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Special Report: A Canadian family's 'Plan B' to pump tar sands oil
2014-03-27 14:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Keystone XL, a pipeline proposal to pump Canadian oil sands through the heart of America, has alarmed environmentalists and become one of the most contentious issues of the Obama presidency. But there is a "Plan B" to cut the United States out of the picture, and it is championed by one of Canada's wealthiest business dynasties. Since 2012, the billionaire Irving family has been advocating a proposal called Energy East. The 2,858-mile (4,600-km) pipeline would link trillions of dollars worth of...
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