Archive for August, 2011
In an exclusive interview with energyNOW! anchor Thalia Assuras, US Energy Secretary Steven Chu says energy security concerns may help the Keystone XL oil-sands pipeline win approval. “It’s certainly true that having Canada as a supplier for our oil is much more comforting than to have other countries supply our oil,” Chu said in the interview, part of an energyNOW! special on Canada’s oil sands and the Keystone XL pipeline debate which will air September 17 and 18 on Bloomberg Television and September 18 on WJLA ABC7 in Washington, DC “It’s not perfect, but it’s a trade off,” Chu said.
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Obama wants to slash US oil imports by a third in the next decade. The US oil industry is distancing itself from less stable areas like the Middle East and Venezuela. What does America’s growing reliance on our oil sands mean for both the US and Canadian economies?
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For several days now protestors have assemble outside the White House to express their opposition of the Keystone pipeline. The proposed pipeline will stretch over 1700 miles from Canada to Texas and will transport oil into the States.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/zq6n3SzImiE?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata Read the original: Will Alberta oil go to China instead of US?
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Protests demand Obama use veto power to halt proposed expansion of Keystone XL pipeline that would carry tar sands oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico
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SHIRLEY LIN Today staff Students scurry off to their classes at the 8:45 a.m. bell at the new Ecole McTavish Junior High School
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[Don't forget to watch it in HD!] Mike Marianchuk scores a game-tying goal in the third period of Fort McMurray’s first-ever international game against Atlants Moscow of the MHL. The Barons won the game 4-2, with Marianchuk scoring the game-winner as well.
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“Canada’s oil and gas industry is a main contributor to the country’s growth and is the 2nd largest proven oil reserve after Saudi Arabia. What most people do not know is that industry expert and CEO of Shell Canada, Clive Mather has confirmed that Canada has over two trillion barrels of oil — more than eight times the reserves of Saudi Arabia! ” – by VI Properties Managing Director, Virata Gamany
Fort McMurray, bikes
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For a fourth straight day outside the White House, environmentalists were arrested for peacefully protesting a pipeline that would carry acidic crude oil from Western Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast. Environmentalist and author Bill McKibben, who spent the weekend with fellow demonstrators in a Washington jail, discusses the the success of the protest and the shortcomings of Obama’s environmental policy with Keith
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