{"id":26250,"date":"2010-07-28T08:10:27","date_gmt":"2010-07-28T08:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/epa-battles-on-tar-sands-with-state-department\/"},"modified":"2010-07-28T08:10:27","modified_gmt":"2010-07-28T08:10:27","slug":"epa-battles-on-tar-sands-with-state-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurism\/epa-battles-on-tar-sands-with-state-department.php","title":{"rendered":"EPA Battles on Tar Sands with State Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

If you have been following the news on the pipelines that would carry tar sands oil (the world’s dirtiest fuel) from Canada to the US, you’ll be glad to know that the EPA is now trying to slow down the process and possibily stop these pipelines with the State Department.\u00a0 The EPA told the SD their EIS doesn’t cut it: http:\/\/bit.ly\/b0ShYv<\/a><\/p>\n

The Minnesota Clipper pipeline portion was personally approved by Hillary Clinton last year, disappointing me and all environmentally aware people\u00a0 here in the U.S.\u00a0 Now another new pipeline is being considered for approval, and given Clinton’s record, it will likely be approved.\u00a0 But the EPA is stepping in to say Wait a Minute!\u00a0 Here’s an excerpt from the article from the NYT.<\/p>\n

As we\u2019ve reported, the State Department is considering whether to approve a huge new pipeline called Keystone XL that will bring crude from Canada\u2019s oil sands all the way to the Gulf of Mexico.<\/p>\n

A new pipeline would vastly expand the amount of oil extracted from Canadian oil sands that is used in the United States \u2013 which could be good in terms of energy security.<\/p>\n

But environmental groups contend that this oil comes with an unacceptable array of environmental problems, from a relatively heavy production of greenhouse gas emissions to destruction of northern, or boreal, forests.<\/p>\n

In a letter to the State Department dated Friday, the federal Environmental Protection Agency for the first time officially weighed in on the decision, describing the State Department\u2019s draft environmental impact statement for the Keystone XL project as inadequate.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

It said the government had far more research to conduct and information to collect before it could consider the pipeline proposal.<\/p>\n

Among the items agency said it found deficient in the draft environmental impact statement were the discussion of potential greenhouse gas emissions associated with the project, pipeline safety and spill-response planning, as well as the impact on indigenous Canadian communities.<\/p>\n

Read more here. Hopefully the EPA will stop this pipeline and eventually, the entire project bringing this oil into the U.S.\u00a0 If the U.S. doesn’t buy this dirty oil, they will try to export it.\u00a0 It’s extremely expensive oil though, and it’s possible no one else will be able to afford it.\u00a0 It’s time for renewable energy taking over for fossil fuels now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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