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Canada Launches Heavy Oil Working Group to Promote Cleaner Fossil Fuels

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The Government of Canada has established a Heavy Oil Working Group. Comprising countries such as Canada, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, the United States and Venezuela, the Heavy Oil Working Group will collaborate on clean energy research to reduce the impact of fossil fuel development. Minister Paradis. Minister Paradis.

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CERA: Canadian Oil Sands Poised to Become the Top Source of Crude Imports to the US in 2010; Could Contribute Up To 36% of US Oil and Refined Products Imports by 2030

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Growth of production of Canadian oil sands. The Canadian oil sands are now poised to become the number one source of US crude oil imports in 2010, according to new research from the IHS CERA Canadian Oil Sands Dialogue. Also certain fields in the Gulf of Mexico and the Middle East have comparable GHG emissions. —“The

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Ground breaks on Washington West Coast Electric Highway

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Mayor Dan Pike; and local businesses including Starbucks and REI, celebrated the ground breaking of the state’s first DC fast charger and its segment of the West Coast Electric Highway. The state’s first public DC fast-charging station is located in the Bellingham’s Sehome Village Shopping Center. Earlier post.)

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BP Pledges $500M for Independent Research into Impact of Deepwater Horizon Spill on Marine Environment

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BP pledged up to $500 million to an open research program studying the impact of the Deepwater Horizon incident, and its associated response, on the marine and shoreline environment of the Gulf of Mexico. How do oil, the dispersed oil and the dispersant behave on the seabed, in the water column, on the surface, and on the shoreline?

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US Department of Interior Conditionally Approves Shell’s Exploration Plan For Certain Chukchi Sea Leases in Arctic

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The US Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS) has approved , with conditions, Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc.’s billion for leases during Chukchi Sea Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193. s Exploration Plan to drill three exploratory, information-gathering wells in the Chukchi Sea. In 2008, Shell’s subsidiary paid $2.1

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NRC report concludes hydraulic fracturing poses low risk for causing earthquakes, but risks are higher for wastewater injection wells; CCS impact undetermined

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Because oil and gas development, carbon capture and storage, and geothermal energy production each involve net fluid injection or withdrawal, all have at least the potential to induce earthquakes that could be felt by people. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2012. National Research Council.

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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

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Jenkins: Energy systems became globalized in the middle of the 20th century and then encountered global supply shocks, like the oil embargoes of the ’70s. So when Texas got hit by Uri, it couldn’t pull power from New Mexico or Colorado or further away in the Eastern Interconnection. Does HVDC have a role to play in the U.S.

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