Not only is tar sands oil a dirty fossil fuel; it is the dirtiest.
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Little passion greeted President Joe Biden s decision to kill the Keystone XL pipeline. Remarkably little.
Sure, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney called the move an insult. His Canadian province had sunk $1.1 billion into the project, designed to transport dirty oil from Alberta s tar sands to refineries on the Gulf of Mexico.
But the Keystone XL pipeline was an artifact from an earlier time. When it was proposed in 2008, the price of crude had jumped to over $120 a barrel, causing some to fret that the energy supply would fall short of demand.
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Canada to quarantine travelers, suspend flights to Mexico and Caribbean
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is shown in a file photo. (Photo by Arindam Shivaani/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
TORONTO, Canada - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced stricter restrictions on travelers in response to new, likely more contagious variants of the novel coronavirus including making it mandatory for travelers to quarantine in a hotel at their own expense when they arrive in Canada and suspending airline service to Mexico and all Caribbean destinations until April 30.
Trudeau said in addition to the pre-boarding test Canada already requires, the government will be introducing mandatory PCR testing at the airport for people returning to Canada.
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Experts including Dr. Fauci say double masking could help prevent COVID-19 spread
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Planning on taking public transportation anytime soon? You re going to need a mask.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an order late Friday requiring people on airplanes, ships, ferries, trains, subways, buses, taxis and ride-shares to wear a face mask while waiting, boarding, traveling and disembarking. The order applies to those traveling into, within or out of the U.S.