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US State Department Issues Permit for Alberta Clipper Pipeline for Oil Sands Crude Delivery to US

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The US State Department has issued a Presidential Permit to Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership to enable construction of the Alberta Clipper pipeline for the transport of crude oil from the Canadian oil sands to US refineries. In early August, the Renewable Fuels Association launched a “They Said What?”

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RAND reports suggest US DoD use less petroleum fuel to deal with high prices, not count on alternatives

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However, the US military can play an important role in promoting stability in major oil producing regions and by helping protect the flow of energy through major transit corridors and on the high seas, the reports suggest. In the lead report, Bartis notes that global oil supplies are finite and thus, at some point, oil production must peak.

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Report Finds Water Stress Rapidly Becoming Key Strategic Risk to Commerce; Impending Water/Energy Collision

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Water consumption or withdrawals per unit of energy produced, by energy type, in the United States. Pulp and paper manufacturing is the third largest consumer of water as well as fossil-based energy in the United States. by Jack Rosebro. Source: DHI Group. Click to enlarge. Climate change. Metals and Mining.

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HEI report identifies potential health consequences from new vehicle fuels and technologies; recommended actions

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HEI is a nonprofit corporation chartered in 1980 as an independent research organization to provide high-quality, impartial, and relevant science on the health effects of air pollution. There is increased development and use of a number of fuels from unconventional sources such as tar sands, oil shale, and coal.

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TransCanada to re-apply for a Keystone XL permit, striving to maintain construction schedule

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TransCanada Corporation, saying it was “ disappointed ” by the decision on Wednesday to deny the Presidential Permit for Keystone XL ( " src=" ">, also said it remains fully committed to the construction of the pipeline. Canada and the United States enjoy the single most important energy relationship in the world.

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ExxonMobil Outlook projects hybrids and advanced vehicles to account for nearly 50% of cars globally by 2040; fuel demand for for personal vehicles to peak and decline, while commercial transportation demand rises 70%

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Exxon Mobil Corporation’s new The Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040 , released last week, projects that global energy demand in 2040 will be about 30% higher than it was in 2010 as population grows to 9 billion and global GDP doubles. Renewable fuels will see strong growth. Source: ExxonMobil Outlook. Click to enlarge.

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What Does Henry Waxman Know About Climate That Made Him Quit?

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Waxman knows that the Canadian tar sands are game over for the climate. He knows that fracking California just helps put the unneeded nail in the coffin and that our current national orgy of oil production is the climate’s sodom and Gomorrah. I think Henry called “No mas!” Fair enough, Henry.

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