Tag: tar sands
Death Of Keystone XL Pipeline Spells The Beginning Of The End...
Six years ago, the battle for the Keystone XL pipeline began. Now, thanks to the Obama administration, the plan is dead.
The Obama administration announced...
The Six Nastiest Oil Spills Since Deepwater Horizon
It's been? little more than four years now since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig blew up, burned and sank into the Gulf of Mexico,...
BP Oil Keeps Chicago All Coked Up
As the Koch brothers stand to profit $100 billion dollars from tar sands and the KXL pipeline, residents of a low-income neighborhood in Chicago...
Mobile, Alabama: Canadian Tar Sands Coming To A Wetland Near You...
Alabama was still dealing with the fallout from the Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent oil spill when Plains Southcap, LLC sought permits to build...
State Department Called On To Investigate Keystone XL Conflicts Of Interest...
The proposed Keystone XL Pipeline has been the subject of increasing criticism and protest since September 2008 when TransCanada first submitted an application for...
Is State Department Inspector General Investigating Keystone Review?
In March the State Department issued a very controversial report stating that the environmental risks of the Keystone XL were minimal. This report was...
Explosion At Detroit’s Marathon Tar Sands Refinery
The explosion at a Detroit tar sands refinery on Saturday evening is still under investigation and the cause is unknown according to a notice...
Tar Sands Pipelines – Environmental Disasters (VIDEO)
On March 29, 2013 the Exxon's Pegasus pipeline burst spilling heavy crude oil from tar sands into a neighborhood in Mayflower, Arkansas. This video...
