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  Canadian MP Calls for Petcoke Inquest

  Andy Rowell, May 20, 2013
  A member of the Canadian Parliament has said he wants an investigation into a three-story mound of petcoke piling up near the Marathon refinery along the Detroit River.
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  Tar Sands Makes Climate Change “Unsolvable”

  Andy Rowell, May 17, 2013
  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”.
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  Canadian Scientist “Betrayed” Over Tar Sands

  Andy Rowell, May 13, 2013
  Mark Jaccard, one of Canada's leading energy economists, from British Colombia’s Simon Fraser University, has said that the Canadian government's campaign of aggression and name-calling over the tar sands is not winning it any respect. "I feel betrayed as a Canadian,” he says.
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  Canada’s “Sewer Salesman” Heads to Europe

  Andy Rowell, May 7, 2013
  One of Canada’s most senior politicians is back in Europe on yet another lobby tour to try and bully politicians there to ditch their landmark climate legislation as it discriminates against the dirty tar sands.
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  Canada’s “Hollow Promises” on Tar Sands

  Andy Rowell, April 30, 2013
  The Canadian environmental watchdog, the Pembina Institute, publishes a report arguing that “very little progress" has been made on 19 key recommended policy improvements for Canada's dirty tar sands.
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  EPA: tar sands “significantly more intensive than other crudes”

  Andy Rowell, April 24, 2013
  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.”
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  Don’t Believe in Tar Sands Magic Fairies

  Andy Rowell, April 16, 2013
  One of Canada’s most famous scientists has launched a scathing attack on the country’s politicians, claiming that labelling the tar sands as environmentally harmless is “lies”.
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  Pro-Keystone XL Letter Dripping in Fossil Fuel Money

  David Turnbull, January 23, 2013
  In the ongoing saga that is the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, it’s clear that supporters of the dangerous project are getting anxious.  Perhaps they’re seeing the writing on the wall that this project is nowhere near a sure thing, thanks to the massive resistance to the pipeline, the scientists throwing their weight in opposition...
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  Tar Sands: “No get-out-of-jail-free card”

  Andy Rowell, February 22, 2012
  If you read some of the Canadian press coverage, a recent scientific study has offered the pro-tar sands movement a real fillip in its attempts to spin its dirty fuel as “ethical oil” that is no dirtier than conventional crude. The Canadians are now essentially arguing it gives them the scientific back-up to carry on...
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  Tar Sands: Britain is “Canada’s Partner in Crime”

  Andy Rowell, November 28, 2011
  Late last week on the eve of the Durban climate talks, the British Climate Change secretary, Chris Huhne boasted that Britain was showing “leadership” in the UN negotiations. But whilst Britain is bragging about leading the climate change fight, it is still leading the pro-tar sands charge in Europe; a somewhat hypocritical position. This dirty...
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