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First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 reports

It's Only the Future of the Planet

Keystone coverage treats climate change as at best a side issueHeading into a campaign season, the Obama White House announced in November 2011 that it would delay a final decision on approval of a permit to build the northern section of the controversial ... [Published Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, Oil Sands, Climate

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 reports

US Bureau of Land Management

Groups lash out at BLM decision to open lands for oil shale, tar sands leasing

Merit Energy Rig, Eastern Utah. More than a half dozen conservation and environmental groups are suing the Bureau of Land Management over the agency's March decision to potentially allow oil shale and tar sands development in Utah, Colorado and Wyomi ... [Published Deseret Morning News - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Oil Shale, Oil Sands, Snipe, US Bureau of Land Management, River basin

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 2 reports

World Development Movement

Champagne bar highlights HSBC bankrolling climate change

Campaigners set up a 'Carbon Bubbles champagne bar' outside of HSBC’s AGM to highlight the bank’s role in financing dirty energy projects.Our bar staff were on hand at our Carbon Bubbles bar, ready to serve oil from champagne glasses, while protesters ... [Published WDM - 3 hours ago]

Entities: champagne, World Development Movement, Global Warming/Climate Change, Coal Mine, Oil Sands

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 5 hours ago - 12 reports

US Department of State

U.S. State Department posts feedback on Keystone pipeline

WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department says it is taking the unusual step of releasing publicly the feedback it has received about a controversial pipeline project after an "unprecedented" response to its draft environmental report.The ... [Published CNBC - 7 hours ago]

Entities: US Department of State, environmental impact, Environment, Grand Island (United States), Deb Fischer

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 2 reports

Rosneft OAO

Amazonian Ambition: Rosneft signs another joint venture with Venezuela

in Breaking News 55 mins agoRosneft, the world’s largest publicly traded oil company, is expanding its influence in Venezuela, via a subsidiary of the national oil company PDVSA. The two companies signed a joint venture agreement to develop a river basin ... [Published RINF.com - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Rosneft OAO, Venezuela, Joint Venture, Petróleos de Venezuela SA

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 2 reports

Tar sands exploitation would mean game over for climate, warns leading scientist

From the GuardianProf James Hansen rebukes oil firms and Canadian government over stance on exploiting fossil fuel, which he says would make climate problem unsolvableMajor international oil companies are buying off governments, according to the world's ... [Published Environmental Research Web - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Oil Sands, James Hansen, Climate, Canada

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 2 reports

Film & Discussion: "Elemental" SF

Elemental tells the story of three individuals united by their deep connection with nature and driven to confront some of the most pressing ecological challenges of our time.The film follows Rajendra Singh, an Indian government official gone rogue, on ... [Published Global Exchange - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Rajendra Singh, Oil Sands, Keystone XL Pipeline, Government of India

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 7 reports

Marathon Oil Corp To Sell 20% Alberta Oil Sands Stake Fall Through-WSJ

The Wall Street Journal reported that Marathon Oil Corp is in discussions to sell its 20% outside operated stake in the Athabasca Oil Sands Project in Alberta, Canada, were unsuccessful and talks with a prospective buyer have been terminated. Marathon ... [Published Reuters - May 24 2013]

Entities: Marathon Oil Corporation, Oil Sands, Athabasca Oil Sands Corp

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 4 reports

US House Approves Keystone XL Pipeline

The House of Representatives has approved a bill to allow construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport about 830,000 barrels of oil per day from North American oil supplies to U.S. refineries.H.R. 3, the Northern Route Approval Act, ... [Published Journal of Commerce - May 23 2013]

Entities: Keystone XL Pipeline, Bill Shuster, Refinery, Jeff Denham, Construction

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Peters uses Keystone XL vote to push for petroleum coke investigation

The US House voted Wednesday to sidestep President Obama, and authorize the northern portion of a controversial pipeline project carrying tar sands oil to the US from Canada.Detroit Congressman Gary Peters used the opportunity to push for more scrutiny ... [Published Michigan Public Radio - May 23 2013]

