How to ruin the lives of 30 million Americans (w/ action items)

by LaughingPlanet

Having seen the huge clusterfuck that is the Athabasca oil sands in Alberta, the cluele$$ bureaucrats of of Utah have become inspired. Cha-ching!

A hearing today in Salt Lake City will discuss what would be the 1st proposed tar sands project ever in United States. Sure, Utah had an oil spill not 2 months ago. But that was then, this is now.

This time the moose will pull a rabbit out of the hat, I'm just sure of it.

Or maybe not.

Heavy metals & other pollutants will be unearthed upstream from several major US cities who depend on the Colorado River to, ya know, survive.

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ACTION! Utah seeks 1st tar sands project in US history

by LaughingPlanet

Having seen the huge clusterfuck that is the Athabasca oil sands in Alberta, the magic underpants-wearing wingnuts of Utah have become inspired.

Me too! they say.

There is a hearing tomorrow in Salt Lake City to discuss what would be the 1st proposed tar sands project ever in United States. Sure, Utah had a major oil spill not 2 months ago. But that was then, this is now.

This time the moose will pull a rabbit out of the hat, I'm just sure of it.

Or maybe not.

Even the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, which is eying the "tar sands" of Utah for commercial development, acknowledges their development would "completely displace all other uses of the land."

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Game Changer: EPA Asserts Tar Sands Pipeline Environmental Analysis is Inadequate

by Bruce Nilles

This week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) blasted the State Department's draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline - asserting that the EIS is "woefully deficient" because "the Draft EIS does not provide the scope or detail of analysis necessary to fully inform decision makers and the public, and we recommend that additional information and analysis be provided."

The Keystone XL is a massive pipeline designed to carry tar sands oil from Canada into the U.S., and we've long called its EIS inadequate. Now our nation's environmental watchdog is putting its weight and expertise behind that assessment.

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