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- Tar sands remains sticky wicket in South Portland (10/21/13)
High-flying rhetoric, myriad press events and dramatic pronouncements have been the hallmark of the campaign for the Waterfront Protection Ordinance.
- Canadian official: Oil on MM&A train mislabeled as less volatile (9/11/13)
The crude oil aboard a Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway train that destroyed the downtown area of Lac-Megantic, Quebec, and killed 47 people was improperly classified, Canadian transportation safety officials said Wednesday.
- Deerfield Valley Airport plans unveiled (7/24/13)
DOVER -- Residents and town officials filled the Hermitage Inn for an informational presentation on the Deerfield Valley Airport, focusing on present and future plans for the newly acquired property.
- Quebec tragedy unlikely to slow oil shipments via rail (7/10/13)
With shipments of crude rising, some say an accident as happened in Quebec was inevitable, but others say trains are the only — and safest — way to move the fuel
- Portland-Montreal Pipe Line faces dual threat from Canada (9/15/13)
Two pipeline proposals could reduce the need for overseas oil that moves through Maine.
- Irving emerges as one suitor for Maine railway (8/21/13)
Canadian conglomerate J.D. Irving Ltd.'s NB&M Railways has been in discussions with the state about the process of buying the embattled Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway. The company said Tuesday it wants to ensure operation of a critical rail link to Irving Oil's New Brunswick refinery and other businesses.
- South Portland planners to meet on anti-tar sands ordinance (7/22/13)
At the request of the South Portland City Council, a Waterfront Protection Ordinance by opponents of Canadian tar sands oil will come before the South Portland Planning Board Tuesday night