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Senate budget plan to include Keystone XL approval: lawmaker
2013-03-22 20:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A Republican lawmaker said he expects a symbolic measure to approve the Keystone XL pipeline will be attached to the Senate's budget plan Friday, and that it will build support for a similar bill likely to be voted on later in the year. Senator John Hoeven, from North Dakota, told reporters his amendment to allow Congress to approve the pipeline would be selected from hundreds of others for a vote, and that it had at least the 51 backers needed to pass. TransCanada Corp's more than 800,000-barrel-per-day...
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Will the U.S. Senate Stand Up for Our Future and Derail the Keystone XL?
2013-03-22 14:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Rumor has it the U.S. Senate will consider a budget bill provision to approve the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Here`s what they need to share with their constituents: 1) It`s great for Big Oil. Bad for America. And really bad for climate change, producing three times more global warming pollution than conventional crude production, and using vast amounts of energy and water, causing significant pollution to both air and water. 2) Canadian citizens are against tar sands pipelines too, fighting...
Massachusetts Democrats blast billionaire's bid to stir Senate race
2013-03-22 10:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Both Democratic contenders in Massachusetts' April Senate primary are pushing back against a former hedge fund manager turned environmental activist who is trying to make the proposed Keystone XL pipeline an issue in the race. While the pipeline, which would carry crude from Canada's tar sands to Texas refineries, is not due to come anywhere near the New England state, California billionaire Tom Steyer is threatening a campaign to make it a wedge issue ahead of the April 30 primary. Steyer,...
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Auto dealers get more control with Senate bill
2013-03-22 07:45:10| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
By an overwhelming 21-2 vote on Thursday, the state Senate sided with local auto dealers over auto manufacturers in approving Senate Bill 126 , or the Dealer Bill of Rights.
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Senate Democrats in 'reply mode' on climate budget amendments
2013-03-22 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: Senate Democrats plan to play defense on possible GOP amendments to their nonbinding budget proposal that could thwart greenhouse gas regulations, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said Friday. Approving the budget begins a so-called vote-a-rama in which lawmakers tack on a host of measures that would otherwise have a difficult time getting to the floor. That would ostensibly create a chance to force votes on climate change. But Whitehouse said Democrats are in reply mode, calling the budget...
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