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Activists plan massive protests against Keystone
2013-04-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fuel Fix: Environmentalists opposed to the Keystone XL pipeline are pledging to turn up the heat on President Barack Obama by risking arrest through acts of civil disobedience at fundraisers, political meetings and federal agency offices. The planned protests go beyond activists chaining themselves to construction equipment in the pipeline`s path and are designed to build political pressure as Obama nears a final decision on the project. They also illustrate the political challenge facing Obama, who...
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Keystone XL pipeline
2013-04-23 14:27:37| Energy - Topix.net
The politics of oil and ecology have put President Barack Obama between a rock and hard place, as he faces a decision on whether or not to permit construction of a new pipeline.
More Than One Million Comments Urge Obama Administration to Reject Keystone XL
2013-04-23 14:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Opponents of Keystone XL have submitted more than one million comments urging President Obama, Secretary Kerry and the State Department to reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, following the publication of the latest deficient environmental review. There is a common message among the opponents of the pipeline: Keystone XL is all risk and no reward. The one million comments were collected from more than 20 organizations, including: 350.org, Alliance for Climate Education, Avaaz, Bold Nebraska,...
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EPA Deems Keystone Review 'Insufficient' as Green Groups Hint at Lawsuit
2013-04-23 13:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Leading environmental groups declared on Monday that the Obama administration's latest environmental review of the Keystone XL pipeline fundamentally violated the nation's core environmental law, an unmistakable warning that they would sue the State Department if it continued to insist that the pipeline poses no significant environmental risk. As if to bolster their case, the Environmental Protection Agency weighed in as well with its own rebuke, saying that it found "environmental objections"...
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EPA raises fresh concerns over Keystone pipeline
2013-04-23 12:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday provided another twist to the long-running row over the planned Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, raising fresh concerns over the project's environmental impact. President Obama is due to make a decision on whether or not to approve the project later this year and industry experts have been predicting that he is likely to rubber-stamp the pipeline after a State Department draft environmental impact statement recently failed to raise objections...
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