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Sunday, June 1, 2014
New York Fracking Opponents call for a moratorium of 3-5 years!
Total SA suspends $11B Joslyn oil sands mine in Alberta, lays off up to 150 staff
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Good news concerning the Joslyn Mine in Alberta Canada
“Joslyn is facing the same challenge that most of the industry worldwide is in the sense that the costs are continuing to inflate when the oil price and specifically the netbacks from the oil sands are remaining stable at best,” he said. That is squeezing margins and “cannot be sustainable in the long-term.”
Total SA suspends $11B Joslyn oil sands mine in Alberta
WORKER DEATHS
On Workers Memorial Day, a new post on The Pump Handle about the second worker fatality of 2014 for Canada's oil sands company, Suncor:
http://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/2014/04/28/second-2014-worker-fatality-at-suncor-alberta-oil-sands-facility-highlights-alarming-industry-death-rate/
The industry, according to records available through Alberta Occupational Health and Safety, suggest the provinces oil and gas extraction industry – which Alberta's energy agency says provides 1 in 16 of the province's jobs – has an alarmingly high rate of occupational fatalities -- on average over the past five years, about a third of those incidents on record with Alberta OHS.Alberta is where most of Canada 's oil reserves are located and where oil sands extraction was pioneered.
Please feel free to share and repost, and thanks as always for reading ~ Lizzie
http://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/2014/04/28/second-2014-worker-fatality-at-suncor-alberta-oil-sands-facility-highlights-alarming-industry-death-rate/
The industry, according to records available through Alberta Occupational Health and Safety, suggest the provinces oil and gas extraction industry – which Alberta's energy agency says provides 1 in 16 of the province's jobs – has an alarmingly high rate of occupational fatalities -- on average over the past five years, about a third of those incidents on record with Alberta OHS.
Please feel free to share and repost, and thanks as always for reading ~ Lizzie
Elizabeth Grossman
office & cell: 503-704-5637
Twitter: lizzieg1
skype: lizzie.grossman
We don’t always hear about worker deaths; and certainly we have no way of knowing of citizen health issues of those living and working around mines, processing plants, and trans-load facilities, but it is atrocious to know that particulates are frequently being reported by citizens at their residences both in the City and the rural areas at distances from the facilities. We ask for transparency in reporting all deaths related to the mining industry!
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OIL TRAINS AFFECTING MANY STATES
THE ARTICLES BELOW PROVIDE IMPORTANT INFORMATION
You will find the information below pretty shocking. It shows the linkages between the tar sands, Bakken Crude Oil, and oil from the East to West Coast via rails, terminals, etc. It is not complete but we have discovered more terminals along the way for both CP and BNSF. Many of you are connected to hydraulic fracturing, frac sand mining, processing facilities, terminals, rails etc. Overlay this activity with the pipeline activity and you will realize there would be few people not impacted by the dirty oil industry in some way. (Guy Wolf)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
28 May 2014
Contact:
Lorne Stockman, lorne@priceofoil.org, 540-679-1097
David Turnbull, david@priceofoil.org, 202-316-3499
New Report Outlines the Rise of Crude-by-Rail in North America
First Major Analysis of Booming Bomb Train Industry
Today Oil Change International released the first major exposé of the burgeoning crude-by-rail industry in North America , detailing where crude trains are being loaded and unloaded, how many oil trains are crossing the North American continent, and what companies are involved.
Runaway Train: The Reckless Expansion of Crude By Rail in North America is the first in a series, exposing North America’s booming crude-by-rail industry. It is published in conjunction with the launch of a unique interactive online map of crude-by-rail terminals and potential routes in North America .
The report and map can be found at www.priceofoil.org/rail
“This analysis shows just how out of control the oil industry is in North America today. Regulators are unable to keep up with the industry’s expansion-at-any-cost mentality, and public safety is playing second fiddle to industry profits,” said Lorne Stockman, Research Director of Oil Change International and author of the report.
“This is what the All of the Above Energy Strategy looks like – a runaway train headed straight for North American communities,” Stockman said.
The report shows that there are currently over 230 crude-by-rail terminals in Canada United States
Today, one million barrels of crude oil per day is loaded and unloaded on the North American rail network, meaning roughly 135 trains of 100 cars each are moving dangerous crude oil each day through the continent. But if used at full capacity, existing loading and unloading terminals could handle 3.5 times more crude-by-rail traffic and by 2016 that capacity could grow to over 5 times current levels.
“Communities are already waking up to the dangers of oil trains barreling through their backyards, with spills, explosions and derailments happening all too often. This report and online tool will help provide the critical information that’s been sorely missing in order to shine a light on what’s really going on, and to help stop the runaway train of crude-by-rail in its tracks before more damage is done,” Stockman said.
The oil industry is simultaneously pushing both new pipelines and increased crude-by-rail on the North American public and recent pipeline spills and train accidents show that the neither is safe. Spills from both transport methods are on the rise.
This report comes ahead of a nation-wide week of action planned for July 6 Р13 in opposition to oil by rail organized by Oil Change International, ForestEthics, 350.org, the Sierra Club, residents of Lac-M̩gantic, and a number of other organizations. See more at www.stopoiltrains.org
Future reports in this series by Oil Change International will look at the economics of crude-by-rail, safety, and climate change issues. Please see www.priceofoil.org/rail for the map and links to reports and data.
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Lorne Stockman
Research Director
Oil Change International
714 G Street SE, Suite 202
Washington, DC 20003P: 1 540 679 1097
W: priceofoil.org -- refineryreport.org/
FB: /priceofoil
T: @priceofoil -- @LorneStockman
Research Director
Oil Change International
714 G Street SE, Suite 202
Washington, DC 20003P: 1 540 679 1097
W: priceofoil.org -- refineryreport.org/
FB: /priceofoil
T: @priceofoil -- @LorneStockman
Results for Proposed Initiative #75
You can read a summary of the proposition at the Colorado Sec of State
webistehttp://www.sos.state.co.us/.../2013-2014/75Results.html
- Community Rights Alliance of Winneshiek County
webistehttp://www.sos.state.co.us/.../2013-2014/75Results.html
- Community Rights Alliance of Winneshiek County
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