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U.S. Marine Battles TransCanada in Court over Eminent Domain for Keystone XL
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on March 5th, 2013
EcoWatch: [Editor's note: Thanks to Michael Bishop for providing EcoWatch this firsthand account of what happens when a company like TransCanada claims eminent domain on one's property and begins building a tar sands pipeline--the southern leg of the Keystone XL. Unfortunately, this is one of many examples of corporations putting profits before human health and the environment in pursuit of extreme fossil fuel extraction. The good news is that people like Michael Bishop are fighting back. This is the second...
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Posted by Metro News: Morgan Modjeski on March 5th, 2013
Metro News: In an attempt to sway American lawmakers on the Keystone XL pipeline, Premier Brad Wall will be heading to Washington on Tuesday morning.
On the trip, the premier will be meeting with various senators, members of congress, the Canadian ambassador to the United States, Gary Doer and assistant secretary of state Kerri-Ann Jones. Wall said he feels the trip is an important one for Saskatchewan and the country.
"There`s something else at stake here,” he said.
“We`ve seen Canadian oil branded...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Canada: Premier Wall says trade mission bigger than KeystoneKeystone XL Ruling Delay May Set Back TransCanada Pipe Six Months
Posted by Bloomberg: Rebecca Penty and Bradley Olson on March 5th, 2013
Bloomberg: TransCanada Corp. (TRP)’s timeline for the Keystone XL pipeline may be pushed back at least six months if the Obama administration doesn’t issue final approval by the end of June, extending lower Canadian crude prices that threaten oil-sands growth.
TransCanada expects a decision by mid-year to complete its pipeline by early 2015. If a decision is pushed past September, the company faces choosing between spending more or delaying startup until mid-2015, Alex Pourbaix, TransCanada’s president of...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Keystone XL Ruling Delay May Set Back TransCanada Pipe Six MonthsNatural Gas Seen Gaining With Obama’s Fracking-Friendly Nominees
Posted by Bloomberg: Mark Drajem on March 5th, 2013
Bloomberg: President Barack Obama says his picks to guide energy and environmental policy in his second term will lead the charge against global warming, a fight that may have one immediate beneficiary: natural gas.
Obama picked Ernest Moniz, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientist, for U.S. Energy secretary and Gina McCarthy, a longtime environmental regulator, to head the Environmental Protection Agency.
“They’re going to be making sure that we’re investing in American energy, that we’re doing...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Natural Gas Seen Gaining With Obama’s Fracking-Friendly NomineesNatural Resources Minister Joe Oliver Taking Keystone XL Battle to U.S
Posted by Globe and Mail: Bill Curry on March 5th, 2013
Globe and Mail: With a formal public debate on the pipeline still to come in the United States, the Canadian government has more lobbying ahead as it tries to win over a White House under pressure from the U.S. environmental movement to act more aggressively in response to climate change.
Mr. Oliver plans on reminding influential Americans that even with a rise in domestic production, the U.S. will continue to rely heavily on imported oil for decades.
"You can make a decision to take oil from some other countries...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver Taking Keystone XL Battle to U.SProtesters Set Up Camp Along Enbridge Pipelines in Minnesota
Posted by Duluth News Tribune: John Hageman, on March 5th, 2013
Duluth News Tribune: Just over a snowbank in rural Clearwater County, Minn., four orange posts stick out of the ground.
They mark where four pipelines run underground, transporting crude oil to the Enbridge Energy terminal in Superior. But they also mark a point of protest for those sitting around a campfire on the other side of the snowbank.
Those protesters, some American Indian and some not, oppose the pipelines’ existence under Red Lake reservation lands, which they say is illegal. Since Thursday, they’ve camped...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Protesters Set Up Camp Along Enbridge Pipelines in MinnesotaColombia’s glaciers could disappear in 30 years – report
Posted by AlertNet: Anastasia Moloney on March 5th, 2013
AlertNet: Colombia's glaciers are melting so fast that the country has lost more than half of its glacier mass over the past three decades due to rising temperatures linked to climate change, according to a report by the Colombian Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM).
"In the last 30 years, we have lost 57 percent of our glacier mass due to climate change... If current trends continue it is estimated that in about 30 years there will be no snow-capped mountains in the country,"...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Colombia’s glaciers could disappear in 30 years – reportSnowstorm hits north-central U.S., heads to mid-Atlantic
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 5th, 2013
Reuters: A blizzard dumped heavy snow on the midwestern United States, disrupting highway and air travel on Tuesday as it moved east toward the Ohio Valley and the mid-Atlantic states.
More than 1,000 flights were canceled in and out of Chicago's O'Hare and Midway airports and nearly 100 more were canceled in and out of Minneapolis-St.Paul International Airport, according to the FlightAware.com flight tracking service.
Heavy snow and patches of ice made driving difficult along the highways in parts...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Snowstorm hits north-central U.S., heads to mid-AtlanticReport sheds light on benefits of small-scale mining
Posted by SciDevNet: Richa Malhotra on March 5th, 2013
SciDevNet: The controversial practice of artisanal and small-scale mining could offer millions of marginalised people a sustainable livelihood, but there are serious knowledge gaps in the sector that hinder effective and inclusive policymaking, says a report published today (5 March).
The lack of effective policies and knowledge required to generate such policies, as well as scant interest from development agencies, means this sector is largely operating illegally.
As a result, miners lack access to the...
Can the new EPA chief stop Obama approving the Keystone XL pipeline?
Posted by Guardian: Richard Schiffman on March 4th, 2013
Guardian: Environmentalists got some bad news when the State Department released a report on Friday – a full month earlier than had been anticipated – saying that there are no convincing environmental reasons that the Keystone XL pipeline should not be built.
This just two weeks after thousands of demonstrators gathered at the National Mall for what has been called the largest climate rally ever. Environmental groups have joined in a rare united front to block the pipeline. If built, activists predict that...
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