CHICAGO, Illinois, June 10, 2008 (ENS) - In a case that could affect oil refineries around the country, plans by ConocoPhillips to expand its refinery in Roxana, Illinois were sidelined on Friday when an appeal board of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency upheld a challenge to the air permit required for the project. The decision sends ConocoPhillips and the Illinois EPA, which had granted the permits for the Wood River refinery expansion, back to the drawing board. 
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TravellingAlberta.com offers one-of-a-kind oil sands vacation packages | Greenpeace Canada
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Submitted by greenpeace_canada on Thu, 2008-07-03 17:54. | Tags: politics | technology | transportation | travel | Alberta | oil sands | Stelmach | syncrude | tailing pond | tar sands

U.S. EPA says No to Canada's Dirty Tar Sands
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Submitted by itstimetoriseup on Thu, 2008-06-12 17:27. | Tags: politics | alberta government | climate change | connocophillips | global warming | oil sands | refinery | Stelmach | tar sands | US EPA

Top 10 Reasons to Hate Canada's Tar Sands
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1. Residents of communities living downstream from tar sands operations are experiencing unusually high rates of rare cancers and auto-immune diseases. Dr. John O’Connor spoke out on the occurrance of rare cancer clusters in the community of Fort Chipewyan.
2. The Alberta tar sands are the fastest growing contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in Canada at approximately 40% of the country’s emissions.
Submitted by itstimetoriseup on Wed, 2008-06-11 20:56. | Tags: nature | politics | Alberta | climate change | global warming | oil sands | Stelmach | tar sands

How to Boil a Frog presents Elizabeth May
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Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada, discusses the lack of action taken by the Harper government on global warming, especially in light of tar sands development.
Submitted by How to Boil a Frog on Sat, 2008-02-02 23:56. | Tags: politics | Alberta | Baird | canada | climate change | CO2 | election | frog | global warming | Green Party | Harper | May | Stelmach | tar sands