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Maine Committee Eyes Moratorium on ‘Tar Sands’ Oil
Posted by Sun Journal: Scott Thistle on May 7th, 2013
Sun Journal: A bill creating a two-year moratorium on the transportation of "tar sands" oil in Maine pit environmental groups against those who say the ban would have far-reaching negative effects on the economy during testimony before the Legislature`s Environment and Natural Resources Committee on Monday.
The bill, LD 1363, calls for a legislative resolve setting the moratorium while directing the state`s Department of Environmental Protection to study the potential impacts of moving oil sands, known by...
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Ottawa Strikes Back at Al Gore’s Remarks on Oil Sands as ‘Open Sewer’
Posted by Globe and Mail: Sean Silcoff on May 7th, 2013
Globe and Mail: Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver will make the Harper government's case for the Alberta oil sands in Europe this week. But before he can begin, he finds himself contending with inconveniently timed comments from Al Gore about Canada's climate-change record.
Mr. Oliver is none too happy about it.
"Well, he's off the mark," Mr. Oliver said in an interview Sunday, accusing the outspoken climate-change activist and former U.S. vice-president of making "wildly inaccurate and exaggerated comments."...
Public Can Still Comment on Controversial Oil Sands Pipeline to Lake Superior
Posted by Detroit Free Press: Keith Matheny on May 7th, 2013
Detroit Free Press: he U.S. State Department has extended the public comment period on a controversial proposal to expand a Canadian tar sands oil pipeline to the western shores of Lake Superior. Respondents now have until midnight Monday to weigh in on Canadian oil transport giant Enbridge Energy’s plan to expand its Line 67 — or Alberta Clipper — pipeline. The comment period was originally slated to conclude April 29. As reported in the Free Press April 14, Enbridge is seeking federal approval to nearly double the...
Midwestern frogs decline, mammal populations altered by invasive plant, studies reveal
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 7th, 2013
ScienceDaily: Researchers at Lincoln Park Zoo and Northern Illinois University have discovered a new culprit contributing to amphibian decline and altered mammal distribution throughout the Midwest region -- the invasive plant European buckthorn. This non-native shrub, which has invaded two-thirds of the United States, has long been known to negatively impact plant community composition and forest structure, but these two innovative studies slated to publish in upcoming editions of the Journal of Herpetology and...