Entities: Keystone XL Pipeline, Oil Sands, Petroleum, Detroit (Michigan, United States)

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 14 reports

Opposition to Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Increases While Support Wanes in House Vote

WASHINGTON - May 23 - The House voted last night on an extreme bill that would take the President out of the process, eliminate critical environmental and national interest reviews and immediately approve the risky Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. But ... [Published Common Dreams - May 23 2013]

Entities: Keystone XL Pipeline, Oil Sands, Pipeline

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 8 reports

Marathon Oil says no deal reached for sale of oil sands stake

May 23 (Reuters) - Marathon Oil Corp said on Thursday that negotiations to sell a portion of its 20 percent stake in the Athabasca Oil Sands Project in Canada had ended without a deal.An agreement with the prospective purchaser was not reached and the ... [Published Birmingham Star - May 23 2013]

Entities: Marathon Oil Corporation, Oil Sands, Athabasca Oil Sands Corp, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Marathon

Quotes

...facility provides MEG with additional financial flexibility under favourable terms," said Bill McCaffrey, President and Chief Executive Officer. "While our plans to increase production to 80,000 barrels per day by early 2015 are fully funded, additional revolving credit capacity complements our marketing efforts as we expand the reach of our product sales to higher-value markets."

MEG Energy announces agreement to expand and extend credit facility [Published Canada NewsWire - 2 hours ago]

Kirsty Wright, Head of campaigns and policy at the World Development Movement said: "HSBC is financing dirty energy projects around the world. Without the bonds and loans that banks like HSBC arrange, fossil fuel companies would not be able to continue with destructive projects like the Cerrejon coal mine and Madagascan tar sands exploration. HSBC must take its share of the responsibility for these projects, and clean up its portfolio."

Champagne bar highlights HSBC bankrolling climate change [Published WDM - 3 hours ago]

"It is impossible to ignore the possibility that current non-conventional technologies, as they spread and get both perfected and mainstreamed, could lead to a wholesale reassessment of global reserves" the report says

US boom transforming global oil trade [Published Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide - 4 hours ago]

"The Lake Maumelle Government Stakeholders expect immediate action on our request to relocate this pipeline out of the watershed and to see this project completed within 3-5 years."

Exxon still waiting for ruptured Pegasus pipeline test results [Published Reuters - 4 hours ago]

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TAKE ACTION: STAND UP WITH MICHIGAN: NO MORE TA... [Published Care2 - 19 mins ago]
It's Only the Future of the Planet [Published Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting - 1 hour ago]
Groups lash out at BLM decision to open lands f... [Published Deseret Morning News - 1 hour ago]
Dialogue of the hard of hearing [Published Globe and Mail - 2 hours ago]
Atco’s Nancy Southern: A firm grip on the reins... [Published Globe and Mail - 2 hours ago]
ConocoPhillips And Canada's Oil Sands: Everythi... [Published Seeking Alpha - 2 hours ago]
House approves bill to permit construction of K... [Published Cleveland Advocate - 2 hours ago]
Why Canada needs its temporary foreign-worker p... [Published Macleans Online - 2 hours ago]
MEG Energy announces agreement to expand and ex... [Published Canada NewsWire - 2 hours ago]
Champagne bar highlights HSBC bankrolling clima... [Published WDM - 3 hours ago]
Lawsuit Launched Against 800,000-acre Domestic ... [Published Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance - 3 hours ago]
HSBC admit what you emit [Published WDM - 3 hours ago]
US boom transforming global oil trade [Published Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide - 4 hours ago]
Stikeman Elliott grows energy group [Published IFLR1000 - 4 hours ago]
Exxon still waiting for ruptured Pegasus pipeli... [Published Reuters - 4 hours ago]
Bill McKibben: Keystone: What We Know [Published Huffington Post - 4 hours ago]
Infographic: Memorial Day Driving By The Numbers [Published Think Progress - 5 hours ago]
Group: State Department inspector general is pr... [Published E2-Wire - 5 hours ago]
Harper at Council of Foreign Relations in N.Y. ... [Published CJOK FM 93.3 - 5 hours ago]
Justin Trudeau to Dartmouth high school student... [Published Metronews - 5 hours ago]
Week of 5/24: NRDC's plan to reduce carbon poll... [Published NRDC Worldview - 5 hours ago]
TransCanada loses patience over delayed pipelin... [Published WBP Online - 5 hours ago]
Designed to Deceive: The UN Permanent Forum on ... [Published Intercontinental Cry - 6 hours ago]
Week of 5/24: NRDC's plan to reduce carbon poll... [Published Switchboard, from NRDC - 6 hours ago]
U.S. State Department posts feedback on Keyston... [Published CNBC - 7 hours ago]
Former Environment Canada scientists join Wood ... [Published Calgary Beacon - 7 hours ago]
CONGRESS: How Inland Representatives voted [Published Riverside Press Enterprise - 7 hours ago]
Jeff Biggers: Speak Now Against the Day in Illi... [Published Huffington Post - 7 hours ago]
Rosneft and PDVSA sign joint venture agreement ... [Published Green Car Congress - 7 hours ago]
Rosneft and PDVSA sign joint venture agreement ... [Published Green Car Congress - 7 hours ago]

