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Keystone XL could crush endangered fox cubs in their own dens
2013-09-27 18:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Contrary to popular belief, environmentalists aren`t totally unconnected with reality. We realize, for instance, that we can get people up in arms about cute endangered species, but that no one cares if the Keystone XL pipeline is going to affect the American burying beetle. (Even if they are weird and bright orange and the largest beetle on the continent to collect dead birds, roll them up, and bury them next to their underground beetle nests.) The burying beetles, though, according to the State...
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While Keystone XL still enjoys broad approval, issue divides Democrats
2013-09-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: As the Obama administration continues to weigh whether to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, a Pew Research Center poll released Thursday finds Americans` broad support for the project has not wavered even as the issue continues to fracture the Democratic Partys liberal and moderate wings. The survey finds a public of two minds on energy issues: Americans have a clear preference for expanding alternative energy over fossil fuels by a 58 to 34 percent margin, and they support curbing greenhouse...
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Public backs Keystone pipeline, power-plant emissions curbs, poll says
2013-09-26 11:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Baltimore Sun: In the debate over energy and climate change, the public continues to give support to both sides, according to a a new poll. By more than a 2-1 margin, respondents in a new Pew Research Center poll said they favor building the Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry oil from tar sands deposits under Canada's western prairies through the Midwest to refineries in Texas. Republicans in Congress have strongly advocated building the pipeline, while President Obama has given mixed signals on the...
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State Department Ignores Keystone XL Impact on Endangered Species
2013-09-25 20:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A new analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) finds that the State Departments review of the Keystone XL pipeline woefully underestimates the impacts it would have on some of Americas most endangered species, including whooping cranes, northern swift foxes, piping plovers, pallid sturgeon, American burying beetles and others. The study found that State Department failed to fully consider the impacts that oil spills, power lines, habitat destruction, construction disturbances and expanded...
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Republicans See Keystone Pipeline as Card to Play in Last-Minute Fiscal Talks
2013-09-25 02:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: As a possible government shutdown looms, environmental activists who oppose construction of the Keystone XL pipeline say they are increasingly alarmed that the project might become a bargaining chip in last-minute negotiations between Republicans and President Obama to avert a fiscal crisis. If built, the 1,700-mile pipeline would carry millions of gallons of crude oil from Alberta in Canada to American refineries on the Gulf Coast. Because it crosses an international border, the pipeline requires...
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