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Frustrated Tar Sands Industry Looks Arctic Export Route
2015-04-07 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: The Alberta tar sands industry -- and the governments that depend on tar sands tax revenues -- are facing an increasingly pressing problem: How to get the growing flow of oil sands bitumen to market. And with proposed pipelines to the south, east, and west facing stiff opposition, tar sands interests are now investigating another controversial option -- heading north and shipping their product via the Arctic. To the south, the proposed $10 billion Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport Alberta...
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Ice melt endangers Arctic mammals
2015-04-06 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Three kinds of whale, six varieties of seal, the walrus and the polar bear all have these five things in common: they are marine mammals; they depend on the Arctic for their survival as species; they are vulnerable; and biologists know surprisingly little about them. And since the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet, their future could become even more threatened as climate change increases habitat loss. The stress, so far, is on the word 'could', as the first challenge...
Exxon CEO talks Arctic oil drilling, risks, lessons
2015-04-05 20:31:50| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The Arctic is the next great frontier for oil and gas - and one of the most environmentally fragile places on earth. An Energy Department advisory council study adopted last week said the U.S. should start exploring for oil and gas in the Arctic soon in order to feed future demand, and that the industry is ready to safely exploit the Arctic's huge reserves, despite recent mishaps.
Exxon CEO talks Arctic oil drilling, risks, lessons
2015-04-05 19:43:54| Energy - Topix.net
The Arctic is the next great frontier for oil and gas - and one of the most environmentally fragile places on earth. An Energy Department advisory council study adopted last week said the U.S. should start exploring for oil and gas in the Arctic soon in order to feed future demand, and that the industry is ready to safely exploit the Arctic's huge reserves, despite recent mishaps.
Exxon CEO talks Arctic oil drilling, risks, lessons
2015-04-02 18:08:33| Energy - Topix.net
" The Arctic is the next great frontier for oil and gas " and one of the most environmentally fragile places on earth. An Energy Department advisory council study adopted last week said the U.S. should start exploring for oil and gas in the Arctic soon in order to feed future demand, and that the industry is ready to safely exploit the Arctic's huge reserves, despite recent mishaps.
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