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Jon Stewart Rips Landrieu for Hail Mary Attempt to Pass Keystone Pipeline
2014-11-21 15:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: In case you havent heard enough about the Keystone XL pipeline, Jon Stewart chimes in showing the absurdity of the recent debate and vote in the Senate where the measure failed to approve the pipeline by 41-59. Sixty votes are required to pass a bill out of the Senate. Stewart asks, How many jobs would this project create? We can build the Keystone pipeline creating thousands of temporary and millions of permanent jobs, says Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) in a clip via C-Span. The CEO...
On Climate Change, Landrieu Stands With Coal, Against Obama
2014-06-08 14:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Roll Call: Sen. Mary Landrieu will head to a coal-fired power plant tomorrow to emphasize her opposition to President Barack Obamas new plan to take a big whack at coal as part of his plan to cut carbon emissions and tackle climate change. The vulnerable Louisiana Democrat will head to the Big Cajun II coal-fired power plant in New Roads, La., according to a press release. Shell meet with plant workers, take a tour of the facility and hold a roundtable discussion with power industry leaders from across...
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Why it matters that Democrat Mary Landrieu is bashing Obama over energy
2014-04-16 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) is running against President Obama instead of her likely Republican opponent, Rep. Bill Cassidy. Her first reelection ad of the year compiles clips of her standing up for her states oil and gas interests, attacking Obama for policies like the brief moratorium on offshore oil drilling imposed in 2010 after the disastrous BP oil rig explosion. "It`s 300,000 people that go to work every day in this industry," Landrieu intones. "You can`t just beat up on them." Implicitly...
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Landrieu Has High Hopes For Americas Energy Coast
2014-04-07 18:13:00| OGI
Why are we fighting over this 1,100 mile pipeline? senator asks about the Keystone XL.
Landrieu: Approval Of Jordan Cove Necessary For U.S. Jobs
2014-03-24 10:41:00| OGI
The Jordan Cove terminal was the seventh permit approved by the agency, the senators press office noted.