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Canada: Gulf spill makes oilsands more appealing
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 6th, 2010
Montreal Gazette: The safety benefits of importing Canadian oil by pipeline should be a consideration in formulating United States energy policy in the wake of the BP oil spill currently polluting the Gulf of Mexico, a senior State Department official said Thursday. "It's certainly true that oil that comes by pipeline has far less potential to cause economic damage of that scale because if the pipes are properly constructed, there is an ability to shut them off if there is an explosion or leakage," ...
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Marine paradise in peril as BP oil disaster threatens to become worst ever
Posted by Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS Newsfeed on May 6th, 2010
Times (UK): Fish are leaping, a dolphin is cruising behind the boat and six brown pelicans have just flown overhead in a perfect V-formation like a display team. When Captain Sam Elliott cuts the engine, the only sound is the water lapping against the hull and the cry of gulls. On the outer reaches of Louisiana's marshlands, a 75-minute high-speed boat ride from the last inhabited community, it appears that the only powers at work are the forces of Nature. Yet just a few miles away, the forces of ...