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Keystone XL: For Our Economy
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The economic and energy market reasons for approving the full Keystone XL pipeline are strong. Energy activity equals jobs, income and spinoff economic activity.[read more]
Election in British Columbia Has Global Energy Implications
With the third largest proven reserves of oil in the world, there has been a major push to expand pipeline capacity to Canada's coasts and on one of those coasts there is an election underway.[read more]
Keystone XL: In the National Interest
Economic, energy and environmental considerations figure into the answer, but ultimately the president is charged with determining whether Keystone XL will make our country stronger and safer without impacting the environment.[read more]
Proposed pipelines undermine Canada's climate target for 2020
A New York Times editorial argued that the U.S. should consider the climate implications of constructing pipeline, like Keystone XL, to transport bitumen from the oil sands in Alberta. As should Canada. The carbon emissions embedded in bitumen that would be transported by the proposed pipelines across BC would not only dwarf the...[read more]
The Facts About Canada’s Oil Sands and Climate Change
Motivated ReasoningThis week I was reading an article from the Associated Press called Some fracking critics use bad science. The gist of the article is that Gasland director Josh Fox used false information in his new film, The Sky is Pink. Among other things, he claimed that cancer rates were higher in Texas where fracking is taking...[read more]
Canadian Oil Sands Could Lead U.S. Oil Imports This Year
Canadian oil sands are a growing source of petroleum, and by the end of this year, they'll probably be the leading source of crude oil imports into the United States, according to a new study by IHS CERA. Canada is already the primary source of crude oil imports into the United States, and the country has been steadily increasing its...[read more]
Harvesting Oil Sands
The following post is part of a series detailing my experiences on a recent tour of Alberta's oil sands. API hosted the tour at ConocoPhillips and Syncrude facilities for several bloggers and a news crew. Day one of the oil sands tour, Aug. 6 - We're standing in a quarry where a steady stream of 380-ton to...[read more]
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