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Worst-case scenario for oil sands industry revealed in leaked document
2013-12-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: As environmentalists began ratcheting up pressure against Canada's tar sands three years ago, one of the world's biggest strategic consulting firms was tapped to help the North American oil industry figure out how to handle the mounting activism. The resulting document, published online by WikiLeaks, offers another window into how oil and gas companies have been scrambling to deal with unrelenting opposition to their growth plans. The document identifies nearly two-dozen environmental organizations...
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Behind the scenes at Canada's oil sands
2013-12-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: I spent the first week of November in the heart of the Athabasca oil sands around Fort McMurray, Alberta. I was there as a guest of the Canadian government, which hosts annual tours for small groups of journalists and energy analysts. In the previous two articles, I covered some of the environmental issues arising from the development of the oil sands. Our mission is to provide clear, objective information about the important energy issues facing the world, address and correct misconceptions,...
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Tar Sands Industry Eyes Great Lakes for Cheap Shipping
2013-11-22 17:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: As tar sands extraction continues and proposals for expanded pipelines from Canada into the U.S. form a backdrop, the Great Lakes themselves could become the next frontier for moving crude oil to a vast Midwest refinery network. The region faces a critical choice about whether the Great Lakes should become a thoroughfare for tar sands crude shipping, a new report from Alliance for the Great Lakes warns. The report, Oil and Water: Tar Sands Crude Shipping Meets Great Lakes?, finds that neither...
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Clean Harbors Changes the Face of Workforce Accommodations in the Oils Sands
2013-11-22 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Ruth Lake Lodge Opens North of Fort McMurray Setting a “New Standard”<br /> <br /> FORT McMURRAY, Alberta – Clean Harbors, North America’s leading provider of environmental, energy and industrial services, today announced that it recently opened its sixth open lodge in the Fort McMurray Oil Sands, called Ruth Lake Lodge. The 604-room facility offers guests a workforce camp in a prime location that delivers top-notch amenities, including great food, entertainment and ...
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Average carbon intensity of oil sands production has dropped ~36% in last 40 years; still 12-24% higher than conventional oil CI
2013-11-21 18:30:15| Green Car Congress
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