Oil
Detroit protests tar sands facilities
June 26, 2013"From start to finish, these tar sands are a terrible idea."
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Major oil-water spill darkens Alberta, Canada
June 13, 2013In the wetlands of northern Alberta, Canada, outside the town of Zama City, everything is stained with the thick, pungent blackness of oil.
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Students, community protest Utah tar sands conference
May 14, 2013Students and concerned citizens from a variety of organizations held a protest at a conference of the Institute for Clean and Secure Energy. The institute promotes use of tar sands, oil shale and coal.
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ExxonMobil threatens to lock out union workers
May 2, 2013ExxonMobil's flat refusal to deal with safety issues at the largest refinery in the U.S. in Baytown, Texas has led the oil firm to threaten to lock out its 850 union employees.
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Major explosion at Detroit tarsands refinery
April 30, 2013A major explosion occurred on April 27 at the Marathon Detroit Refinery in Detroit, sending a thick plume of black smoke into the sky above and pollution into the air.
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