Sentences with phrase «blocking oil shale»

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Take your pick — oil shales in the US, Orinoco heavy from VZ, Madagascar, offshore Brazil — these all trump anything renewable on a cost basis today without a meaningful carbon price, and so with KXL blocked, that's what will fill the void, which is the point of my piece.

Over the last two decades, global warming activists succeeded in slowing the development of the oil sands, blocking major pipelines like Keystone XL, phasing out coal plants and banning shale gas and oil projects.

French lawmakers opened debate on Tuesday on proposals to ban a method for extracting oil and gas deposits from shale because of environmental concerns, throwing up the first serious stumbling block to firms that want to use the practice.

Lawrence Solomon: Over the last two decades, global warming activists succeeded in slowing the development of the oil sands, blocking major pipelines like Keystone XL, phasing out coal plants and banning shale gas and oil projects.

America's oil shale revolution has occurred in spite of President Obama's attempts to block the widespread use of traditional, affordable energy resources.