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Approving a new tar sands pipeline hurts U.S. credibility on clean energy

August 21, 2009

Posted by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
albertaclipper, dirtyfuels, globalwarming, oilsands, pipeline, tarsands

Yesterday, the State Department issued a permit for a new transboundary pipeline that will bring heavy tar sands oil to the U.S. Midwest for upgrading and refining. The United States is preparing for the Copenhagen meeting having made a commitment...

No Ducking Charges for Deaths in Tar Sands Mining Waste Ponds

February 10, 2009

Posted by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
boreal, dirtyfuels, ducks, migratorybirds, oilsands, tarsands

  From a birds eye view, the Syncrude tar sands mining waste ponds stretch out glistening attractively in the sun. On a long migration north to nest, I can see how 500 ducks would decide to land on one of...