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Keystone XL Protesters Stage Largest Action Yet in Oklahoma
2013-06-26 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Oklahoman: Protesters say they shut down construction of a pump station Monday near Seminole in what they are calling their biggest action yet in opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline. Eight people locked themselves to equipment and a work trailer on the construction site east of Seminole early Monday morning, as activists across the country began a week of protests billed as Fearless Summer. All events are meant to protect the country from the ravages of extreme energy, which includes coal mining,...
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BreitBurn Energy to buy Whiting Oil and Gas assets in Oklahoma, US
2013-06-26 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
US-based BreitBurn Energy Partners has signed an agreement with Whiting Oil and Gas to acquire their interests in the Postle and North East Hardesty oil fields in Oklahoma, for approximately $860m.
Construction of Keystone XL Pump Station in Oklahoma Shut Down by Activists
2013-06-24 15:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Early this morning, eight individuals blocked construction of a pump station for TransCanadas controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline on Seminole land-by-treaty in Oklahoma by locking on to equipment in the largest action yet by the Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance. Nine people have been arrested. They managed to shut down the site until a volunteer firefighter reportedly injured one of the lockdowners, who is now in an ambulance. Others participating in the action unlocked out of concerns...
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Tennessee Storm Shelter Sales Affected by Oklahoma
2013-06-21 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Storm shelters are being sought out in the state of Tennessee increasingly since the devastating tornado hit Moore, OK on May 20. There have been a record breaking number of tornadoes in many states over the past few years. Tennessee saw 113 tornados in 2011. This number was double the states has seen since it started keeping weather statistics in 1916. This mixed with the devastation seen this year has increased interest in storm shelters.<br /> <br /> With the amount of destruction and death ...This story is related to the following:Storm Shelters
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Oklahoma data centers are ready for tornadoes
2013-06-17 15:52:58| InfoWorld: Top News
When questions arise about the threat of tornadoes to Perimeter Technology's Oklahoma City data center, Todd Currie has answers at the ready. Perimeter's vice president of operations and general manager, Currie even has a cutout sample of the data center's roof to use as proof of the sturdiness of the facility, which was built to withstand an EF3 tornado. In the middle range on the Enhanced Fujita scale of tornado strength, whose ratings go from EF0 to EF5, an EF3 tornado has winds of 136 to 165 miles per hour.
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