Energy policy – Mar 1
Syriza: another energy is possible / Renewable energy grab in the Sahara? / China cuts coal use / Canada and Keystone
Keystone XL
Could NAFTA force the Keystone XL pipeline on the United States?
If the U.S. government fails to approve the Keystone XL pipeline soon or rejects it outright, the Canadians may challenge the delay or rejection under the provisions of NAFTA. This move opens up a politically attractive option not previously available to the Obama administration.
Tar Sands Oil Boom Drives Push for A Northern Pipeline
As debate over the Keystone XL and other pipeline projects continues, crude oil from the Alberta tar sands and western U.S. oil fields is increasingly being hauled by railroad. Critics warn that this development poses a threat not only to the environment but to public safety.
Keystone XL Pipeline: A Potential Mirage for Oil-sands Investors [report]
Approval of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline would have only a marginal positive impact on the economics of the Canadian oil-sands industry, but could nevertheless trigger a rush of high-risk investment into additional projects that would rely heavily on rising oil prices, according to new research from the Carbon Tracker Initiative.
Why the U.S. Is Becoming Ground Zero For the Dirtiest Energy
“We don’t want the unconventional fuel industry to gain a foothold on the Colorado Plateau,” said Taylor McKinnon of Grand Canyon Trust. “The U.S. unconventional fuel carbon bomb is bigger than Alberta’s."
Walking for a Change of Heart: The compassionate earth walk
A group of people will be walking through the Great Plains, along the proposed Keystone XL route, for three months this summer. We hope to make connections with communities along the way.
For Earth Day I Wrote a Letter about the Keystone XL Pipeline (Instead of Signing a Petition)
"Speaking truth to power" was originally a Quaker phrase. Many of us act in ways that might seem to go against common sense, against apparent rationality. This has to do with a belief in what has been called deep ethics, a belief, as I have written about briefly here, that what one does matters even if it might seem insignificant or hopeless at the time.