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House Votes to Fast Track Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
2013-05-23 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted 241-175 to fast track the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, voting in favor of H.R. 3, the Northern Pipeline Approval Act, which would exempt the Keystone XL pipeline from any further environmental review. H.R. 3 marks the seventh time the House of Representatives has voted on a bill that would circumvent the nations most crucial environmental laws in order to force approval of Keystone XL. But yesterdays vote saw fewer Representatives in favor of...
Keystone XL is hot in Washington but ho-hum elsewhere
2013-05-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: The US House of Representatives voted 241 to 175 Wednesday in favor of the Keystone XL pipeline. The vote is one of many symbolic gestures by the GOP-controlled House gestures in favor of a project that would transport oil from Canadian oil sands to Gulf refineries. If the Senate doesn't block the so-called Northern Route Approval Act, President Obama will almost certainly veto it. The point is to raise the profile of an issue that is frequently edged out by the headline of the day. Half the...
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House passes Keystone bill as White House vows veto
2013-05-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline, the eighth time congressional Republicans have advanced a measure promoting the project. Democrats called yesterdays vote in the Republican-controlled chamber a largely symbolic effort to score political points because the bill was unlikely to become law. The Senate, where Democrats have the majority, isnt considering similar legislation, and President Barack Obamas administration has threatened a...
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House passes another bill authorizing Keystone XL
2013-05-23 15:35:45| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Houston Chronicle: The House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday that would speed construction of the Keystone XL pipeline - a largely symbolic measure with probably no chance of clearing the Democratic Senate and overcoming a presidential veto. The bill approved 241-175 on Wednesday is the latest attempt by the Republican-controlled House to pressure the Obama administration to approve the pipeline that would transport oil sands crude from Canada to the Gulf Coast. TransCanada Corp. first sought approval...
House votes to take Keystone decision out of Obamas hands
2013-05-23 12:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Those rambunctious fossil-fuel flunkies in the U.S. House of Representatives were at it again Wednesday. They passed a bill that would allow Keystone XL to bypass environmental laws and be built without approval from President Obama. The House voted 241-175 to do away with an ongoing environmental review for the northern leg of the tar-sands pipeline project and make it more difficult for opponents to file appeals. (The southern leg is already more than halfway built.) The vote was mostly along...
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