Tar sands S Portland pipeline-moratorium in Maine community
Channel: m Spiess
Date: 2013-12-27

The city council of South Portland took its first step Dec 16 toward prohibiting Canadian Tar Sands from being shipped through its port. Effective through May 5.
Harry Ng of the American Petroleum Institute threatened litigation if the moratorium should pass in a letter dated December 3. The city council chambers were overfilled.
"Never before has a US community taken action that comes so close to closing a trans-national tar sands pipeline" says Taryn Hallweaver, Environment Maine Campaigns director.  Portland Press Herald link:
http://www.pressherald.com/news/Council_passes_moratorium_on_tar_sands_oil.html