A new report out today from environmental groups shows that the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline would, if approved, be responsible for at least 181 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) each year, comparable to the tailpipe emissions from more than 37.7 million cars or 51 coal-fired power plants.
Cooking the Books: The True Climate Impact of Keystone XL by David Turnbull, Apr 16, 2013
“Can the oil accurately be described as tar sands oil, or a type of diluted bitumen (dilbit)?” the EPA asked in an April 5 letter to Exxon.
Dilbit or not? Wabasca crude is the question by Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News, Apr 18, 2013
The Keystone XL Pipeline has been catapulted back in the spotlight of the House of Representatives this week, with Republicans continuing to waste taxpayer dollars rehashing who has the power to approve the project. Meanwhile, the State Department will be hosting a public hearing in Nebraska today to give residents a chance to comment on the pipeline that will disrupt their local communities.
Grade inflation: GOP still pushing false Keystone job numbers by Tiffany Germane, Climate Progress, Apr 18, 2013
A new report found the pipeline would send at least 181 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent each year into the atmosphere -- equal to emissions from 51 coal-fired power plants.
Revealed: How the Keystone XL Pipeline Would Hasten Climate Change, Environment News Service/Alternet, Apr 17, 2013
Two new reports, put out by a cross-section of U.S. environmental and public interest groups, are attacking central rationales for the construction of a major new Canada-U.S. oil pipeline proposal, which has emerged as an emblematic cause for green groups who have angrily denounced a U.S. government approvals process.
Keystone Opponents Deepen Criticism of Proposed Pipeline by Carey L. Biron, Inter Press Service (IPS), Apr 16, 2013
Opponents and supporters of a massive Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline converged on a snowy Nebraska town Thursday for what could become a pivotal moment for the project.
Despite a spring storm that brought sleet and snow to Nebraska, the U.S. State Department hearing in Grand Island was expected to draw at least several hundred people from the state as well as activists from outside the region who consider the state a key battleground over the Keystone XL pipeline.
Keystone pipeline hearing draws opponents and supporters in Nebraska, AP/Politico, April 18, 2013
A new study suggests that permitting more tar sands oil to flow would raise greenhouse gas pollution by the equivalent of nearly 40 million cars and trucks.
Keystone XL oil pipeline exacerbates climate change by David Biello, Scientific American, April 17, 2013
Prior to the Keystone XL public hearing held Thursday, April 18, at the Heartland Convention Center in Grand Island, two simultaneous press conventions were held only several hundred feet apart, yet remained worlds apart in their perspectives regarding the highly controversial Canadian tar-sand pipeline.
Keystone XL Pipeline press conferences by Greg Awtry, York (Nebraska) News Times, Apr 19, 2013
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Tar Sands Is Worse Than You Can Imagine: Incredible Images You Have to See by Leslie Moyer, AlterNet, April 15, 2013
A House subcommittee has taken the first step toward legislation that would push through the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, bypassing the State Department and the White House while limiting other regulatory and court reviews.
House Tries Again To Force Keystone Pipeline Approval by John H. Cushman Jr., InsideClimate News, Apr 17, 2013
We just don't know what the exact magnitude of the disaster will be.
Why Tar Sands Pipelines Guarantee Disaster by Michael Brune, AlterNet, Apr 10, 2013
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