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Posts in tar sands

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  Harper to Lobby Obama On KXL at G8

  Andy Rowell, June 12, 2013
  Next week at the G8 meeting in Northern Ireland world leaders will focus on three main themes, summed up by 3 words beginning with T: trade, tax and transparency. But now you can add a fourth T to the list: tar sands.
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  UK Condones Canada’s “Cultural Genocide”

  Andy Rowell, June 11, 2013
  By inviting Harper to address its Parliament, the British government is explicitly condoning Harper's policy on extracting the dirty tar sands, which has recently been labelled as "cultural genocide".
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  Detroit’s petcoke pile helps a struggling coal plant stay in business…more to come?

  David Turnbull, June 7, 2013
  The story of the Detroit petcoke pile should give the Obama administration some serious pause as they consider the Keystone XL decision.
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  BC Opposes Northern Gateway pipeline

  Andy Rowell, June 3, 2013
  The government of British Colombia has officially expressed its opposition to Enbridge’s controversial $6 billion Northern Gateway pipeline project, saying it fails to address the province's environmental concerns.
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  ‘No’ KXL Threatens $9 Billion Tar Sands Investment

  Andy Rowell, May 28, 2013
  According to a report released yesterday, saying ‘No’ to KXL could put a massive $9-billion of tar sands investment at risk over the next seven years.
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  Indigenous Activists Challenge Shell

  Andy Rowell, May 21, 2013
  Shell was challenged at its AGM by Indigenous activists over the tar sands and Arctic drilling
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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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  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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  Our Oil Addiction Ignores CO2 Milestone

  Andy Rowell, May 14, 2013
  Last week we reached an unwelcome milestone which should send alarm bells ringing in every capital across the globe.