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Enbridge Tar Sands Pipeline Project Across Upper Midwest Draws Opposition
2014-03-06 09:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Environmentalists vowed Wednesday to fight Enbridge Inc.'s plan to replace and sharply boost the capacity of a crude oil pipeline that runs from Canada to Wisconsin, saying the project will exacerbate climate change by carrying more tar sands oil to U.S refineries. Calgary, Alberta-based Enbridge announced the $7 billion plan this week, calling it the largest project in the company's history and the most efficient way to maintain the line's reliability. Enbridge's existing Line 3 is a 1,031...
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Canada: Tar Sands Tailings Ponds Are Leaching Into Athabasca River, Federal Study Says
2014-02-21 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: New federal research has strongly backed suspicions that toxic chemicals from Alberta's vast oil sands tailings ponds are leaching into groundwater and seeping into the Athabasca River. Leakage from oil sands tailings ponds, which now cover 176 square kilometres, has long been an issue. Industry has acknowledged that seepage can occur, and previous studies using models have estimated it at 6.5-million litres a day from a single pond. The soil around the developments contains many chemicals...
Indian Peoples Action vs. the Montana tar sands
2014-02-15 15:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: On a cold winter night on January 22, 71-year-old grandmother Carol Marsh sat down in front of a megaload-sized vehicle hauling tar sands processing equipment through Missoula, Mont., en route to Canada. While more than 40 other protesters watched from the streets edges, Marsh informed the police traveling with the load that she did not intend to move. After about five minutes Marsh was arrested, having temporarily delayed the load and driven up the cost of transporting it through Montana to the...
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Gambling regulator: Unclear if LV Sands hackers stole personal data, AP reports
2014-02-15 10:16:14| Trucking - Topix.net
New Jersey reports January Internet gaming win rose 28% sequentially Internet gaming win for January increased 28% to $9.5M from the $7.4M reported in December 2013.
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Cenovus oil sands production increases 14% in 2013; increasing its rail transport capability
2014-02-14 12:30:20| Green Car Congress
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