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Me Tar Sands, You Insane
U.S. emphasis on Canada's tar sands a bad idea, says report |
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04 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 2:43 PM on 04 Jun 2008 As the United States expands its oil-refining capabilities, more than two-thirds of planned capacity will be devoted to processing crude oil from Canada's tar sands, says a new report from the Environmental Integrity Project and Environmental Defense Canada. Tar-sands capacity is predicted to see a total increase of 1.9 million barrels per day, says the report, while conventiona ... |
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| Topics: Canada, energy, insanity, news, oil, oil sands, United States (all these topics) |
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