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EcoWatch: In the President’s recent speech on climate change, he said “our national interest will be served only if [Keystone XL] does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution.”
There are many reasons that the Keystone XL pipeline will clearly exacerbate the problem of climate pollution … but one that is often overlooked (at our peril) is the problem of petroleum coke a.k.a. “petcoke.” Petcoke is a refining byproduct of tar sands oil, and when burned is substantially dirtier than coal......
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Keystone XL’s Petcoke Byproduct Could Single Handedly Wreck the Climate
Posted by EcoWatch: David Turnbull on July 8th, 2013
Posted in Water Conservation