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Category Archives: Fossil Fuels
Scouring scum and tar from the bottom of the pit
(July 1, 2006) Faced with the undeniable reality of “Hubbard’s Peak” in global conventional oil supplies, the world’s largest multinational energy corporations are now hell-bent on squeezing oil out of tar in northern Alberta, like junkies desperately conniving for one last giant fix in a futile attempt to quench America’s insatiable “addiction to oil” (described so eloquently by President George Bush II). Continue reading
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Haldimand County : Coal Fired Plant in Ontario Not As Dirty As Reported
(October 7, 2005) A report by Energy Probe says coal-fired power stations such as Nanticoke’s aren’t as big as a polluter as originally thought. Continue reading
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Next best thing to oil
(Sept. 18, 2004) U.S. President George W. Bush’s top energy regulator sparked stupor in Quebec this week when he said it might be possible for liquefied-natural-gas plants proposed for eastern Canada to meet much of the energy demand of New England. Continue reading
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Next best thing to oil
(September 18, 2004) U.S. President George W. Bush’s top energy regulator sparked stupor in Quebec this week when he said it might be possible for liquefied-natural-gas plants proposed for eastern Canada to meet much of the energy demand of New England. Continue reading
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Pinning hopes on the tar sand
(July 25, 2004) Fort McMurray, Alta. — The odds are good, and growing better, that your next tank of gas is mixed up in the sticky black sand of a monster truck pounding along the banks of the Athabasca River. Continue reading
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Quebec gas facility up in air
(May 12, 2004) Gaz Metro’s proposal for a liquefied-natural-gas terminal near Quebec City, already meeting fierce opposition from some local residents, is under further pressure by regulatory wrangling taking place hundreds of kilometres away before the Ontario Energy Board. Continue reading
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Liquefied natural gas (LNG) risks
(October 24, 2003) Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is rapidly gaining in policy popularity and commercial interest in North America. Continue reading
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No boom yet
(January 26, 2003) Halifax, Nova Scotia — The harbor of this Atlantic city has seen warships, slave ships and ships of commerce. Now, increasingly, titanic drilling rigs are calling here, igniting Canada’s dreams of an economic boom fired by natural gas. Continue reading
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LNG tanker blast would impact mile radius
(December 20, 2000) Washington – A terror attack on a tanker delivering liquefied natural gas at a U.S. port could set off a fire so hot it would burn skin and damage buildings nearly a mile away, government scientists say in a report expected to influence where new multibillion-dollar terminals will be built. Continue reading
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Why high oil prices won’t save our planet
(March 28, 2000) Oil prices are sky high but the sky is not falling. Improvements in efficiency since the oil price shocks in the 1970s means that high prices won’t cause a repeat of the nasty economic indigestion we suffered then. Continue reading
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