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Canada: Quebec Oil-Train Disaster Spurs Railroad-Versus-Pipelines Debate
2013-07-08 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: A Quebec train disaster that killed at least five people and left about 40 missing promises to touch off debate over the safety of shipping crude oil by rail or pipelines such as TransCanada Corp. (TRP)s Keystone XL. As authorities began investigating the July 6 explosion of refinery-bound tank cars hauled by Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway Ltd. (0128377D), Quebecs Green Party demanded stricter regulations and an energy industry association predicted tough scrutiny ahead for rail carriers....
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Quebec Disaster Triggers Rail-Versus-Pipelines Debate for Carrying Crude
2013-07-08 00:10:22| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A train disaster in Quebec promises to touch off a debate over the safety record of using railroads or pipelines such as TransCanada Corp. 's Keystone XL to carry crude oil.
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Coal, jobs and climate change the debate
2013-07-07 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Seattle Times: t would be ironic if the coal export terminals proposed for the Northwest were scuttled because additional trains promised greater inconvenience for drivers. At least it would be a symbolic victory against one of the worst causes of climate change. Coal is inefficient and usually discharges more carbon-per-unit than any other fossil fuel, greatly adding to greenhouse gases. Yet transportation is the second-largest source of greenhouse gases, and most of that comes from driving. The Northwest coal...
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Commons starts EU referendum debate
2013-07-05 10:51:39| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
MPs begin debating whether to hold an in-out referendum on UK membership of the European Union by the end of 2017.
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Sainsbury's welcomes phone debate
2013-07-05 01:55:39| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Sainsbury's says it welcomes the debate about etiquette sparked by one of its checkout workers refusing to serve a customer who was talking on her phone.
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