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Keystone XL clears major hurdle, but opponents see silver lining
2014-02-04 14:40:04| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: The State Department's long-awaited environmental review of Keystone XL on Friday sparked cautious optimism on both sides of the contentious pipeline debate, underscoring the public pressure facing the Obama administration before midterm elections. Supporters of the $5.4 billion TransCanada project cheered the document's ultimate conclusion that the pipeline is unlikely to "significantly impact the rate of extraction in the oil sands," and therefore unlikely to exacerbate global greenhouse gas...
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Broad coalition backs Keystone XL oil pipeline
2014-02-04 14:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: An unusual coalition of lawmakers from both parties, labor and business leaders, veterans groups and Canada's ambassador to the United States joined forces Tuesday to push for quick approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Five Democrats joined Republicans at a Capitol news conference to urge President Barack Obama to approve the pipeline following a State Department report last week that raised no major environmental objections. The $7 billion pipeline would carry oil from tar sands in western...
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U.S. lawmakers backing Keystone pipeline mull next steps
2014-02-04 13:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers voiced support on Tuesday for the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline, and did not rule out using legislation to force the White House to approve the Canada-to-Texas project. Several U.S. senators and representatives encouraged President Barack Obama to bless TransCanada Corp's plan to build a line that would carry up to 830,000 barrels per day of oil sands crude from Western Canada and light, sweet crude from North Dakota to oil refiners in the Gulf of Mexico....
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Obama Administration Moves Closer To Approving Keystone XL
2014-02-04 06:06:39| oilandgasonline News Articles
American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Jack Gerard welcomed the outcome of the Department of State’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Market optimism over Keystone XL pipeline helps lift Canadian dollar
2014-02-03 17:35:57| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The Canadian dollar was higher Monday morning amid a U.S. dollar that weakened across the board and optimism that the controversial Keystone XL pipeline will get U.S. approval.
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