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TransCanada threatens Nebraska landowner with eminent domain for Keystone XL

By: TransCanada | Tim Irons

Published: July 2010

In this copy of a letter to a Nebraska landowner, TransCanada is threatening eminent domain -- taking their property by government fiat -- to acquire land for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline proposal. They are making these threats before the pipeline has been approved.

Tagged with: keystone xl, transcanada, pipeline, nebraska, eminent domain

EPA letter to the State Department commenting on the Keystone XL draft EIS

By: Environmental Protection Agency | Cynthia Giles

Published: July 2010

In its comments on the State Department's draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Keystone XL dirty tar sands oil pipeline, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency judged the EIS to be "inadequate" and in need of revision.

Tagged with: keystone xl, pipeline, state department, epa, eis

House Energy Cmte Chair Letter to Secretary of State: Keystone XL is a step in the wrong direction

By: House Committee on Energy and Commerce | Representative Henry Waxman

Published: July 2010

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Henry Waxman's letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declares that building the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline would be a "step in the wrong direction" and that it constitutes "a multi-billion dollar investment to expand our reliance on the dirtiest source of transportation fuel."

Tagged with: keystone xl, pipeline, state department, hillary clinton, congress, henry waxman, waxman 20100702 letter

House letter to Secretary Clinton urging to complete analysis of Keystone XL

By: House of Representatives

Published: June 2010

50 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging the State Department to fully analyze the impacts of the Keystone XL pipeline before permitting it. Specifically, they called for transparent consideration of all potential climate change impacts.

Tagged with: keystone xl, pipeline, state department, hillary clinton, house kxl letter, jay inslee

Staying Hooked on a Dirty Fuel: why Canadian tar sands pipelines are a bad bet for the United States

By: National Wildlife Federation

Published: June 2010

Staying hooked warns that a massive 2,000 mile five-state proposed tar sands crude pipeline -- Keystone XL -- would use safety shortcuts, substandard materials and unsafe practices that would create a high risk of ruptures that would endanger rare species, water supplies, and rancher livelihoods

Tagged with: keystone xl, pipeline, national wildlife federation, oil demand, wildlife

Business leader letter to Secretary Clinton opposing Keystone XL

By: Environmental Entrepreneurs

Published: June 2010

Over 250 individual business leaders co-signed this letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calling on her to suspend the Keystone XL permitting process.

Tagged with: keystone xl, pipeline, hillary clinton, environmental entrepreneurs

Dirty Oil, Dirty Air: Ottawa’s broken pollution promise

By: Environmental Defence Canada

Published: May 2010

Air pollution in the tar sands regions was at levels above what the Alberta Government considers safe, known as ‘exceedances’, 1,556 times in 2009,

Tagged with: environmental defence canada, air pollution

What is the highest environmental impact oil?

By: Pembina Institute

Published: May 2010

Oil sands impacts: Mining vs. In Situ

Tagged with: pembina institute, in situ, mining

Group letter to President Obama

By: Corporate Ethics International | EARTHWORKS | Environment America | Environmental Defence Canada | Friends of the Earth | | Natural Resources Defense Council | National Wildlife Federation | Sierra Club | Western Organization of Resource Councils

Published: May 2010

The gulf spill shows that ALL dirty fuels are dangerous and expensive -- including the tar sands. Please reduce our dependence on dirty fuels.

Tagged with: obama, natural resources defense council, national wildlife federation, sierra club, corporate ethics international, friends of the earth, earthworks, environment america, western organization of resource councils

Tar Sands Invasion—Fact Sheet

By: Corporate Ethics International | EARTHWORKS | Natural Resources Defense Council | Sierra Club | Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, Kate Colarulli, Bruce Baizel

Published: May 2010

A companion to the full report, the Tar Sands Invasion fact sheet explains in short how dirty and expensive oil threatens America's new energy economy.

Tagged with: pipeline, climate change, natural resources defense council, sierra club, corporate ethics international, oil demand, earthworks

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