 Stories About: Canada AND energy AND news AND oil AND oil sands
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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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Canadians Are So Cute When They're Mad
Canadians fear U.S. energy bill clause could disallow oil-sands exports |
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11 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 2:17 PM on 11 Mar 2008 A clause in the recently passed U.S. energy bill could be interpreted to prevent the U.S. from sourcing fuel from Canada's oil sands, putting Canadian officials all in a tizzy. Section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act prohibits the U.S. government from purchasing alternative fuels with higher lifecycle greenhouse-gas emissions than conven ... |
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| Topics: Canada, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, news, oil, oil sands, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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Sands Between Your Woes
Canada oil sands not good for the environment, says study |
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11 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 1:34 PM on 11 Jan 2008 To absolutely no one's surprise, Canada's oil-sands operations have been given poor environmental marks in a study by green groups Pembina Institute and the World Wildlife Fund. Ten oil-sands ventures in the province of Alberta, including seven that have not yet started producing, were rated on their pollution of (or potential to pollute) the land, air, and water, as well as their ... |
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| Topics: Canada, energy, news, oil, oil sands, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics) |
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Dinosaur Farts?
Alberta premier doesn't like Al Gore talkin' smack about oil sands |
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06 Jul 2006 |
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| Dinosaur Farts? Alberta premier doesn't like Al Gore talkin' smack about oil sands Al Gore has pushed the buttons of Ralph Klein, premier of Canada's conservative Alberta province (think North Dakota, but even norther). Interviewed in the latest Rolling Stone, Gore disparaged Alberta's oil-sands industry: "For every barrel of oil they extract there, they have to use enough natural gas to heat ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, Canada, climate, energy, news, oil, oil sands (all these topics) |
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Tar Nation
Canada's oil sands boom for business, bust for environment |
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11 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Tar Nation Canada's oil sands boom for business, bust for environment We have seen our energy future, and it's very, very dirty. By some estimates, the oil sands of northern Alberta, Canada, contain 175 billion barrels of crude, reserves second only to Saudi Arabia's. Problem is, getting usable oil out of the tarry, sticky sand requires clearing vast swaths of forest, burning tons of natural gas, polluting millions o ... |
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| Topics: Canada, energy, news, oil, oil sands (all these topics) |
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