Blogs

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Infographic: Memorial Day Driving By The Numbers [Published Think Progress - 5 hours ago] Following CAP’s piece yesterday that details exactly what it means to use gasoline to travel this Memorial Day weekend, here is an infographic that shows the cost of Big Oil. Gas prices are rising in the Midwest and spot crude oil prices for the ...
Group: State Department inspector general is pr... [Published E2-Wire - 5 hours ago] A liberal watchdog group says the State Department’s inspector general (IG) is probing possible conflicts of interest in the federal environmental review of the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline.The Checks and Balances Project said it will unveil ...
Week of 5/24: NRDC's plan to reduce carbon poll... [Published Switchboard, from NRDC - 6 hours ago] NRDC News, NRDC News Team, NRDC Offices Worldwide Peter Lehner penned a piece in Good about the huge potential urban air quality improvements from medium-duty truck retrofits (e.g. delivery and garbage trucks)... Dan Lashof could be heard ...
Rosneft and PDVSA sign joint venture agreement ... [Published Green Car Congress - 7 hours ago] Russian oil and gas major Rosneft, 75% owned by the government, and the Venezuelan Corporacion Venezolana del Petroleo (CVP), a subsidiary of PDVSA, signed an agreement to create a joint venture to develop heavy oil reserves in Venezuela in the framework ...
Rosneft and PDVSA sign joint venture agreement ... [Published Green Car Congress - 7 hours ago] Russian oil and gas major Rosneft, 75% owned by the government, and the Venezuelan Corporacion Venezolana del Petroleo (CVP), a subsidiary of PDVSA, signed an agreement to create a joint venture to develop heavy oil reserves in Venezuela in the framework ...

Audio/Video

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Floor Debate of H.R. 3, the "Northern Route App... [Published Committee on Energy and Commerce - YouTube Channel - May 23 2013]
Rep. Waxman Floor Statement on H.R. 3, the Noth... [Published Committee on Energy and Commerce - YouTube Channel - May 22 2013]
Wade Davis: Gorgeous photos of a backyard wilde... [Published TED Talks - YouTube - Feb 26 2013]
Civil Disobedience to Fight Keystone Pipeline [Published The Young Turks - YouTube - Jan 27 2013]
Will Oil Sands Pollution in Canada Halt Keyston... [Published FOX Business - Video - Jan 09 2013]

Press Releases

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Former Senior Environment Canada Scientists Joi... [Published PR inside - 11 hours ago]
Cordy Oilfield Services Inc. Reports First Quar... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - May 23 2013]
EnerVest Energy and Oil Sands Total Return Trus... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - May 22 2013]
Boart Longyear Announces Safe Rescue of Drill R... [Published Business Wire - May 18 2013]
Seair Announces Quarterly Conference Call [Published PR inside - May 17 2013]