Trump Approved Shipping Tar Sands by Rail to Alaska. The Project's Owners Are Banking on a Melting Arctic

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By Steve HornOct 30, 2020, 3:27 pm922 ptsInteresting
Read time: 9 mins On September 28, President Donald Trump signed a presidential permit to ship Alberta’s tar sands oil via a proposed 1,600-mile private rail line across the U.S.-Canada border into Alaska. The permit, given to the company Alaska-Alberta Railway Development Corporation, is the same type of…

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