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Canada's Keystone Pitch to U.S.: Work with Us on Climate
2013-09-10 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: A top Canadian official visiting Washington, D.C. to lobby for the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline said Monday that Canada wants to work with the U.S. to curb carbon emissions from oil development. Joe Oliver, Canadas Minister of Natural Resources, spoke to reporters after meeting with U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz on various energy topics, including the Keystone XL pipeline thats under State Department review. Oliver, at a press briefing, refused to discuss reports that Canadian Prime...
Canada sees path for Keystone but won't talk details
2013-09-09 17:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Canada will do more in the global fight against climate change as the nation develops its vast oil sands resources and tries to win backing for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, the country's energy minister said on Monday. The proposed pipeline that would link oil sands fields in western Canada to Gulf Coast refiners should come in tandem with plans to curtail carbon dioxide pollution, said Canada's energy minister Joe Oliver after a meeting with U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz . Canada...
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Canada: Oliver's Washington visit to focus on Keystone and climate change
2013-09-09 03:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver heads to Washington Monday to help sell the Keystone XL pipeline as Ottawa steps up efforts to persuade the Obama administration that its ready to partner on tackling climate change. The visit will mark Mr. Olivers first face-to-face meeting with U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz since he took the job in May. Mr. Oliver is expected to tell Mr. Moniz that Ottawa and Washington are on the same page on both energy and climate change. Enhancing bilateral energy...
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Obama's Keystone XL Trade-Off: Executive Order Expediting Everything Else
2013-09-08 09:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Large segments of the environmental movement declared a win on Jan. 18, 2012, the dawn of an election year in which partisan fervor reigned supreme. On that day President Barack Obama kicked the can down the road for permitting TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline's northern half until after the then-forthcoming November 2012 presidential election. "Northern half" is the key caveat: just two months later, on March 22, 2013 -- even deeper into the weeds of an election year -- President Obama issued...
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Harper offers Obama climate plan to win Keystone approval
2013-09-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Prime Minister Stephen Harper has sent a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama formally proposing "joint action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the oil and gas sector," if that is what's needed to gain approval of the Keystone XL pipeline through America's heartland, CBC News has learned. Sources told CBC News the prime minister is willing to accept targets proposed by the United States for reducing the climate-changing emissions and is prepared to work in concert with Obama to provide whatever...
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