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House Dems press Obama to halt Keystone XL review
2013-12-12 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: House Democrats are calling on President Obama to delay the highly anticipated release of the State Department's environmental review on the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline. In an effort led by Rep. Raśl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) on Thursday, 24 House Democrats sent a letter to Obama, highlighting "serious corporate conflicts of interest" in State's preparation of the environmental impact statement (EIS) on TransCanada's proposed pipeline. At issue is the contractor brought on by State, Environmental...
Keystone Pipeline Seen Bigger for Suncor Than TransCanada
2013-12-12 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: U.S. President Barack Obamas ruling on Keystone XL is becoming more critical for oil-sands producers such as Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (CNQ) than pipeline builder TransCanada Corp. Calgary-based TransCanada has about C$33 billion ($31 billion) of projects on its books, even without the $5.4 billion pipeline the company had targeted for completion in 2012. For producers, Keystone is the earliest export line scheduled to ease bottlenecks which have helped push Canadian heavy crude $27 a barrel...
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Keystone XL Southern Leg Now Being Injected With Oil
2013-12-11 21:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Keystone XL's southern half is one step closer to opening for business. TransCanada announced that "on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013, the company began to inject oil into the Gulf Coast Project pipeline as it moves closer to the start of commercial service." The line fill comes weeks after an investigation revealing potentially dangerous anomalies such as dents, faulty welding and exterior damage that could lead to pipeline ruptures, tears and spills. Photo credit: Public Citizen The Sierra Club's...
Obamas New Special Adviser Is Outspoken Critic of Keystone XL
2013-12-11 16:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: By asking John Podesta to come to the White House as a special counselor at a time of turmoil and tough choices, President Obama has created an unusually close tie to an outspoken critic of the Keystone XL pipeline and the Canadian tar sands it would carry. Podesta is a Washington policy insider who was Bill Clinton`s chief of staff and whose Center for American Progress, or CAP, is an influential voice of liberalism. He has kept climate change high on his agenda for years and will continue to do...
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Podesta to recuse himself from Keystone
2013-12-11 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Freshly minted White House counselor John Podesta will recuse himself from working on the approval process for the Keystone XL pipeline, an administration official told The New Yorker on Tuesday. In discussions [with White House chief of staff] Denis [McDonough], John suggested that he not work on the Keystone Pipeline issue, in review at the State Department, given that the review is far along in the process and Johns views on this are well known, the official said. Denis agreed that was the...
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