A proposed ordinance to keep the oil from entering the city passes its first hurdle in a 6-1 vote after 500 people pack a meeting to listen to the debate. By Kelley Bouchard, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council overwhelmingly approved a first reading Wednesday night of a Read More
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Arkansas Woman in Maine to Share Story of Tar Sands Spill
MPBN news story Genieve Long, a resident of Mayflower, Arkansas, told reporters and others today that a spill of tar sands oil near her home last year made her and her four children physically ill. In South Portland today, a cautionary tale about crude oil extracted for tar sands. It came from Genieve Long, a Read More
Tar Sands Cause Heated Environmental, Economic Debate in Maine
by Whit Richardson, staff writer Bangor Daily News news story SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine â Since 1941, oil tankers have been a common sight in Casco Bay. They arrive at Portland Head Light sitting low in the water, heavily laden with crude oil from the Middle East or Africa’s offshore oil rigs and destined for refineries Read More
Oil Industry Underplays Danger of Tar Sands Oil Spills
Heavy crude that does not float creates a cleanup nightmare when it’s spilled in water. by Emily Figdor Portland Press Herald op-ed I can only imagine the stunned and outraged looks on people’s faces in Marshall, Mich., if they heard the oil industry’s claims to the people of Maine about the safety of using an Read More
Enbridge’s Eastern Oil Access to Cost at Least $2 Billion
Company to assess support for a further expansion to the East Coast By Rebecca Penty Calgary Herald news story CALGARY—Enbridge Inc. is closing in on an application for regulatory approval to move growing volumes of crude from the West to refineries in Quebec, as customers indicate “strong support” for its pipeline proposals, chief executive Pat Read More
Oil Sands Critics Take on Ontario Pipeline Battle
by John Spears, Business Reporter thestar.com news story Oil sands opponents are turning their eyes on Ontario to throttle shipment of western Canadian oil sands bitumen eastward. A coalition of 11 environmental groups claims to have prompted a flood of 41,000 comments to the National Energy Board by people opposed to reversing the flow of Read More
Tar Sands Oil Heading East? Controversial Crude Could Make Its Way to New England Via Pipeline
by Jim Haddadin, staff writer Foster’s Daily Democrat news story DOVER â The Keystone XL pipeline extension, which would transport an oil product known as “tar sands” to refineries on the Gulf Coast, has received a wealth of media attention this year. However, the Keystone XL pipeline isn’t the only transportation path for tar sands Read More
Plan to Build East Coast Gateway for Canada’s Oil Sands Hits Legal Snag
Court of Quebec ruling could hinder plans to reverse the flow of a pipeline to carry oil sands from Montreal to Maine, environmentalists say. By Elizabeth McGowan, InsideClimate News Inside Climate News news story WASHINGTONâA little-publicized Canadian court decision has thrown a monkey wrench into an on-again, off-again proposal to transport oil from tar sands Read More
Pipeline a Distraction from Development of Energy Alternatives
by Ben Bragdon KeepMEcurrent.com editorial Energy independence is so plainly necessary for the United States that it is hard to see why anyone short of a Saudi prince would be against it. It is such a popular notion, in fact, that it is used as a political justification for a number of bad ideas. Think Read More
