Comments on: NEW REPORT – Tar Sands Pipeline Safety Risks – Highlights Great Lakes Pipeline Concerns

By: All Tar Sand Pipelines Are a Bad Idea «

All Tar Sand Pipelines Are a Bad Idea « — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 02:31:42 +0000

[...] Also, check out the new report by the National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, Pipeline Safety Trust, and the Sierra Club: Tar Sands Pipeline Satefy Risks [...]

By: Oil Spill at Michigan’s Capital : Wildlife Promise

Oil Spill at Michigan’s Capital : Wildlife Promise — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:05:22 +0000

[...] Tar sands oil is more corrosive, dirtier, more prone to spills, and harder to clean up than conventional crude oil. Further, extracting and refining tar sands oil requires the destruction of forests in Canada and the use of massive amounts of energy and water. “The process is catastrophic for our environment and will have an even more devastating impact by speeding up climate change. Citizens across North America are fed up with our reliance on such a dirty and dangerous fuel and the catastrophic impact it has on climate change”, said Rita Chapman, Clean Water Program Director at Sierra Club Michigan Chapter. [...]

By: The Great Lakes: Enbridge’s Dumping Ground : Wildlife Promise

The Great Lakes: Enbridge’s Dumping Ground : Wildlife Promise — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:40:31 +0000

[...] federal regulatory agency, PHMSA, completes the study on the corrosive nature of raw tar sands in conventional pipelines and those findings are applied to current [...]

By: Good news and bad news out of Canada

Good news and bad news out of Canada — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:29:09 +0000

[...] on its website about the safety risk to the United States. And the National Wildlife Federation highlighted a new report about the risks to the Great Lakes from tar sands [...]

By: Great Lakes Lawmakers Push for Dangerous Oil Pipelines, Despite Apparent Pipeline Safety Issues : Wildlife Promise

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:38:58 +0000

[...] of America – threatening the Ogallala aquifer, wildlife and communities. In a recent report, Tar Sands Pipeline Safety Risks, it’s explained that transporting raw tar sands oil through pipelines is more corrosive, toxic, [...]

By: Earth Day Commandments for the Great Lakes : Wildlife Promise

Earth Day Commandments for the Great Lakes : Wildlife Promise — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:59:02 +0000

[...] sloppy, greedy oil companies: Get involved in efforts to prevent pipeline accidents and keep dangerous new oil pipelines from being built [...]

By: Michigan Oil Spill Victims Voice Concerns and Frustration : Wildlife Promise

Michigan Oil Spill Victims Voice Concerns and Frustration : Wildlife Promise — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:44:46 +0000

[...] The growing concern around this unstable product was highlighted in a recent report titled: Tar Sands Pipelines Safety Risks. [...]

By: M M Smith

M M Smith — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 04:53:00 +0000

The issue in WI. with Walker attacking Unions is a deviation from the real goal of Koch Industries and other Companies in mining, etc… which is to extract and use the whole Great Lakes area on the US side. This is what I think is happening and we are taking the eye of the ball of what is happening here.