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First Nations of Canada reps tell NPTEC Kearl Oil Sands project a big polluter

News Articles Featured | Klew TV | Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Next week ExxonMobil is scheduled to move a test load along the Highway 12 corridor toward the Kearl Oil Sands project in Alberta, Canada. Environmental groups have spoken out against the project and Tuesday, Canadian First Nations representatives met with Nez Perce tribal leaders concerning the site.

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Texas activists ready to fight over $7bn oil pipeline in the home of black gold

News Articles Featured | Guardian | Wednesday, March 02, 2011

In an earlier life, David Daniel jumped through fire and performed a motorcycle stunt called the Wheel of Death. For his second act, he picked a fight with a $7bn oil pipeline set to run through Texas.

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Green groups call for more review of pipeline

News Articles Featured | Billings Gazette | Wednesday, March 02, 2011

The U.S. government must evaluate the additional impacts of allowing domestic crude on a proposed pipeline designed to carry Canadian tar sands oil to refineries along the Gulf Coast, a coalition of environmental groups has said.

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Oilsands Quest target of class action complaint

News Articles | Financial Post | Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Saskatchewan oil sands developer Oilsands Quest Inc. said Tuesday a class action complaint filed in New York is without merit.

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In Keystone XL Pipeline Negotiations, Charges of Bad Faith Tactics

News Articles | Solve Climate News | Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Some U.S. landowners along the Keystone XL route say they are being 'pushed around' and 'intimidated' by TransCanada, an accusation the energy giant denies

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Alberta’s Oil Sands: Hard Evidence, Missing Data, New Promises

News Articles Featured | Environmental Health Perspectives | Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Pitched battles are a regular occurrence in northern Alberta, Canada, as development of the province’s oil sands continues to expand. One ongoing battle—with another salvo launched in February 2011 with the leak of a European Commission report1—concerns how dirty oil sands are, relative to other fuels.

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Opinion: Our Decision is No Tankers

News Articles Featured | Vancouver Sun | Monday, February 28, 2011

Who should decide whether we allow the construction of a pipeline from the tar sands across our province that would bring hundreds of oil supertankers a year to the sensitive and dangerous waters of BCs northern fishery?

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Natives in Canada look at Michigan spill and refuse Enbridge pipeline

News Articles Featured | Michigan Messenger | Monday, February 28, 2011

Out of concern over potential water contamination, the Saik’uz First Nation of British Columbia has refused Enbridge’s offer of $1.5 billion and a 10% stake in a pipeline project that would move tar sands oil across their territory.

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Residents hear of tar-sands oil risks

News Articles | Battle Creek Enquirer | Monday, February 28, 2011

National environmental groups asked residents to contact their congressmen about the Enbridge Inc. oil spill at a forum Monday night.

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Some Landowners Mount Legal Bid to Deny Right-of-Way to Keystone Pipeline

News Articles | Solve Climate News | Monday, February 28, 2011

TransCanada has gathered easements to use the property of 5,354 landowners along the oil pipeline's route. Some in Oklahoma are among the last holdouts

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First Nation chief stands her ground for water and fish

News Articles Featured | Financial Post | Friday, February 25, 2011

CALGARY — On the surface, there is a disproportionate power imbalance between Jackie Thomas, chief of the Saik’uz First Nation of British Columbia, and Enbridge Inc., the Calgary-based pipeline giant.

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In the oil patch, Alberta hopes to ride the next wave of prosperity

News Articles | Globe and Mail | Friday, February 25, 2011

Alberta sees its rebirth in an age of $100 oil and a surging dollar, and is confidently projecting another energy boom that would drive a return to surplus and claim the province a spot at the forefront of Canada’s economic recovery.

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