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Obama blocks Keystone pipeline in rare veto of Republican bill
2015-02-24 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barack Obama has blocked a Republican bill that would allow a contentious extension of the Keystone oil pipeline, in a rare veto that arrived in low-key fashion but leaves open a long road to the end of his presidency. Though long expected and downplayed by the White House, the symbolic clash over a pipeline from Canadian tar sands to US refineries on the Gulf coast is the first time the president has refused to sign legislation in his second term, and only the third veto of his presidency. Obama...
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Keystone XL Bill Heads Obama Desk Today, Pipeline Opponents Urge Veto
2015-02-24 16:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Congress plans to send the Keystone XL pipeline bill to President Obamas desk today. The president is poised to reject the GOP-backed legislation with a swift veto, according to The Hill. I would anticipate, as weve been saying for years, that the president will veto that legislation, and he will, so I would not anticipate a lot of drama or fanfare around it, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told The Hill. Republicans say a veto will not be the end. The allure of appeasing environmental...
Agency Lobbying for Keystone Pipeline Is a Major Donor Clinton Foundation
2015-02-19 13:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: A Canadian government agency lobbying for the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline contributed nearly half a million dollars to the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation last year, part of a surge in foreign donations ahead of Hillary Clinton`s expected 2016 campaign for the presidency. The revelation comes in a new Wall Street Journal report on the foundation`s fundraising from such donors as the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Australia, Germany. The foundation resumed...
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House Approves Keystone Pipeline Bill
2015-02-12 12:26:48| ENR.com: Headline News
But Obama threatens to veto the legislation.
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Senate Passes Keystone XL Pipeline Legislation with Energy Efficiency Amendments
2015-02-06 16:17:00| Electrical Construction & Maintenance
The U.S. Senate last week passed by a vote of 62-36 (nine Democrats joined a unanimous Republican caucus in support) the Keystone XL Pipeline bill. read more
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