[Vision2020] First New US Oil Refinery Since 1976 In N. D?

[Ted Moffett]

A new refinery is proposed to be built in North Dakota that would process
Canada's tar sands product:

http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2009/09/02/news/opinion/editorials/doc4a9e78360118f333939616.txt

 Sep 02, 2009 - 09:05:16 CDT

No new oil refineries have been approved in the United States since 1976.
But last week, three federal agencies issued a final environment impact
statement for a 13,000-barrel per day clean fuels refinery proposed by the
Three Affiliated Tribes for a site near Makoti. The proposed refinery would
process pre-refined oil from Canadian tar sands into gasoline, diesel, jet
fuel and propane.
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* * No New Oil Refinery in Fort Berthold!

Environmental Awareness Committee's Save Our Sacred (S.O.S.) Earth Campaign

One of the few active proposals for a new oil refinery in the U.S. is in
North Dakota, where the refinery would be located on the indigenous lands of
the Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara) on the Fort
Berthold reservation. Triad, Inc. is pushing for development of this
refinery. Local residents are bravely resisting this and need financial
support. North Dakota is supposed to be the "Saudi Arabia of wind" -- not
Saudi Arabia! Area residents already suffer from severe coal plant
pollution. This proposed oil refinery would be the first to be built without
any air pollution permits!

http://www.energyjustice.net/oil/nd/


   - Tribal refinery plan draws national
attention<http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/08/18/ndrefinery/>(NPR
8/23/2006)
   - Fort Berthold residents question proposed oil
refinery<http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096413459>(Indian
Country Today, 8/16/2006)
   - Tex Hall loses re-election bid at Fort
Berthold<http://www.indianz.com/News/2006/016825.asp>(Indianz.com,
11/9/2006) - see archive of other related news stories here
   - Environmental Awareness Committee Group opposes intended
refinery<http://www.refineryreform.org/News_MinotDailyNews_030904.html>(Refinery
Reform Campaign press release, 3/9/2004)

   - Environmental Protection Agency: Draft Environmental Impact
Statement<http://www.epa.gov/region8/compliance/nepa/refinerydeis.html>(see
   location<http://www.epa.gov/region8/compliance/nepa/refinerydeis.html#about>)

   - Pro-refinery page run by the leadership of the Three Affiliated
Tribes<http://www.mhanation.com/main/oil_refine.html>

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