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Keystone potential bargaining chip in congress debt talks
2014-01-25 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: House Republicans are trying to agree on what they want from Democrats in exchange for votes to raise the U.S. debt limit as soon as next month. Majority Leader Eric Cantor and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan have suggested insisting on approval of the TransCanada Corp. (TRP) Keystone XL pipeline as a condition of a higher debt ceiling. Representative Tim Huelskamp of Kansas is among Republicans who want to take a harder line and demand major changes to President Barack Obamas health-care...
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Senate GOP says Obama's had enough time on Keystone
2014-01-25 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Senate Republicans are pressing President Obama to make a decision quickly on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. The letter sent to Obama on Friday lays out the history of the project, stating that Obama has had "more than enough time" to review the TransCanada oil-sands pipeline. "Given the length of time your administration has studied the Keystone XL pipeline and the publics overwhelming support for it, you should not further delay a decision to issue a presidential permit," states...
Reading John Kerry's Mind on the Keystone Pipeline
2014-01-25 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Imagine, if you will, John Kerry's internal monologuehis soliloquy as the State Department prepares to release its final environmental impact statement (EIS) on the Keystone XL pipeline designed to funnel tar sands crude from Alberta across the U.S. midsection. After the EIS arrives, Kerry must review whether the pipeline is in the national interesta question that Obama has said rests largely on its climate impacts. Of course, we can't know what Kerry really thinks. Here we take a guess by looking...
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Republican Senators urge Obama to move on Keystone XL pipeline
2014-01-24 11:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: All 45 Republican U.S. Senators urged President Barack Obama on Friday to end delays and approve the northern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline that would connect Canada's tar sands with refiners at the Gulf of Mexico. The letter was timed ahead of the president's annual State of the Union speech on Tuesday, although it is unknown if Obama will make a reference to Keystone. "Given the length of time your administration has studied the Keystone XL pipeline and the public's overwhelming support...
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Report on rail risks stir up Keystone XL debate
2014-01-24 08:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A government warning about the dangers of increased use of trains to transport crude oil is giving a boost to supporters of the long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline. U.S. and Canadian accident investigators are urging their governments to impose new safety rules on so-called oil trains, warning that a "major loss of life" could result from an accident involving the increasing use of trains to transport large amounts of crude oil. Pipeline supporters said the unusual joint warning by the U.S. National...
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