Tag Archives: tar sands/oil sands

What’s Keystone XL Got To Do With It?

Posted on February 4, 2013 by

Let’s face it. The opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline isn’t about dirty oil. It’s about oil. James Hansen and the other leading opponents focus on the GHGs that will be released when all of the oil in the Canadian … Continue reading →

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Don’t Hate the Pipeline: Hate the Fuel—Or Better Yet, Tax It.

Posted on June 11, 2012 by

Alberta’s tar sands—or, as pitchmen prefer to call them, oil sands—are to transportation as cow dung is to cooking: a dirty way to reach a goal.  Cleaner alternatives, like LPG for cooking or even Saudi oil for cars, exist, but … Continue reading →

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The Midwest Oil Glut Hasn’t Lowered Gas Prices; Ending the Glut Won’t Raise Them

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

Sometime later this week the owners of the Seaway pipeline will announce that they’ve completed the first stage of reversing the flow of oil on the line and have started carrying 150,000 barrels of crude each day from Cushing, Oklahoma … Continue reading →

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