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Leaking Pipeline Offers Warning on Keystone XL Proposal
2013-04-03 20:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Environmental groups are sounding alarms about conflicting reports on the size and seriousness of an oil spill that took place late last week in the southern U.S. state of Arkansas. The spill has generated particular interest because it emanates from a pipeline carrying "tar sands" oil, a particularly heavy and environmentally destructive oil composed of bitumen and diluted with lighter elements.A lot of the people we talked to said, "We didn't even know there was a pipeline under our homes.'...
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Poll: Two-thirds back Keystone pipeline, belief in global warming trends upward
2013-04-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Two-thirds of U.S. residents support construction of the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, including an apparent majority of Democrats, new Pew Research Center polling shows. The same poll released Tuesday also shows increasing belief in global warming in recent years, but a dip from 2012 in the share of people who consider it a very serious problem. The results provide a snapshot of public views as President Obama weighs decisions on carbon emissions policy and the oil pipeline. ...
Leak near Colo. plant highlights pipeline problems
2013-04-03 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Authorities are investigating after construction crews discovered a problem with a liquid gas pipeline that allowed a carcinogen to seep into the ground near a large creek that feeds into the Colorado River. The leak near an energy plant in Western Colorado was discovered largely by accident, even though several state and federal agencies are charged with monitoring gas pipelines in the state. "It's possible that we've narrowly dodged a bullet this time," said Michael Saul, with the National...
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Arkansas AG to investigate oil pipeline leak
2013-04-03 06:46:00| Chemicals - Topix.net
The Arkansas attorney general is opening an investigation into what caused last week's pipeline rupture that allowed thousands of barrels of heavy crude oil to flow into a residential area.
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Pipeline Spills Stir New Criticism of Keystone Proposal
2013-04-03 02:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Two recent oil pipeline spills have prompted new criticism from opponents of the proposed Keystone XL project, while raising more questions about whether the federal government is adequately monitoring the nation's vast labyrinth of pipelines. An Exxon Mobil pipeline ruptured in central Arkansas on Friday, leaving a sheen of oil on nearby streets and causing the evacuation of 22 homes in the small town of Mayflower. Exxon Mobil said its Pegasus Line, which runs from Patoka, Ill., to Nederland,...
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