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Senate Republicans pass Keystone bill as White House vows veto
2015-01-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate passed a bill to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, setting up a conflict with President Barack Obama who has promised a veto. The Senate voted 62-36 Thursday for the measure that would circumvent the administration review in progress for six years. Nine Democrats joined Republicans who backed the measure. Obama has said he wants to wait until the review is completed before deciding on whether to approve construction of the pipeline. Differences with a version...
Senate Passes Keystone Pipeline Bill
2015-01-30 05:00:56| ENR.com: Headline News
But President Obama maintains his veto threat.
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U.S. Senate Votes Force Keystone XL Pipeline Approval
2015-01-30 04:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The new Republican-controlled Senate today voted for the first time to force U.S. approval of the controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Proposed by TransCanada, the pipeline would carry diluted bitumen from the Alberta tar sands to TransCanada`s existing pipeline in Nebraska for transfer to refineries on the Gulf Coast. The Republican-controlled House has already passed a similar bill in this new session of Congress and passed dozens of versions of the measure in the previous session....
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Senate Kills Climate Change Hoax Conspiracy With Keystone Amendments
2015-01-30 00:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Newsweek: When the Senate voted Thursday to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, the bill they passed was padded with a few extra measures. In an effort to get Republicans to make hard decisions on the Keystone XL bill, Democrats deluged the bill in recent days with amendments calling for hundreds of other concessions, mostly pertaining to climate change and environmental policy. A whopping 246 amendments were proposed by members from both sides of the aisle, but only six were ultimately passed...
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For the first time in years, the U.S. Senate voted on climate change. Did anybody win?
2015-01-29 20:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science: The long and tangled history of U.S. climate politics got a new chapter this week, as the U.S. Senate today finished work on a bill that would force the Obama administration to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry crude from Canadas oil sands to the United States. Senators voted 62-36 to approve the bill, but that is short of the 67 favorable votes needed to override a promised presidential veto. The debate over the Keystone XL bill has ranged far and wide. Senators have offered...
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