Posted on February 17, 2013 at 9:31 am by Jennifer A. Dlouhy in
Pipelines,
Politics/Policy
Thousands of environmental activists are descending on the nation’s capital today for a rally against the Keystone XL pipeline that would ferry oil sands crude from Canada to refineries along the Gulf Coast.
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Posted on February 15, 2013 at 3:49 pm by Jennifer A. Dlouhy in
Keystone XL,
Politics/Policy
President Barack Obama’s pledge to combat climate change — as his administration weighs a verdict on the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline — has some analysts buzzing about a possible horse trade. But folks on both sides of the debate over Keystone XL aren’t interested.
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Posted on February 13, 2013 at 11:23 am by Jennifer A. Dlouhy in
Canada,
Keystone XL,
Politics/Policy
Environmental activists — including actress Darryl Hannah, poet laureate Bob Haas, a Texas landowner and climate scientist James Hansen — were arrested at the White House on Wednesday in a bid to convince President Barack Obama to reject the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.
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A bipartisan group of 53 senators on Wednesday urged President Barack Obama to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, over the objections of environmental activists who have made it a signature issue.
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Posted on December 19, 2012 at 11:15 am by Jennifer A. Dlouhy in
General,
Keystone XL
The Obama administration is set to unveil a fresh environmental analysis of the Keystone XL pipeline, but project opponents say that study won’t be complete unless it considers climate change costs tied to the $7 billion project.
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Environmental activists are staging a 24-hour campaign to send 500,000 messages to senators urging them to oppose legislation approving the Keystone XL pipeline that could come up for a vote in the Senate this week.
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Opponents of the Keystone XL oil pipeline will gather outside the U.S. Capitol today to “blow the whistle” on Congress — quite literally.
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