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Obama to confront oil pipeline, climate change
2013-01-17 20:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama's second-term energy agenda is taking shape and, despite the departure of key Cabinet officials, it looks a lot like the first: more reliance on renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, and expanded production of oil and natural gas. Obama also is promising to address climate change, an issue he has acknowledged was sometimes overlooked during his first term. ''The president has been clear that tackling climate change and enhancing energy security will be among...
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Climate Concerns are Key in Keystone XL Pipeline Debate
2013-01-17 17:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: [Editor's note: Today, scientists and advocates speaking at the National Press Club in Washington unveiled new research showing that the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline would damage the climate much more than previously thought, by dramatically expanding tar sands production and because it will lead to increased combustion of a particularly dirty form of oil. Two reports were presented today, including Petroleum Coke: The Coal Hiding in the Tar Sands revealing that current analyses of the impacts...
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Saskatchewan leader urges Obama to approve Keystone XL pipeline
2013-01-17 15:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The premier of Saskatchewan led 10 U.S. state governors on Thursday in urging President Barack Obama to approve TransCanada Corp's contentious and long-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline, citing energy-security benefits in both countries. Saskatchewan does not have the massive oil sands resources that neighboring Alberta does and which would move in large volumes to the southern United States in the proposed $5.3 billion conduit. But it does have some of the Bakken light oil reserves that would...
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TransCanada Says Gulf Coast Pipeline Construction On Schedule
2013-01-17 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: TransCanada Corp said on Wednesday that construction of its $2.3 billion Gulf Coast Project, which will carry 700,000 barrels per day from the Cushing, Oklahoma, storage hub to Texas refineries is going smoothly and the pipeline is expected to open on schedule by year end. Sporadic protests and legal challenges to construction on the line's 485-mile (780-kilometer) route have not altered the company's plans to have the pipeline in service in the fourth-quarter of this year. "We factor things...
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PG&E Unveils New, High-Tech Laser Scanner Device Designed to Enhance Pipeline Safety
2013-01-17 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Handheld Laser Scanner Provides 3-D View to Determine Safety and Integrity of Gas Pipelines<br /> <br /> SAN FRANCISCO -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced that it has added a new, high-tech laser scanner device to its suite of technology used to enhance gas pipeline safety in the field. This new tool provides a highly efficient and accurate way to determine the safety and integrity of natural gas pipelines.<br /> <br /> The hand-held device, called EXAscan, manufactured ...This story is related to the following:Test and Measuring InstrumentsSearch for suppliers of: Inspection Devices
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