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Ditching clean fuels law opens door to tar sands imports, warn green groups
2014-01-27 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The equivalent emissions of six million cars will be added to Europe's carbon footprint unless it acts to prevent a likely flood of fossil fuel imports from Canadian tar sands if Brussels alters its clean fuel regulations as planned, a leading environmental group has warned. Figures released by the US Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) last week show the impact of Commissioners' plans to allow the Fuel Quality Directive (FQD) to expire in 2020, along with the six per cent greenhouse gas...
Tar sands fuel headed to Massachusetts
2014-01-25 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ecoRI: Massachusetts motorists will soon be filling their tanks with gas increasingly derived from Canadian tar sands oil, according to a new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). A flood of dirty fuel into Massachusetts would undercut the states efforts to reduce carbon pollution, according to the NRDC. The report found that under current plans, tar sands-derived gasoline supplies in 11 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states would soar from less than 1 percent in 2012 to 11.5 percent of...
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Tar Sands Activists Facing Felony Charges Have Their Day in Court
2014-01-17 14:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: January court appearances brought a rare victory for tar sands protestor Chris Wahmhoff whose felony charges were dismissed, while felony charges stuck for Michigan Coalition Against Tar Sands members Barb Carter, Vicci Hamlin, Lisa Leggio and William Lawrence. Their cases will be heard by a jury on Jan. 27. Michigan`s Calhoun County Circuit Court was filled with a collective Whoo! on Monday, Jan. 13, as supporters of tar sands activist Christopher Wahmhoff let loose a collective whoop of relief...
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16 Arrested Blocking Tar Sands Megaload in Oregon
2013-12-18 19:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: On Monday evening climate justice groups stopped a controversial shipment of equipment bound for the Alberta tar sands. Concerned citizens locked themselves to two disabled vehicles in front of the 901,000 pound load, blocking its route along highway 26 outside of John Day, OR. Police responded and arrested 16 at the two blockade sites. A megaload hauling tar sands equipment heading to the Athabasca oil fields in Alberta, Canada. Photo credit Northern Rockies Rising Tide Monday nights action...
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11 Arrested Protesting Tar Sands and Fracking
2013-12-13 23:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: On Friday, two activists with Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance and Cross Timbers Earth First! locked themselves inside a revolving door at the Devon Tower in Oklahoma City, OK in protest of Devons involvement in tar sands extraction and plans to increase fracking in Eagle Ford Shale. Two activists locked themselves in a revolving door in protest of tar sands extraction and fracking. Photo credit: Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance Simultaneously, a banner displaying a Mockingjay from the popular...
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