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- South Portland girds for legal battle, praised for precedent on its tar sands ban (7/22/14)
Conservation groups and other areas celebrate the city’s stand against the heavy crude, as opponents map out strategies for overturning the new regulation.
- National Wildlife Federation sues for release of tar sands documents (4/25/14)
The nonprofit group is seeking a 2008 letter detailing a plan Portland Pipe Line Corp. had to reverse the flow of its Portland-Montreal pipeline to carry tar sands to Maine.
- South Portland Planning Board backs extension of tar sands moratorium (4/9/14)
SOUTH PORTLAND — The Planning Board on Tuesday endorsed an 180-day extension of the moratorium on tar sands developments, which is set to expire May 5.
- Canada approves eastward flow of oil, worrying some Mainers (3/7/14)
Canada’s National Energy Board announced Thursday it has approved the reversal of a pipeline that would bring oil sands from Alberta to a refinery in Montreal and closer to Maine.
- Opinion: Science shows crude from oil sands no riskier than conventional crude (3/3/14)
BRUNSWICK — Maine has endured a great deal of winter this winter. No one is more familiar with the challenges of winter weather than the 350 members of the Maine Energy Marketers Association, who work every day to ensure we all have dependable access to the energy we need to heat our homes and power our economy.
- Waterville activists holding fewer tar sands pipeline protests (4/27/14)
With a decision on the $5.4 billion project not expected for several months, the need for their efforts is less urgent, they said.
- South Portland adds 6 months to tar sands moratorium (4/24/14)
SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council on Wednesday extended a moratorium on tar sands and approved a transfer of $15,000 additional funds to the city property tax assistance program.
- Owner disputes report that Maine oil pipeline has exceeded life span (3/13/14)
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — Environmentalists are pointing to a New Hampshire court document as evidence the Portland-Montreal pipeline has exceeded its life span and can’t be trusted to safely transport so-called tar sands oil.
- New England on ‘high alert’ after Canadian pipeline reversal approved (3/7/14)
The decision has regional environmental groups raising the alarms, warning the industry is now one step closer to being able to transport tar sands and other corrosive crude oil from the west, through Ontario and Quebec, over the border into Vermont, and then to the Maine coast for export.
- South Portland council selects oil sands committee (1/24/14)
The South Portland City Council on Wednesday selected three volunteers who will develop an ordinance barring the importation of Canadian oil sands into the city.