Tar sands emit more carbon than previously estimated

TransCanada to build southern half of Keystone to avoid State Department approval (02/29/2012) Keystone XL is becoming the project that refuses to die: TransCanada, the company behind the pipeline, has said it plans to build the southern half of the pipeline while it waits to determine a new route for the northern section. The company does not need approval from the State Department, which turned down the entire pipeline in January, to build the southern half from Texas to Oklahoma. However, the Obama Administration has embraced the idea. Carrying carbon-intensive tar sands oil down from Canada to a global market, the proposed pipeline galvanized environmental and climate activists last year, resulting in several large protests and civil disobedience actions. Big oil makes $137 billion, gives 28 percent back to themselves (02/13/2012) The world's top five oil companies—BP,...

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@daffodil1209 » 16 Mar '12, 10pm
RT @birdsbeans: Tar sands emissions worse than previously estimated b/c of irreversible peatlands destruction [link] #nokxl
@BirdsBeans » 16 Mar '12, 7pm
Tar sands emissions worse than previously estimated b/c of irreversible peatlands destruction [link] #nokxl
@CarbonFixIt » 15 Mar '12, 10pm
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@YuleHeibel » 15 Mar '12, 4am
Kill the Tarsands. RT @Agent350: RT @drgrist: Tar sands emit more carbon than previously estimated [link]
@Robobm » 14 Mar '12, 11pm
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@bexymax » 14 Mar '12, 11pm
Food for thought. RT@CarbonFixIt: Tar sands emit more carbon than previously estimated [link] #climatechange
@CarbonFixIt » 14 Mar '12, 10pm
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@jenniecph » 14 Mar '12, 5pm
A bad thing, if you were wondering. RT @Agent350 RT @drgrist: Tar sands emit more carbon than previously estimated. [link]
@matmcdermott » 14 Mar '12, 5pm
RT @Agent350: RT @drgrist: Tar sands emit more carbon than previously estimated [link]
@makharya » 14 Mar '12, 5pm
RT @drgrist: Tar sands emit more carbon than previously estimated [link]
@ross_macfarlane » 13 Mar '12, 3pm
Tar sands emit more carbon than previously estimated -- peat key factor [link] via @mongabay
@EcoSystemDown » 13 Mar '12, 2pm
Tar sands emit more carbon than previously estimated. Land is NOT restored. [link] via @mongabay #tarsands #cdnpoli #carbon
@WingschREI » 13 Mar '12, 8am
Tar sands emit more carbon than previously estimated: Source: Mongabay - Environmentalists have targe... [link] #UNclimate
@carbonfinance » 13 Mar '12, 8am
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@JonnyEcology » 12 Mar '12, 10pm
RT @WetlandsInt: Canadian #tarsands emit more carbon than estimated due to #peatlands [link]
@WetlandsInt » 12 Mar '12, 10pm
Canadian #tarsands emit more carbon than estimated due to #peatlands [link]
@philipbethge » 12 Mar '12, 9pm
Tar sands emit more carbon than previously estimated [link] // Read more: [link] #canada #oilsands #energy
@SustainableFeed » 12 Mar '12, 8pm
Tar sands emit more carbon than previously estimated - Mongabay: Environmentalists have targeted the oil-producing t... [link]
@daphnewysham » 12 Mar '12, 8pm
For peat's sake! Don't mine the #tarsands! Peat + tar sands= #climate bomb, worse than thought, says new study. [link] #nokxl
@soladood » 12 Mar '12, 8pm
Tar sands emit more carbon than previously estimated: Environmentalists have targeted the oil-producing tar sand... [link]
@cARTHAN » 12 Mar '12, 7pm
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@MahiTuna » 12 Mar '12, 7pm
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@iin_78 » 12 Mar '12, 7pm
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@TrueBookMachine » 12 Mar '12, 7pm
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@EcoInternet » 12 Mar '12, 7pm
RT @EI_TarSands: #tarsand Tar sands emit more carbon than previously estimated: Mongabay [link] Environmentalists have targeted the oil-prod...
@EI_TarSands » 12 Mar '12, 7pm
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@EI_Toxics » 12 Mar '12, 7pm
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@EI_Forest » 12 Mar '12, 7pm
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@EI_Water » 12 Mar '12, 7pm
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@ISF_KidsArmy_BE » 12 Mar '12, 7pm
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@RamsayMurray » 13 Mar '12, 6am
RT @WetlandsInt: Canadian #tarsands emit more carbon than estimated due to #peatlands [link]
@BelkinB » 13 Mar '12, 3am
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@GuyDauncey » 13 Mar '12, 2am
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@oneptwitt » 13 Mar '12, 12am
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@maclov » 12 Mar '12, 11pm
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@freshcoast952 » 12 Mar '12, 11pm
RT @WetlandsInt: Canadian #tarsands emit more carbon than estimated due to #peatlands [link]
@ISF_Latvia » 12 Mar '12, 10pm
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@fibergeneration » 12 Mar '12, 8pm
Tar sands emit more carbon than previously estimated [link]
@JeroenKlomp » 12 Mar '12, 8pm
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@solarcharge_it » 12 Mar '12, 7pm
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@damukurt » 12 Mar '12, 7pm
RT @EI_TarSands: #tarsand Tar sands emit more carbon than previously estimated: Mongabay [link] Environmentalists have targeted the oil-prod...
@saveborneo » 12 Mar '12, 7pm
Tar sands emit more carbon than previously estimated [link]