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Canadas government is spending millions to get you to like the Keystone pipeline
2013-05-22 09:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Canada obviously has a huge stake in the fate of the Keystone XL pipeline. If President Obama fails to approve it - a decision he recently put off yet again -- the Canadian oil industry will have a tough time getting its abundant tar-sands crude to seaside ports. Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently came to the U.S. to make the case for the pipeline in person, as did Canada`s ministers of foreign affairs and natural resources and the premiers of Alberta and Saskatchewan. And now our neighbor...
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Keystone Lobby Works on Democrats to Win Obama: Corporate Canada
2013-05-21 18:57:44| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Canadian energy producers lobbying for U.S. approval of the Keystone XL pipeline are targeting undecided Democratic lawmakers in Washington in advance of a decision on the $5.3 billion project.
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With U.S. Awash in Oil, Nat'l Interest Argument for Keystone Weakens
2013-05-21 13:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: U.S. oil production is suddenly growing so fast that some analysts are questioning how much the country really needs the Canadian tar sands oil that would move through the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. This month, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said it expects domestic crude oil production to surge 20 percent by the end of 2014 from its level at the start of this year. That means an additional 1.4 million barrels of U.S.-produced oil will be available each dayabout twice as much...
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Donors Will Flee Obama if Keystone Approved, Says Billionaire Activist
2013-05-21 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: Billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer, whos increasingly throwing his weight around in politics, said approving the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline would create political hurdles for President Obamas second-term agenda and cost him the support of key donors. Steyer, a major Democratic fundraiser, told Grist magazine that Keystone opponents have leverage to exert over Obama even though hes free of having to run for reelection. If you look at the people who support Obama, and then you look...
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Stephen Harper touts Keystone XL pipeline in New York, downplays oilsands emissions
2013-05-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Edmonton Journal: The Keystone XL pipeline absolutely needs to go ahead because it will create jobs and bring energy security to the United States, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told an audience primarily made up of elderly businessmen Thursday. He said construction of the 1,800-kilometre pipeline will create 40,000 jobs and bring enough oil to reduce American dependence on offshore oil by 40 per cent. This is an enormous benefit to the United States in terms of long-term energy security, he said. At...
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