Green groups: Keystone XL to increase tar sands production by 36 per cent

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Major new report aims to give President Obama the evidence he needs to reject controversial pipeline

The Keystone XL pipeline would boost oil production from Canadian tar sands by at least 36 per cent leading to an inevitable increase in greenhouse gas emissions, according to a major new report from a...

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