Posts Tagged ‘oil sands’
Editorial: Confronting Keystone XL again
>> New York Times
It is far from clear whether one of the new routes proposed by TransCanada would involve less potential damage in the case of a pipeline spill. And a route change does not alter other fundamental concerns.
Nebraska landowners remain cool to Keystone XL route
>> Omaha World-Herald
Rerouting the Keystone XL pipeline around Nebraska’s groundwater-rich Sand Hills didn’t translate into a kinder greeting for the project from landowners at a meeting in the town of O’Neill Wednesday.
Koch Brothers’ activism protects their 50 years in Canadian oil
>> InsideClimate News
Long involvement in Canada’s tar sands has been central to Koch Industries’ evolution and positions the billionaire brothers for a new oil boom.
Canadian oil execs put heat on U.S. lawmakers over Keystone XL
>> Politico
Canadian oil executives this week are personally warning U.S. lawmakers that the delay in the Keystone XL pipeline has repercussions on U.S.-Canada trade relations.
TransCanada reapplies, as expected, for Keystone XL permit
>> New York Times
The company will route the pipeline around the environmentally sensitive Sand Hills region of Nebraska, and the revised proposal starts a fresh clock on the environmental review process.
New round of public meetings to discuss Keystone XL route
>> Associated Press
Opponents of the Keystone XL oil pipeline are preparing for a new series of public meetings in May sponsored by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality.
Report: Federal laws don’t protect Great Lakes from oil
>> The Associated Press
States should approve their own rules to protect the Great Lakes basin from oil pollution because federal laws inadequately address the problem, according to a new report written in response to a massive oil spill in southern Michigan.
New Keystone XL route doesn’t solve aquifer problem
>> InsideClimate News
The new corridor through Nebraska avoids the Sandhills, just as TransCanada promised it would. But it still crosses through an area of permeable soils and high water tables — the same characteristics that make the Sandhills so vulnerable to the impact of an oil spill.
TransCanada unveils new Keystone XL route through Nebraska
>> Omaha World-Herald
TransCanada Inc. submitted its proposed new route Wednesday for the Keystone XL pipeline that would avoid Nebraska’s Sand Hills.
House GOP to try again to force Keystone XL approval
>> The Hill
House Republican leadership will take another crack at forcing approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline on legislation extending federal transportation funding for another 90 days.
