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Water escapes Suncor oil sands pond into Athabasca River
2013-03-27 05:50:55| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Contaminated water may have spilled into the Athabasca River from a broken pipe at Suncor Energy Inc's oil sands project in northern Alberta, sparking new fears about pollution of the river from the massive oil sands developments along its banks.
U.S. Defense Department Stands by Its Oil Sands Fuel
2013-03-27 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: The U.S. Defence Department has rebuffed an environmentalist campaign to stop it from using fuel processed from oil sands crude, saying there would be no environmental benefit and such a move would be impractical. In a decision posted on the U.S. federal register last week, the department said its use of products from the oil sands had "no significant impact" on the environment, and therefore did not require it to change its procurement practices. The Defence Logistical Agency purchased $12.6-billion...
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Mainers Join to Petition U.S. on Tar Sands Regs
2013-03-27 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Public News Service: More than 55 groups and individuals are petitioning the federal government to halt plans to pump corrosive tar-sands oil from Canada to American ports for export. Current regulations are inadequate, they say, and raise the risk of catastrophic spills. Petitioners are out to stop both the Keystone XL pipeline and a plan to use an existing, aging pipeline to send tar-sands oil across New England to Portland. The corrosive tar sands, which Canadian companies want to sell and ship overseas, would...
Canada: Water escapes Suncor oil sands pond into Athabasca River
2013-03-26 19:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Contaminated water may have spilled into the Athabasca River from a broken pipe at Suncor Energy Inc's oil sands project in northern Alberta, sparking new fears about pollution of the river from the massive oil sands developments along its banks. The Athabasca is the main source of drinking water for aboriginal and other communities downstream and has been the subject of several controversial reports on its water quality. The province of Alberta's environment department said it does not yet...
Univ. of Calgary team developing nanocatalysts for underground upgrading of heavy oil and bitumen; possible next generation of oil sands production
2013-03-25 11:30:18| Green Car Congress
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