Keystone XL Pipeline Deal Rejected By President Obama
Keystone XL Pipeline Deal Rejected By President Obama - Stands up to big oil - Good for him!
In defense of his actions of rejecting the permit, Obama placed blame on the Republicans in Congress, who in using brinkmanship forced passage of a measure late last month requiring the administration to render a decision on the pipeline by Feb. 21. Continue Reading Keystone XL Pipeline Deal Rejected By President Obama Here
Categories: Green Ethics Energy, Green Politics Hot Topics, Green Politics News, Oil Spills Tags: administration, decision, jobs, Keystone, new, Obama, oil, permit, pipeline, state
Asian Oil Takeover? PetroChina Buys Out MacKay River Oil Sands Project In Canada
Asian Oil Takeover? PetroChina Buys Out MacKay River Oil Sands Project In Canada
Calgary-based Athabasca Oil Sands Corp said it exercised an option to sell its 40 percent interest in the MacKay River project in northern Alberta to PetroChina so it could free up money to concentrate on some of its other oil sands and light crude projects.
After the project won regulatory approvals last week, the partners had 30 days to decide to exercise put and call options on Athabasca’s stake. They have a similar arrangement with a larger, nearby project still awaiting a go-ahead from regulators. Continue Reading Asian Oil Takeover? PetroChina Buys Out MacKay River Oil Sands Project In Canada Here
Categories: Oil Spills, World News Tags: asian, billion, canadian, invasion, million, oil, petrochina, Project, Sands, takeover
Oil Spills – Worst Oil Spills List Man Made Disasters List Part 4
Oil Spills - Worst Oil Spills List Man Made Disasters List Part 4 - Ixtoc Oil Spill
For animals, particularly birds, the oil from oil spills permeates into the structure of the plumage of birds and animals, thus reducing their insulating ability. This in turn, leads the birds more vulnerable to temperature fluctuations, and much less buoyancy in the water, and also in payers or disables the bird’s flight abilities to forage and escape from their predators. While they still preen while covered by the oil, the birds typically ingest the oil that is covering their feathers, which causes kidney damage, altered liver functionality, and irritation to the digestive tract. Most birds that are affected by oil spills will ultimately die unless humans rescue them. Studies have shown that even after rescue from oil spills and cleaning that only 1% of the oil soaked birds will survive. Continue Reading Oil Spills – Worst Oil Spills List Man Made Disasters List Part 4 Here
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