Canada, U.S. increasingly at odds over pollution issues

Posted on June 28, 2008 by John Donovan.
Categories: Canada, Environment, United States.

Other looming issues include:

• Shell Canada’s plans for a heavy-oil refinery near Sarnia that could produce 150,000 to 200,000 barrels per day of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.

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Washington fines Shell refinery $110,000

Posted on June 26, 2008 by John Donovan.
Categories: Environment.

The Washington Department of Labor and Industries has cited the Shell refinery at Anacortes for 23 safety and health violations and proposed $110,000 in penalties.

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Exxon Valdez $2.5 bln oil spill ruling overturned

Posted on June 25, 2008 by John Donovan.
Categories: Alaska, Environment, Exxon Mobil, Thomson Reuters.

WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out the record $2.5 billion in punitive damages that Exxon Mobil Corp had been ordered to pay for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska, the nation’s worst tanker spill.

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Decision time for the planet

As global coal use spirals, governments must decide whether to embrace a controversial new technology that some say is our only hope of tackling climate change

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Fiat criticised for CO2 ad claims

Posted on by John Donovan.
Categories: Environment, The Guardian.

Previously the ASA has censured companies such as Suzuki, Shell, Ryanair and Toyota for so-called “greenwash” where companies overstate their environmental credentials.

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Is the fuel crisis a blessing in disguise?

Posted on June 23, 2008 by John Donovan.
Categories: Climate Change, Environment, The Guardian.

It depends on your point of view, of course, but there is some evidence that the surge in oil prices is succeeding where green campaigners and government initiatives have not…

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Alcoa, Shell Want Climate Plan, Global Carbon Limits

Posted on June 20, 2008 by John Donovan.
Categories: Bloomberg, Climate Change, Environment.

June 20 (Bloomberg) — Alcoa Inc., Royal Dutch Shell Plc and 97 other companies are urging world leaders to devise a plan for fighting global warming by setting greenhouse-gas targets for all nations and creating an international carbon market.

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EPA permit brings Shell a step closer to drilling in Beaufort Sea

Posted on by John Donovan.
Categories: CNNMoney.com, Environment.

The EPA permit allows Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of Dutch-owned Royal Dutch Shell PLC, to release up to 245 tons of nitrogen oxides at each of its drilling sites in the Beaufort Sea.

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Sakhalin Whales Panel Faults Gas Venture

Posted on June 14, 2008 by John Donovan.
Categories: Dow Jones Newswires, Environment.

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- A scientific panel report released Friday revealed ongoing concerns that the Sakhalin-II oil and gas joint venture hasn’t complied with all of recommendations on the protection of the endangered Western Gray Whale.

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Shell extends assessment deadline on propose St, Clair Township refinery

Posted on June 9, 2008 by John Donovan.
Categories: Canada, Environment.

Project manager Amrik Ahluwalia notified local leaders Friday that the company would not meet its June 25 deadline, saying Shell has developed some breakthrough technology to reduce the refinery’s environmental footprint that the company wants to further explore.

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