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The oil industry is hoping to shift the geopolitical center of global oil production to Canada’s boreal forests, home of vast deposits of oil sands, also called tar sands. Environmentalists and First Nations contend it’s a dirty, carbon- and water-intensive business, while proponents of development tout energy security benefits. We’re covering the battle here.
The Canadian company calls the scope and tone of the agency’s comments on the pipeline that will bisect the U.S. heartland 'somewhat surprising.'
WASHINGTON—The Canadian builder of the Keystone XL pipeline has lashed out at the Environmental...
Apr 24, 2013
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Dustin McDaniel is on a mission to resolve the many unanswered questions about the March 29 pipeline rupture. 'The timeline is going to be very important.'
Since launching an investigation into the Mayflower, Ark. oil spill on April 2, state Attorney...
Apr 24, 2013
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Enviromentalists and the EPA take apart State Dept's Keystone review, and momentum shifts yet again toward pipeline opponents in the long-running battle.
WASHINGTON—Leading environmental groups declared on Monday that the Obama administration's latest...
Apr 23, 2013
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Underfunded agency faces the challenge of finding answers to key questions: When did Exxon's pipeline rupture and when did the company learn of the spill?
Just a day after roughly one million gallons of heavy Canadian crude oil spilled into Michigan's...
Apr 22, 2013
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When the State Department will make the written comments public, as required under the National Environmental Protection Act, remains unclear.
WASHINGTON—Advocates and opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline are due to file detailed comments on...
Apr 22, 2013
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“Can the oil accurately be described as tar sands oil, or a type of diluted bitumen (dilbit)?” the EPA asked in an April 5 letter to Exxon.
When ExxonMobil's Pegasus pipeline ruptured last month in Mayflower, Ark., it was carrying diluted...
Apr 18, 2013
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"The thing that bothers me about this bill is that everything is deemed," said Jerry McNerney, D-Calif. "You just can’t deem the truth."
WASHINGTON – A House subcommittee has taken the first step toward legislation that would push...
Apr 17, 2013
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ICN is the third web-based news organization to win national reporting honors, and the smallest among a trio that includes ProPublica and Huffington Post.
InsideClimate News reporters Elizabeth McGowan, Lisa Song and David Hasemyer are the winners of...
Apr 15, 2013
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But experts say Alberta’s problem is that it's all but giving away its oil to industry, in a cycle of subsidy and overproduction that a pipeline won't end.
WASHINGTON—The premier of Alberta, Canada, made another visit to Washington D.C. last week,...
Apr 15, 2013
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Exxon oil spill in Arkansas demonstrates how quickly pipeline accidents can turn into catastrophe.
The rupture in the ExxonMobil pipeline that sent a river of oil through a suburban neighborhood in...
Apr 12, 2013
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