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Keystone fears resonate along New England oil pipeline
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 17th, 2013
Washington Post: The Canadian energy industry insists it has no plans to reverse the flow of a pipeline that carries crude oil from Maine to Montreal, but that has done little to reassure New England towns that oppose the idea and the 18 members of Congress asking for a full environmental review.
Environmentalists in the U.S. and Canada started raising the alarm about oil they call "tar sands' or "oil sands' being moved through northern New England several months ago.
"It's a climate-destructive fuel, and Vermont...
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Evacuation orders lifted as Colorado wildfire eases
Posted by Reuters: Keith Coffman on March 17th, 2013
Reuters: Evacuation orders were lifted on Saturday for hundreds of Colorado residents forced to flee their homes due to a wind-driven wildfire in a canyon northwest of Denver, as firefighters made progress in containing the blaze, officials said. Calmer winds, higher humidity levels and cooler temperatures allowed firefighters to cut containment lines around 45 percent of the so-called Galena Fire, said Nick Christensen, spokesman for the Larimer County Sheriff's Office. The blaze signaled an early start...