By Seth Koenig, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story PORTLAND, Maine — State environmental groups decried a decision by the Canadian government late Thursday afternoon to allow the reversal and expansion of a pipeline leading to east Montreal, where they say controversial tar sands oil can now be pumped almost to the New England Read More
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Canadian Pipeline Decision Raises Tar Sands Fears in Maine
by Tom Porter MPBN news story Environmental advocates are concerned that a decision this afternoon by Canadian Energy Regulators will pave the way for the arrival in Maine of so-called tar sands oil from Alberta – an energy source which they describe as much more toxic than conventional crude. The decision by Canada’s National Energy Read More
Big Oil’s Marketing of Tar Sands a Bait-and-switch Operation
Its current marketing campaign is a textbook example of rebranding. by Taryn Hallweaver Portland Press Herald op-ed Big Oil has pulled a big bait and switch on the people of Maine. Either that or it has a memory problem. For more than a year, the oil industry told us that it had no plans to Read More
Canada Decision May Bring Tar Sands Oil Closer to Maine
Regulators are expected to allow a pipeline to start flowing into Montreal, which environmentalists fear will open the door to pumping the controversial oil to Portland Harbor. By Matt Byrne, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story Canadian regulators are expected to announce Thursday whether they will allow the reversal of a pipeline that could Read More
Waterville Protesters Want Obama, Kerry to Kill the Tar Sands Oil Pipeline
By Doug Harlow, staff writer Kennebec Journal news story WATERVILLE — As North America slowly runs out of “sweet oil,” industrialists are turning to the more dangerous and dirty “oil sands” from Alberta, Canada, to power the economy, demonstrators said Sunday. Oil sands, a low-grade petroleum called bitumen, also known as tar sands oil, would Read More
Tar Sands Could Flow to New England If Pipelines are Built
By John H. Cushman Jr., InsideClimate News Bangor Daily News news story In contrast to regions such as the upper Midwest, the Northeast’s fuel supply has been nearly free of tar sands crude. That may change in coming years if pipeline expansions sought by Canada’s industry proceed, an environmental group is warning. An increase in Read More
The Devastating Impact of Tar Sands
By Deirdre Fulton Portland Phoenix news story Two activists with first-hand knowledge of how tar sands oil can devastate a region will share their perspectives with audiences in Portland and Orono this week, as part of a New England-wide Tar Sands Exposed tour sponsored by 350 Maine and the Natural Resources Council of Maine. They Read More
South Portland Council Selects Oil Sands Committee
The three-member panel includes an attorney and two environmental specialists. By Matt Byrne, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story The South Portland City Council on Wednesday selected three volunteers who will develop an ordinance barring the importation of Canadian oil sands into the city. The members are Michael Conathan, Russel B. Pierce Jr. and Read More
Report: Tar Sands Derived Gasoline Threatening Environment
Over the next six years, Mainers and other motorists around the Northeast can expect to be filling up their gas tanks with gas that is increasingly derived from Canadian tar sands oil. That’s according to a new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council, which says the carbon intensive extraction and refining process for tar Read More
