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Anti-Keystone Billionaire Rattles Democrats
2013-04-04 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: San Francisco billionaire Tom Steyer is giving Democrats a taste of the divisive, big-spending primary battles that have caused Republicans so much heartburn over the past four years. And he says it's for their own good. The former hedge fund trader-turned-philanthropist is bankrolling a far-flung political operation pushing environmental causes and candidates, including his pricey effort to torpedo the Keystone XL oil pipeline. He's increasingly drawing scrutiny for trying to take down the...
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Keystone XL pipeline debate rattles Massachusetts Senate race
2013-03-20 12:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A former hedge fund manager turned environmental activist who opposes the Keystone XL pipeline has waded into the Massachusetts Senate race, threatening to undermine a pledge by the two Democratic candidates to reject outside money. California billionaire Tom Steyer has called on Democratic Representative Stephen Lynch to abandon his support for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport crude from Canada's oil sands to refineries in Texas. The Obama administration is expected...
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