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Petroleum Coke

Considered a refinery by-product, petroleum coke aka “petcoke” looks and acts like coal, but when burned it has higher carbon emissions and is thus considered “dirtier” than coal.  Despite the fact that petcoke is being shipped to countries like India, China, Latin America and surprisingly, Canada (Nova Scotia), petcoke is starting to pile up.

News - Petroleum Coke

Date yyyy-mm-dd	Posted By	Article Link	Comment
2020-03-07	Global News	42 tonnes of petroleum coke spilled in CN derailment near Prince George	Jon Azpiri, Simon Little AO News – Rail
2018-04-10	The Energy Mix	Exclusive: Outside the Bitumen Bubble	Paul McKay - chemical composition
2017-12-01	CBC News	Alberta oilsands waste exported by American refineries to pollution-choked India	The Associated Press
2016-02-04	National Observer	Scientists trace cancer-linked pollutant to oil sands stockpiles	Mike De Souza
2014-05-14	EcoWatch / Midwest Energy News	Nurses Join the Fight Against Toxic Petcoke Piles in Chicago	Kari Lydersen
2014-03-25	EcoWatch / Politics	Petcoke bill doesn't appear to have the votes	Thomas Frisbie
2014-01-14	EcoWatch / Midwest Energy News	Chicago’s Proposed Petcoke Regulations Full of Loopholes	Kari Lydersen
2013-10-15	Think Progress / Climate Progress	After Sparking Outrage In Detroit, Koch Brothers’ Tar Sands Waste Now Piling Up In Chicago	Kiley Kroh
2013-08-01	Think Progress / Climate Progress	You Can Thank The Koch Brothers For The Big, Dirty Cloud Floating Over Detroit	Kiley Kroh - video of dust
2013-07-08	EcoWatch / Oil Change International	Infographic:  Piling up Keystone XL’s Petcoke	David Turnbull
2013-06-07	Grist	Canadian Power plant is buying up Detroit’s pile of tar-sands waste, burning it	John Upton
2013-06-06	Chronicle Herald	Nova Scotia Power burning high-sulfur petcoke from Detroit	Ian Austen, NY Times Petcoke
2013-05-20	EcoWatch	The Koch Brothers’ Toxic Mountain of Petroleum Coke	Bold Nebraska Petcoke
2013-05-17	New York Times	A Black Mound of Canadian Oil Waste is Rising Over Detroit	Ian Austen petcoke
2013-01-17	Oil Change International	Petroleum Coke:  The Coal Hiding in the Tar Sands	Petroleum coke aka petcoke

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