Publications - Dirty Oilsands - A threat to the new energy economy

The Northern Great Plains at Risk: Oil Spill Planning Deficiencies in Keystone Pipeline System

By: Plains Justice

Published: November 2010

This first-of-its-kind report shows that TransCanada’s emergency response plan and on-the-ground spill defense preparations for the Keystone pipeline system are inadequate to respond to a serious spill along the thousands of miles of buried pipeline already in place or currently proposed in the northern Great Plains. No other publicly available report provides this level of detailed spill response analysis for tar sand pipeline infrastructure in the U.S.

Tagged with: keystone xl, pipeline, keystone, plains justice, safety

TransCanada Exaggerated Jobs Claims for Keystone XL

By: National Wildlife Federation

Published: November 2010

Oil giant is inflating the jobs potential from construction of its proposed tar sands pipeline by 13 times. Jobs estimates from a TransCanada- commissioned report differ sharply from a Department of State analysis.

Tagged with: keystone xl, transcanada, pipeline, national wildlife federation, economy, jobs

Senate Letter to Secretary of State Clinton on Keystone XL

By: | Senators Leahy, Merkley, Cardin, Lautenberg, Menendez, Shaheen, Sanders, Whitehouse, Dodd, Gillibrand, Burris

Published: October 2010

Tagged with: keystone xl, pipeline, secretary of state, senate, leahy, clinton

Senate Letter to Secretary of State Clinton on Keystone XL - backgrounder

By: dirtyoilsands.org network

Published: October 2010

The import of the Senate letter to Secretary Clinton urging caution regarding the permitting of the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline.

Tagged with: keystone xl, pipeline, hillary clinton, secretary of state, senate, leahy

Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns letter to Secretary Clinton regarding her October Keystone XL remarks

By: | Senator Mike Johanns

Published: October 2010

"Your comment that the State Department 'is inclined' to grant approval for the [Keystone XL] pipeline appears to prejudge the outcome as a foregone conclusion."

Tagged with: keystone xl, pipeline, nebraska, secretary of state, mike johanns

Government fiction vs Tar Sands FACTS

By: Greenpeace Canada

Published: September 2010

There's a "he said/she said" back and forth going on between the Canadian/Albertan government and the NGO community. The difference between the two: the government is attempting to refute facts with fiction.

Tagged with: keystone xl, pipeline, pelosi-markey

No Tar Sands Oil letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on her trip to Canada

By: No Tar Sands Oil network

Published: September 2010

The No Tar Sands Oil network group letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming Chair Edward Markey in preparation for their September 2010 trip to Canada. The letter thanks them for their efforts to transition the United States to a clean energy future. It also highlights the importance of stopping the Keystone XL pipeline so as to stop America's increasing addiction to the world's dirtiest oil... so that a clean energy future can be possible.

Tagged with: keystone xl, transcanada, pipeline, pelosi-markey, stelmach, congress, nancy pelosi, edward markey

Onshore Oil Disasters

By: National Wildlife Federation

Published: August 2010

Fact sheet from the National Wildlife Federation discussing why tar sands pipelines are dirty and dangerous, despite the industries PR tactics to try and prove otherwise.

Tagged with: keystone xl, transcanada, pipeline safety, oil spills

Representative DeFazio “heavy haul” letter to Transportation Secretary LaHood

By: | Representative Pete DeFazio

Published: August 2010

Oregon Representative Pete DeFazio's letter to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood urges the Secretary to closely examine the potential impacts of the "Heavy Haul" road widening necessary to transport tar sands mining equipment to Exxon's Kearl project in Alberta. It also points out that U.S. taxpayers shouldn't be subsidizing the Albertan tar sands mining.

Tagged with: montana, exxon, department of transportation, idaho, heavy haul, oregon, ray lahood, pete defazio

Nebraska State Senator Tony Fulton’s letter to State Department re Keystone XL

By: | Senator Tony Fulton

Published: August 2010

Nebraska State Senator Tony Fulton, a conservative member of the state legislature, sent a letter to the Department of State asking a series of questions about the safety of the Keystone XL pipeline proposal.

Tagged with: keystone xl, transcanada, pipeline, nebraska, tony fulton