Tag: Tar Sands
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Ontario public television network pulls video game it funded after criticism from oil industry
If any of its critics had bothered to play the game they'd see it, apparently by accident, works almost as an endorsement of pipeline development.
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Why Keystone XL pipeline must be stopped
The New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert explains why the Keystone XL pipeline must be a line in the sand for a livable future.
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Comedy video spoofs Facebook's Keystone XL support
With Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg facing criticism for supporting Keystone XL pipeline, a comedy duo mocks Facebook "Mess" Everything Up Department.
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Vice President Biden opposes Keystone XL. What can this tell us about Obama's plans?
"Vice President Joe Biden told a South Carolina environmental activist Friday that he opposes a controversial oil pipeline from Canada, but said he is "in the minority" inside the Obama administration."
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No Keystone pipeline? No problem, Alberta will just go north to the Arctic Ocean
Alternatives to the Keystone line are popping up all over Canada.
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If Keystone XL is rejected, will rail shipments fill the gap?
While rail may be considered safer than a pipeline, I don't find that argument compelling when considered in the context of the math of climate change. The debate over rail versus pipelines is the wrong argument to be having.
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The latest on Keystone XL: EPA criticizes State, while activists rally opposition
David Gordon, the director of policy planning under former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, says the chances are about four-to-one” that President Obama will approve the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian tar sands to oil refineries in Texas.
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Exxon pipeline rupture is 22 feet long, indicating immense pressure, possible criminal negligence.
Two weeks ago today, Exxon Mobil's Pegasus pipeline ruptured catastrophically, creating a 22-foot long gash that unleashed hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil and toxic chemicals. Here's the latest news.
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As Exxon censors local media, citizen journalists document Arkansas oil spill. Can the pros be doing more?
The local media and the public owes them all a huge thanks to citizen journalists for the work they've done to expose how significant this mess Exxon has caused truly is.
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Storm hits Mayflower, Arkansas site of Exxon oil spill. Contaminated water pumped into Lake Conway as citizen journalists report live.
A manmade disaster was made even worse by nature Wednesday night, as a severe thunderstorm hit Mayflower, Arkansas spreading the Exxon Mobil oil spill to the yards of homes along the cove and the main body of Lake Conway.
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Comedy video skewers Exxon over Mayflower, Arkansas oil spill
Comedians Andy Cobb and Mike Damanskis have a new video about the ExxonMobil oil spill in Mayflower, Arkansas called Exxon - Energy Everywhere.
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Severe weather threatens Exxon oil spill cleanup, Mayflower residents feel health effects, lawyers discuss class action lawsuit and more [UPDATE]
Here's the latest from local and national media on the ongoing cleanup of the ExxonMobil oil spill in Mayflower, Arkansas.
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Canadian government learns from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy about how to stifle dissent
Approving a pipeline across Toronto is a lot like building a bypass through Arthur Dent's house.
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Arkansas oil spill could be almost 300,000 gallons, video shows oil in wetland (UPDATES)
New estimates of the amount of oil spilled by Exxon Mobil in Mayflower, Arkansas have grown far beyond the initial figures. Meanwhile, an activist group has video of an alleged "dumping ground" of crude oil.
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Mayflower, Arkansas "on lockdown" following Exxon oil spill
Several media outlets have noted the strict control Exxon has over journalists trying to cover the oil spill in Arkansas.
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James Hansen makes the case against Keystone XL and tar sands extraction
Climate scientist, James Hansen is retiring from NASA to to focus his time and energy to slowing the release of greenhouse gases.
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Shocking aerial video shows magnitude of Arkansas oil spill, as cleanup continues and frustration at Exxon grows [VIDEOS]
There has been lots of debate and frustration following the Exxon Mobil oil pipeline spill in Mayflower, Arkansas. Here's a collection of videos of the news coverage.
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Exxon won't pay into cleanup fund because oil spilled in Arkansas isn't "oil"
Due to a legal technicality, ExxonMobil is not required to pay into a cleanup fund because tar sands oil is not regulated like conventional oil.
