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Rush for new oil & gas sources pushing us towards extreme actions

2014-03-27 11:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: For almost all our lives, many in North America have lived in a culture that affirmed a belief in the limitless and uncomplicated production of oil and gas. In the US, the land of plenty, and Canada, the land of vast reserves, oil lay under the ground waiting to be discovered. Network television shows such as The Beverly Hillbillies reinforced a naive confidence that our birthright as North Americans included ready access to cheap, plentiful oil and gas. Like Jed Clampett, the hillbilly who got...

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Wildcatters rush Spindletop in return to East Texas oil

2014-03-22 08:39:19| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

David Wethe/Bloomberg News'I never thought I'd go back to East Texas,' says Mark Plummer, a third-generation oilman who grew up hearing stories about his grandfather's days in the oil patch, fields thought to be long played out by the time Plummer arrived in 2000 with his own company, Chestnut Exploration & Production.

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Keystone XL and the energy rush that could change America forever

2014-03-16 13:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: Meandering south from Cold Lake on small roads, I entered a new landscape. The boreal forest of northern Alberta gave way to rolling prairie, grain silos, and rural crossroads. The oil sands were now behind me - or rather, flowing beneath me. Every road had pipeline crossing signs or ditches for new lines alongside or piles of pipe sections waiting to be laid. All pipes led to the place I was headed: Hardisty, home to Canadas largest oil depot and the site where the Keystone XL was slated to begin....

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