone XL opponents claim, January 17, 2013
- Bloomberg/Businessweek, Keystone tar sands waste said to warm climate more than coal, January 18, 2013
- Reuters, Saskatchewan leader urges Obama to approve Keystone XL pipeline, January 17, 2013
- UPI, Emissions Report Blasts Keystone XL, January 18, 2013
- Washington Times, Environmentalists versus workers: Keystone pipeline decision will shape Obama’s legacy, January 17, 2013
Statement by Rep. Waxman: http://waxman.house.gov/rep-waxman-statement-new-reports-climate-impact-tar-sands-and-keystone-xl-tar-sands-pipeline
Radio / WebTV:
- FSRN, http://fsrn.org/audio/opponents-keystone-xl-pipeline-point-new-reports-climate/11448
- KPFA, Flashpoints, http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/88140 (minute 24)
- On the News with Thom Hartmann, http://truth-out.org/news/item/14013-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-corporate-america-is-doing-very-very-well-under-president-obama-and-more
Blogs:
- http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/sclefkowitz/new_analysis_shows_simple_math.html
- http://www.cato.org/blog/battling-over-keystone-xl
- http://www.boldnebraska.org/petrocokeoilchangeint
- http://grist.org/news/keystone-will-be-even-worse-for-the-climate-than-you-thought-says-futile-new-report/
- http://www.environmentalleader.com/2013/01/18/policy-enforcement-briefing-keystone-xl-edge-products-penalty-fallow-farmland/
- http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/20/keystone-xl-pipeline-will-add-gobal-warming-emissions-from-petcoke/