Not exact matches
The vow came as the Calgary - based company blamed clogged export
pipelines for its
worst heavy oil price discounts in five years during the first three months of 2018, contributing to a higher -
than - expected $ 914 - million net loss in the first quarter.
«It's
worse than that because it starts before school.It's really a home - to - prison
pipeline....
Now environmental engineer John Stansbury has set out some scenarios which further detail how
bad an oil spill would be with a higher capacity
pipeline and just how often serious spills are likely to occur (hint, much more
than operator TransCanada would like you to believe).
But the consequences would be far, far, far
worse than any single
pipeline.
In fact, the State Department noted that other options of getting oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast are generally
worse for the environment, a point that was revisited by TransCanada's CEO Russ Girling who pointed to statistics showing that
pipelines are a safer way to transport oil
than rail, barge, or truck.
Today, amid an anemic economy and joblessness far
worse than official government figures admit, President Obama balks at approving the Keystone XL
pipeline, cancels leasing and drilling on federal lands, tells our budget - sequestered military to buy $ 26 to $ 67 - per - gallon ship and jet fuel, punishes refineries for not buying cellulosic ethanol that doesn't exist, and happily lets EPA shut down coal - fired power plants and kill countless thousands of mining, utility and other jobs.
Under long - standing regulations, they said, it would be «in the public interest,» even though science has recently made it clear that the methane leaking from the fracked gas the
pipeline will carry is
worse than the burning of coal.
A study from the Alberta government, however, casts doubt on the notion that dilbit is
worse for
pipelines than any other oil is.
Tar sands
pipelines are also far more likely to leak
than conventional oil
pipelines, which spells
bad news for Sebago Lake, Casco Bay, and 11 pristine New England rivers.
In March,
pipeline corrosion caused a leak of more
than 200,000 gallons of oil, the
worst spill since production began on Alaska's North Slope [see previous post].
Our movement can never question if Keystone XL is
worse than Flanagan South (an Enbridge
pipeline running from Illinois to Oklahoma), or whether tar sands, fracking, or mountaintop - removal coal mining is
worse.
Our movement can never question if Keystone XL is
worse than Flanagan South (an Enbridge
pipeline running from Illinois to Oklahoma), or whether tar sands, fracking or mountaintop removal coal mining is
worse.
Friday, Reuters reported that the March 2 oil spill is
worse than previously reported and that «up to 267,000 gallons (6,357 barrels) of crude oil poured out of a
pipeline at the Prudhoe Bay field [not far from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge], making it the largest oil spill ever recorded on the state's North Slope.»