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Keystone XL pipeline opposition forges 'Cowboys and Indians' alliance
2014-11-18 18:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: As she watches the red sun dip past the window of her home deep in a South Dakota valley, Beth Lone Eagle says she isnt prepared to see a tar sands pipeline tarnish any bit of Gods country. With the US Senate scheduled to hold a vote on the Keystone XL pipeline on Tuesday, the Lakota woman says ranchers, landowners and tribal nations throughout the midwest are girding for a fight regardless of how the process in Washington plays out. The debate over the controversial pipeline, which would run...
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Supporters of Keystone XL pipeline bill likely to fall just short in Senate vote
2014-11-18 16:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The great-grandson of the oil tycoon John D Rockefeller has appeared to dash hopes of passing legislation backing the Keystone XL energy pipeline, as he became the final waverer to indicate he would vote no in a high-profile Senate showdown on Tuesday evening. The last-minute opposition indicated by Jay Rockefeller, the outgoing senator for West Virginia, leaves backers of the bill one short of the 60 senators it needs to pass, and scrambling to change minds before a vote due at about 6.15pm....
Reject Keystone XL Pipeline, We Need Radical Change to Prevent Catastrophic Warming
2014-11-17 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlterNet: House lawmakers passed legislation Friday to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline to bring carbon-intensive tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada, to the Texas Gulf Coast. The Senate is expected to vote this week on a similar pro-Keystone bill backed by Louisiana Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu. Landrieu is facing a tough battle to keep her seat in a runoff next month against Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy, who also happens to be the sponsor of the pro-Keystone bill in the House. Landrieu spoke last week...
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S Dakota Sioux tribe calls Keystone XL pipeline approval 'act of war'
2014-11-17 19:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A Native American tribe in South Dakota has called a congressional vote to approve the Keystone XL pipeline an act of war and vowed to close the reservations borders if the US government tries to install a pipeline there. The prospective route for the pipeline, which would connect Canadian tar sands fields to the Gulf coast, runs through the 922,759-acre (1,442 sq mi) Rosebud Sioux reservation in south-central South Dakota. The House of Representatives voted 252-161 on Friday to approve the...
Congress is voting on Keystone pipeline, but obscure Nebraska panel could still hold sway
2014-11-16 19:18:59| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Congress is suddenly scrambling to vote on the Keystone XL oil pipeline, but the fate of the oft-delayed $5.4 billion project could still wind up in the hands of an obscure commission in Nebraska that regulates telephones, taxi cabs and grain bins. The Nebraska Supreme Court is expected to rule within weeks on whether the Nebraska Public Service Commission must review the pipeline before it can cross the state, one of six on the pipeline's route.
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