IHS CERA: Market shifts for Canadian oil sands crude
The Gulf Coast is poised to be a major market for bitumen harvested from Canada's oil sands, despite a surge of domestic crude extracted from North Dakota, Texas and other states, according to a report...
View Article53 senators push Obama to approve Keystone XL
A bipartisan group of 53 senators on Wednesday urged President Barack Obama to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, over the objections of environmental activists who have made it a...
View ArticleWhy Canada oil-sands industry wants CO2 tax Harper hates
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has vilified political opponents who support a tax on carbon-dioxide emissions. The oil-sands industry, Canada’s fastest growing CO2 polluter, says he’s out of step.
View ArticlePipeline protesters arrested at White House
Environmental activists -- including actress Darryl Hannah, poet laureate Bob Haas, a Texas landowner and climate scientist James Hansen -- were arrested at the White House on Wednesday in a bid to...
View ArticleTexans join activists at Keystone XL rally in D.C.
Thousands of environmental activists are descending on the nation's capital today for a rally against the Keystone XL pipeline that would ferry oil sands crude from Canada to refineries along the Gulf...
View ArticleCanadian crude rolling into Gulf Coast refineries
A competitor pipeline to Keystone XL already is funneling oil sands crude to Texas refineries at a rate of 100,000 barrels per day, despite environmentalists' attempts to block the southward flow of...
View ArticleSenate Democrat touts support for Keystone XL
It's not unusual for oil patch Democrats to break with their party on energy issues, which frequently divide lawmakers along regional -- not political -- lines.
View ArticleVt. towns mull oil sands, assault weapons ban
While Vermonters debate school budgets and whether to spend money on new equipment on Town Meeting Day, some communities also will take up resolutions opposing the transport of tar sands oil through...
View ArticleSenators call for speedy Keystone XL decision
A bipartisan group of 20 senators on Tuesday implored their former colleague John Kerry to ensure the State Department approves the proposed Keystone XL pipeline by April.
View ArticleState Department: Keystone XL wouldn’t expand Canada’s oil sands
The State Department late Friday released a fresh environmental assessment of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, concluding that the project is unlikely to dramatically boost demand for Canada's oil sands...
View ArticleGrowth in U.S. crude seen complementing Canadian oil sands
Energy companies developing tight oil in the United States are going head-to-head with Canadian crude producers in a competition for scarce options to ferry those supplies to American refineries. But...
View ArticleCanada pitches oil sands crude as greener choice for US
Canada took its new, green pitch for Keystone XL to the IHS CERAWeek conference in Houston on Wednesday, as the country's natural resource minister branded oil sands crude the best environmental choice...
View ArticleActivists want tough tar sands pipeline standards
Several environmental groups in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont are asking federal regulators for a moratorium on new tar sands oil pipelines until new standards are created.
View ArticleGulf Coast refineries good place for Canadian crude, IHS analysts say
Building brand new facilities in Canada to upgrade the tar-like bitumen harvested in Alberta is a costly investment that no longer pays off, especially since many refineries in Texas and Louisiana are...
View ArticleKeystone XL foes launch aggressive campaign against pipeline (video)
Critics of Keystone XL are ramping up their efforts against the pipeline by launching a new coalition, nationwide commercials and online ads focused on convincing influential Democratic voters and...
View ArticleAttorney fee disputes in Gulf spill get own judge
A federal bankruptcy judge has been appointed to rule on future disagreements over attorney fees related to the multibillion settlement between BP and victims of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
View ArticleKeystone XL decision many months away, exec says
Even if the State Department signs off on the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline, it could be many months before a final verdict on the multi-billion dollar project, a TransCanada Corp. executive told...
View ArticleRepublicans push bill to force Keystone XL approval
Republican lawmakers on Tuesday worked on two fronts to advance legislation that would force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline.
View ArticleHouse panel approves bill to speed permit for Keystone XL
A House committee on Wednesday approved legislation that would authorize the Keystone XL pipeline, after lawmakers agreed to work together to ensure energy companies pay into a U.S. oil spill trust...
View ArticleActivists threaten massive protests against Keystone
If the State Department determines Keystone XL is in the national interest, it will unleash the “biggest burst of peaceful civil disobedience in modern history," said Becky Bond, the political director...
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