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Tar Sands/Oil Sands

Tar Sands/Oil SandsThe 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.
Protester rallies against the Keystone XL pipeline in Washington D.C.
Domestic Oil Boom, Climate Change Concern Could Derail Keystone XL Permit
Environmentalists say Pres. Obama has more reasons than ever to deny the pipeline, including his renewed focus on tackling climate change.
Less than a week after President Obama's re-election, environmental groups are again pressuring him...
By Lisa Song
Nov 9, 2012 | Read More
Tree protesters in Winnsboro, Texas
Texas Keystone XL Protests Show No Sign of Abating as Arrest Tally Hits 32
Protests against the Keystone XL pipeline have led to arrests and headlines. But TransCanada says construction is moving along as planned.
Tree-sitters blockading the path of the Keystone XL pipeline in Texas closed the first month of...
By Maria Gallucci
Oct 26, 2012 | Read More
Sticky bitumen oozes from a rock in a tar sands test pit on the nearly 6,000 acr
Utah Oil Sands Project Can Proceed Without Pollution Permit, Water Monitoring
Decision by officials sets the stage for a possible court battle over the nation's first tar sands mine in Utah's fragile Book Cliffs region.
Utah officials have given a Canadian company the green light to begin mining oil sands on a remote...
By David Hasemyer
Oct 25, 2012 | Read More
Map of Line 6b replacement
Judge Postpones Hearing to Halt Enbridge Pipeline Project
Enbridge has started to replace a Michigan pipeline that ruptured in 2010. Landowners and towns say the firm lacks permits and want construction stopped.
Story updated on Oct. 23 at 11:30 a.m. ET to include comments from Brandon Township. A federal...
By David Hasemyer
Oct 23, 2012 | Read More
Yellow containment boom stretched across the Kalamazoo River following the Enbri
Will Industry Provide Data for Federal Dilbit Study?
Firms have a trove of internal data on oil spills that could inform the federal study on dilbit pipeline safety, but they aren't obligated to turn it over.
A 12-member National Academies of Science study committee will reconvene in Washington this week...
By Jason Plautz
Oct 22, 2012 | Read More
Line 5 marker near the Mackinac Bridge.
Great Lakes at Risk of Major Oil Spill, Report Warns
National Wildlife Federation report says a spill on an aging Enbridge pipeline could damage a water source for 30 million people.
Story updated on Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. EDT to include comments from Enbridge. Two aging oil and natural...
By David Hasemyer
Oct 18, 2012 | Read More
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow
Mich. Pipeline Fight: Frustration Builds Over Elected Leaders' Silence
Amid puzzling indifference shown by elected officials over Enbridge's pipeline plans, townships are stepping up, opponents say—and giving them some hope.
At first, Katy Bodenmiller was dumbfounded by the response from U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, a two-...
By David Hasemyer
Oct 17, 2012 | Read More
Map of old and new keystone xl routes through Nebraska.
Nebraska Pipeline Debate Dies Down Despite Unresolved Problems with Keystone XL Route
Latest reroute moves pipeline away from land owned by outspoken opponents but does little to avoid shallow water sources.
The decision to detour the Keystone XL around land owned by its noisiest opponents, plus the...
By Lisa Song
Oct 15, 2012 | Read More
Worker cleaning up the Kalamazoo River on Aug. 4, 2012.
EPA Worries Dilbit Still a Threat to Kalamazoo River, More Than 2 Years After Spill
Enbridge needs to dredge accumulating oil from 100 acres of the river’s bottom, EPA says. The work could take up to a year and cost tens of millions more.
The hidden, long-term effects of the 2010 pipeline accident that spilled more than a million...
By David Hasemyer
Oct 11, 2012 | Read More
Trees on Debbie Hense's land cut down by Enbridge.
Michigan Landowners Quietly Rack Up Court Victories in Pipeline Fight With Enbridge
The fierce resistance and legal delays Enbridge is encountering over Line 6B are extraordinary, says expert. But landowners still face an uphill battle.
Ken Weathers doesn't see himself in the role of David versus the giant Enbridge Inc. Yet he is. The...
By David Hasemyer
Oct 3, 2012 | Read More