Keystone Advocates Inject Ukraine into Pipeline Debate | InsideClimate News

http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20140415/keystone-advocates-inject-u

Communities Find That Oil Trains Are A Disaster Waiting To Happen | ThinkProgress

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/04/17/3427500/oil-trains-disaste

While America Waits On Keystone Decision, A Different Tar Sands Pipeline Just Got Approved | ThinkProgress

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/03/07/3375621/canadian-tar-sands

Shale Gas - global perspective - KPMG Global Energy Institute

https://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/

Old Story, New Threat: Fracking and the global land grab

http://www.tni.org/sites/www.tni.org/files/download/fracking_old_story

Nebraska's court ruling deeming Keystone XL's route void is a win for landowners, water and climate | Anthony Swift's Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC

http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/aswift/why_nebraskas_court_ruling_de

Conflict in Oil Industry, Awash in Crude - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/13/business/energy-environment/an-oil-i

It's Not Just Carbon Emissions: Keystone XL Would Have 'Permanent Impacts' On Wildlife, Interior Department Says | ThinkProgress

The agency is the latest to highlight shortcomings in the State Department's Draft Environmental Impact Statement. The post It Not Just Carbon Emissions: Keystone XL Would Have ‘Permanent Impacts’ On Wildlife, Interior Department Says appeared first on ThinkProgress.    
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/19/2249931/keystone-pipeline-

Green Car Congress: Univ. of Regina researchers propose new enhanced heavy oil recovery process for Western Canada

Researchers at the University of Regina, Saskatchewan are proposing a new enhanced heavy oil recovery (EHOR) process: Cyclic Production with Continuous Solvent Injection (CPCSI). The recovery factors (RFs) are up to 85% of original oil in place (OOIP) in 1-D...
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2013/08/201320818-regina.htm

Beyond Keystone XL: Three Controversial Pipelines You Probably Haven't Heard Of

While the national debate has been centered on the Keystone XL pipeline, the oil and gas industry's network of pipelines is spreading into communities across the U.S. The post Beyond Keystone XL: Three Controversial Pipelines You Probably Haven’t Heard Of appeared first on ThinkProgress.    
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/16/2449421/beyond-keystone-3-

Inspector General to Investigate Keystone XL House of Cards : Compass

Last Friday the State Department Office of the Inspector General confirmed that it will investigate evidence that the agency violated ethics guidelines when it hired an oil industry consultant to draft the Keystone XL environmental impact statement This evidence adds...
http://sierraclub.typepad.com/compass/2013/08/inspector-general-to-inv

Tar Sands Oil Has Been Leaking Into Alberta For 10 Weeks And No One Knows How To Stop It | ThinkProgress

The first leak was reported on May 20, with three others following in the weeks after -- making it at least 10 weeks that oil has been flowing unabated. The post Tar Sands Oil Has Been Leaking Into Alberta For 10 Weeks And No One Knows How To Stop It appeared first on ThinkProgress.    
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/07/29/2283411/tar-sands-oil-has-

Obama and Keystone Pipeline Statement | The Energy Collective

In his big June climate speech, president Obama said he would approve the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline only if it “does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution.” In an interview with The New York Times this week, Obama repeated that point.
http://theenergycollective.com/josephromm/254676/obama-keystone-jobs-b

Obama Calls Out Republicans For Wasting Time On Keystone: 'That's Not A Jobs Plan' | ThinkProgress

Job creation? Keystone's not it, Obama says. The post Obama Calls Out Republicans For Wasting Time On Keystone: ‘That Not A Jobs Plan’ appeared first on ThinkProgress.    
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/07/30/2384551/obama-keystone-job

Nobody Extracting Tar Sands Has Any Idea How to Clean Them Up : Compass

Last week, it was confirmed that there have been four recent tar sands oil spill sites identified in Alberta, Canada with some containing leaks that have been spewing toxic oil as long as six weeks -- all while the oil...
http://sierraclub.typepad.com/compass/2013/07/nobody-extracting-tar-sa

Tar sands well blowout raises questions about Alberta's regulatory oversight | Danielle Droitsch's Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC

Danielle Droitsch, Director, Canada Project, Washington, D.C.: As a tar sands well blowout enters its 10th week contaminating a large area of Canada Boreal Forest killing dozens of animals, a new report reveals that Alberta regulatory system to prevent and enforce tar sands operations is lax and.
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/ddroitsch/tar_sands_well_blowout_rai

Tar Sands Regulation and Inspection and Public Safety | The Energy Collective

Canada is under pressure to prove the tar sands can be cleaned up, but a new report finds that environmental protection and enforcement on infractions to be abysmal.
http://theenergycollective.com/kgrandia/252506/new-report-less-1-perce

The Alberta Oil Sands Have Been Leaking for 9 Weeks : Climate Desk

And no one knows how to stop it. Nine weeks ago, an oil leak started at a tar sands extraction operation in Cold Lake, Alberta, and it  showing no signs of stopping. On Friday, the Toronto Star eported that an anonymous government scientist who had been to the spill site—which is operated by Canadi
http://climatedesk.org/2013/07/the-alberta-oil-sands-have-been-leaking

New analysis: As a driver of tar sands expansion, Keystone XL fails President Obama's climate test | Susan Casey-Lefkowitz's Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC

Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, Director International Program, Washington, D.C.: In June President Obama laid out a plan for the U.S. to tackle climate change including a climate test for the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. A new economic and environmental analysis from NRDC makes it clear that the.
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/sclefkowitz/new_analysis_keystone_xl

12-16-11 2 - Breaking News Keystone XL Pipeline, with Joe Romm - Countdown with Keith Olbermann

With today's decision by the Obama Administration to deny the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project, I came across this interview by Keith Olbermann with Joe Romm back in December talking about the project.  Back in December the Republicans tied the Keystone XL project to passing the Payroll Tax Deduction and attempted to force the Administration to make a decision within 60 days.  Well, the Administration did so and said that the Republicans push to make a decision now forced the Administration to just deny the request outright, because they couldn't make a decision so quickly.

In any case Olbermann and Romm had a great discussion of the points back then.