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An Oil Spill In Arkansas May Influence The Ongoing Keystone XL Debate
2013-04-02 19:45:00| OGI
An oil spill in Mayflower, Arkansas may have wide-ranging effects outside of its own region if opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline have any say in the matter.
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Analysis: Spills flame Canadian oil debate, but won't curb flows to U.S
2013-04-02 16:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Two high-profile oil spills won't stem the now-record flow of Canadian oil into the United States, despite the frenzy that the spills triggered among friends and foes of the Keystone XL pipeline to the main U.S. refineries. The fate of Keystone remains undecided, yet Canadian crude will become an increasing part of the U.S. energy mix, despite growing competition from new U.S. production. U.S. thirst for Canadian crude has shot up nearly 30 percent over the past five years as refiners opt to...
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Hickenlooper defends Colorado drilling regulations during debate
2013-04-02 14:36:57| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Denver Post: Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper and Boulder County Commissioner Elise Jones took part in a University of Denver sponsored debate on hydraulic fracturing in the Frederick H. Ricketson Jr. Law Building on the DU campus on April 1, 2013. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post) Gov. John Hickenlooper defended the state's authority over local communities in regulating oil and gas drilling Monday during a debate that echoed the battle unfolding in lawsuits and legislation. Squaring off against...
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Arkansas Tar Sands Spill Amps Up Keystone XL Debate
2013-04-02 03:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: An ExxonMobil pipeline carrying tar sands oil from Canada broke open in Arkansas on Friday, spilling thousands of gallons of black diluted bitumen into residential streets outside Little Rock and forcing the evacuation of 22 homes. The City of Mayflower recommended that 22 homes on Starlite Road and Shade Tree Lane be evacuated; all residents evacuated following notifications by the Mayflower Police Department. Sunday they were told the evacuation could last at least six days. The Pegasus pipeline...
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Exxon oil spill in Arkansas seeps into Keystone debate
2013-04-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Thousands of barrels of Alberta oil-sands crude - the same stuff destined for the controversial Keystone XL project - spilled into a suburban Arkansas neighbourhood over the weekend after a much smaller, older pipeline ruptured, forcing the evacuation of dozens of homes. Cleanup efforts were under way in Mayflower, Ark., a town of fewer than 2,000 just north of Little Rock, but the spill seems certain to seep into the deeply divisive debate over whether President Barack Obama should approve Keystone...
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