More massive tar mats from BP oil spill discovered on Louisiana beaches
Bob Marshall, The Lens (New Orleans), Dec 18, 2013The 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster was just a month old and BPās crude oil was still gushing from the Gulf floor when state officials began to grasp...
View ArticleProposal would increase oil tanker traffic
Phuong Le, Associated Press, Chron.com, December 27, 2013SEATTLE (AP) ā The number of oil tankers in Washington state waters could increase almost sevenfold under a proposal by a Canadian pipeline...
View ArticleCasselton, N.D. residents flee town after oil train explosion
David Shaffer & Susan Hogan, Star Tribune, Dec 31, 2013A majority of the 2,300 residents of Casselton, N.D., heeded a warning to leave town Monday after an explosion that produced huge clouds of...
View ArticleGulf of St. Lawrence oil projects topic of discussion for 2014
Ashley Fitzpatrick, The Telegram (St. John's, NL), December 28, 2013From Old Harry to offshore Port au Port, western Newfoundland centre of talkread more
View ArticleNew Brunswick: Latest derailment and fire fans safety concerns posed by...
Jim Bronskill, Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press, The Star, Jan 08 2014What is being called a controlled burn had been raging for more than 18 hours in northwestern New Brunswick late Wednesday after...
View ArticlePipelines needed to meet Indian demand for Alberta bitumen
Darcy Henton, Calgary Herald, Jan 16 2014EDMONTON ā India has a voracious thirst for oilsands bitumen, but Alberta needs to have pipelines to deliver the product to tidewater before it can finalize...
View ArticleMore oil spilled from trains in 2013 than in previous 4 decades, federal data...
Curtis Tate, Bellingham Herald, McClatchy Washington Bureau, January 20, 2014WASHINGTON ā More crude oil was spilled in U.S. rail incidents last year than was spilled in the nearly four decades since...
View ArticleRail vs. Pipeline Is the Wrong Question
David Suzuki, Ian Hanington, Huffington Post, Jan 22 2014Debating the best way to do something we shouldn't be doing in the first place is a sure way to end up in the wrong place. That's what's...
View ArticleU.S. Keystone Report Relied Heavily on Alberta Govt-Funded Research
John H. Cushman Jr., InsideClimate News, Feb 7, 2014State Department review used studies funded by Alberta agencies and carried out by Jacobs Consultancy, a subsidiary of a major tar sands...
View ArticleNorthern Gateway pipeline approved with 209 conditions
Laura Payton, CBC News, Jun 17, 2014Justin Trudeau, Tom Mulcair both pledge to reverse decision if they form government in 2015The federal government has agreed to let Enbridge build its Northern...
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