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Alarm Raised About Potential Tar Sands Pipeline

huffingtonpost.com (11 months and 2 days ago)

Jun 20, 2012

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Environmental groups in Maine and Vermont are raising an alarm about the potential for tar sands oil to be piped across... full story

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If Keystone XL gets blocked, can trains save Canada's tar sands?

There's a key question at the center of the debate over the Keystone XL pipeline. If President Obama rejects the pipeline, will all of that Canadian heavy crude find another way to get to market? After all, the biggest environmental objection to Keystone is that oil from the tar sands of Alberta is far more carbon-intensive than other types of oil. And the proposed pipeline...

washingtonpost.com (27 days ago)

Pipeline owner asks Vermont to reconsider tar-sands oil ruling

In its request, Portland Pipeline Corp. says it has no plans to convert the Maine-to-Montreal pipeline to carry tar-sands oil.

pressherald.com (6 days ago)

Some Vt. towns against shipment of tar sands oil

CRAFTSBURY, Vt. (AP) — More than a dozen Vermont communities said "no" Tuesday to any possibility of shipping tar sands oil by pipeline through the state, as concerns grow among environmentalists about potential spills.

boston.com (2 months and 18 days ago)

Anthony Swift: Rail Is Not an Alternative to the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline

In its recently released draft environmental review of the Keystone XL pipeline that would bring tar sands from Canada to the Gulf Coast for export, the State Department attempts to make the case that rail could be a viable alternative. The State Department argued that Keystone XL would have little effect on tar sands production because rail could provide an equally feasible...

huffingtonpost.com (2 months and 12 days ago)

Opinion: SMART REMARKS: Here come the tar sands

Gil Smart says pipeline or no pipeline, Canadian tar sands are coming through Lancaster County, headed for refineries -- and climactic trouble....

lancasteronline.com (13 days ago)

Michael Brune: Tar Sands: A Matter of Time

Forty-five minutes. That's how much time it took a ruptured pipeline in Mayflower, Arkansas, on Friday to dump at least 84,000 gallons of tar sands crude into a residential neighborhood and force the evacuation of 22 homes. The evacuations weren't just because the oil is messy or inconvenient. Highly toxic and carcinogenic solvents like benzene are used to dilute tar sands...

huffingtonpost.com (1 month and 17 days ago)

Gene Karpinski: One Million Comments From Pipeline Opponents Show Momentum Building Against Keystone XL

Since the debate surrounding the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline started, some have tried to tell me -- incorrectly -- that the American people just aren't engaged in the fight against this dangerous project. But I always knew better. Over the last year alone, we saw tens of thousands of Americans rally in Washington, D.C. against this pipeline and thousands more write their...

huffingtonpost.com (20 days ago)

Susan Casey-Lefkowitz: Reviewing the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline: The More We Learn, The Worse It Looks

The State Department released its draft environmental review of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would take tar sands from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast for export. Past reviews severely underestimated the very serious harm to our climate, health, communities and water from the Keystone XL pipeline and expansion of tar sands extraction and refining. Unfortunately, this...

huffingtonpost.com (2 months and 19 days ago)

Committee gets testimony on tar sands pipeline

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A committee of the Vermont House is hearing about the possible shipment of tar sands oil on a pipeline that crosses northern Vermont.

boston.com (3 months and 1 day ago)

Some Vt. towns against shipment of tar sands oil

Thursday March 7, 2013 CRAFTSBURY, Vt. (AP) -- More than two dozen Vermont communities said "no" Tuesday to any possibility of shipping tar sands oil by pipeline through the state, as concerns grow among environmentalists about potential spills. At least 28 communities among those that took up the nonbinding Town Meeting Day resolution approved the measure, according to the...

benningtonbanner.com (2 months and 17 days ago)

Alarm Raised About Potential Tar Sands Pipeline

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