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Dirty Business How TransCanada Pipelines bullies farmers, manipulates oil markets, threatens fresh
By: Friends of the Earth | Kenny Bruno, Steve Herz and Alex Moore.
Published: April 2011
Dirty Business: How TransCanada Pipelines bullies farmers, manipulates oil markets, threatens fresh water and skimps on safety in the United States, examines the tactics and motivations of TransCanada Pipelines, one of the continent’s largest pipeline companies, as it pushes for approval of its proposed mega-project, the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline.
The Canadian tar sands oil industry produces some 1.5 million barrels a day of this dirty, highly polluting crude. And the United States is its main customer. TransCanada is proposing a new pipeline that would carry the tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada to Texas – across six U.S. states, several rivers and the Ogallala Aquifer, a source of drinking water for two million people, as well as a source of irrigation water for many of the nation’s farms.
Dirty Business shows how TransCanada has bullied farmers and ranchers in America’s heartland into giving up their land; it has misled the American public about the safety risks of the project; and it has aimed to manipulate American oil markets for its own profit.
When TransCanada first applied for the Keystone XL permit, its approval appeared to be a foregone conclusion. But controversy of the project is growing, final approval is in question, and the Obama administration has the power to shut it down. To learn more and join the growing fight against TransCanada’s tar sands boondoggle, visit http://www.foe.org/keystone-xl-pipeline.
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King Carbon: How Enbridge Damages Our Climate as the World’s Largest Tar Sands Shipper
By: Environmental Defence Canada
Published: March 2011
Enbridge is more than just the company that delivers natural gas to homes across Ontario. It's also the largest shipper of tar sands oil, and is responsible for shipping enough of Canada’s oil and gas each year to equal, when burned, half of Canada’s entire annual release of global warming pollution.
Tagged with: pipeline, canada, enbridge, environmental defence canada, greenhouse gas
Letter from Houston Mayor to Hillary Clinton regarding Keystone XL
By: Mayor of Houston, TX | Annise D. Parker
Published: March 2011
A copy of the March 1, 2011 letter from Houston mayor Annise D. Parker to Hon. Hillary Rodham Clinton. In the letter, the mayor adds her voice to that of the EPA and others in calling for the State Department to provide additional information and analysis regarding the Keystone XL pipeline project.
Tagged with: keystone xl, hillary clinton, annise parker
Tar Sands Pipeline Safety Risks
By: Natural Resources Defense Council
Published: February 2011
Tar Sands Pipeline Safety Risks, shows that by its nature raw tar sands oil or diluted bitumen is more corrosive and more likely to result in pipeline failures. The risks of spills from tar sands pipelines are high and U.S. safety regulations are not enough to protect special places such as the Great Lakes, the Nebraska Sandhills and the Ogallala Aquifer. With the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline in the middle of its environmental impact assessment by the U.S. State Department, getting a better understanding of what raw tar sands oil in a pipe means for our environment and safety is more important than ever.
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Tar sands impacts on people, climate and the environment - from Canada to Africa
By: Friends of the Earth
Published: February 2011
This fact sheet basically explains how much the global development of tar sands will magnify the climate crisis and damage the environment and development objectives.
Tar Sands are a naturally occurring mixture of sand or clay, water and an extremely dense and viscous form of petroleum called bitumen. The process of converting tar sands into fuel releases three to five times the greenhouse gas emissions of conventional oil. The pollution, deforestation, and disturbance to wildlife associated with tar sands development threaten the additional livelihood and wellbeing of indigenous communities.
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Secretary Clinton response to Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson re Keystone XL permitting
By: Department of State | Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Published: December 2010
Secretary Clinton responds to Senator Nelson's October 10th, 2010 letter assuring him that a decision has not been made regarding the Keystone XL dirty tar sands oil pipeline permit. She also indicates that they will be sure to take into account potential impacts to the Ogallala aquifer, and are deciding whether or not to conduct a supplementary environmental impact statement (EIS).
Tagged with: keystone xl, pipeline, secretary of state, ogallala aquifer, environmental impact statement, ben nelson
House letter to Secretary Clinton requesting Supplementary EIS for Keystone XL
By: House of Representatives
Published: December 2010
28 members of the House of Representatives sent this letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging her to "honor" the U.S. EPA's low rating of the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and conduct a Supplementary EIS for the Keystone XL dirty tar sands oil pipeline proposal.
Tagged with: keystone xl, house kxl letter, epa, secretary of state, environmental impact statement
Oil Use Must Drop To Meet Climate Goals
By: Oil Change International, Corporate Ethics International | Lorne Stockman, Kenny Bruno
Published: December 2010
The 2010 World Energy Outlook, published on November 9, shows that in order to meet climate goals global oil demand must peak by 2018. This goal will not be easy to achieve but may still be within reach. The IEA’s forecasts for oil demand have consistently declined for several years and demand growth appears to be slowing without a concerted effort from most countries. The implication for expensive, high risk and high carbon fuels such as Canadian tar sands is that over the long haul, in a world that is responding to climate change, neither price nor demand will support the rapid growth that is currently planned for by industry and the Canadian government.
Tagged with: climate change, corporate ethics international, oil demand, oil change international, iea
Tar Sands Pipelines: presenting unaddressed hazards to public safety
By: Natural Resources Defense Council | Anthony Swift, Elizabeth Shope
Published: December 2010
Tar sands crude oil pipeline comanies may be putting the American public's safety at risk by using conventional pipeline technology to transport a highly corrosive, acidic and potentially unstable blend of thick raw bitumen and volatile natural gas liquid condensate called DilBit.
Tagged with: pipeline, natural resources defense council, pipeline safety, bitumen
Environmental group letter to Secretary Clinton requesting a supplmental EIS for Keystone XL
By: Environmental community (many groups)
Published: November 2010
"On behalf of our millions of members and supporters, particularly those whose land and livelihood are located along the proposed pipeline right-of-way, we write to you to formally request that the Department of State issue a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Keystone XL project and provide a sufficient period of time for public review. The public and cooperating agencies deserve the opportunity to review and comment on the myriad impacts of this massive energy infrastructure project that were left unaddressed in the Draft EIS before the Department finalizes the EIS."
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