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Kansas House pushes for approval of Keystone XL pipeline
2013-03-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Kansas House members are pressing the White House and the U.S. State Department to approve a permit for construction of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to Texas. Related stories Fracking. Tight oil. Do you know your energy vocabulary? Think you know energy? Take our quiz. Cheapest way to heat your home? Four fuels compared. Ads by Google Ally Bank Official Site Open an Online Savings Account at Ally Bank, Member FDIC. Apply Now! www.Ally.com Subscribe Today to the Monitor Click...
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Report: LA Kings Coach to Press Obama on Keystone Pipeline
2013-03-27 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: Los Angeles Kings head coach Darryl Sutter said pucks, politics and the Keystone XL pipeline are on the agenda Tuesday when the Stanley Cup champions meet President Obama. Sutter, who owns a ranch in Alberta, told Canadas The Globe and Mail that he plans to press Obama on the proposed Alberta-to-Texas oil sands pipeline. Im gonna ask him about it damn rights I am, Sutter said ahead of the ceremonial White House meeting. Sutter, an Alberta native, is the latest in a long list of Canadians...
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Keystone Foes Downplay Senate Vote Hailed by Supporters
2013-03-25 13:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Environmentalists reacted swiftly to downplay a bipartisan Senate vote backing the Keystone XL pipeline, which supporters said underscored widening political support for the project. The Senate approved 62-37 language that encourages development of the $5.3 billion pipeline, which would link Albertas oil sands and refineries along the Gulf Coast. Seventeen Democrats joined all Senate Republicans on March 22 to add the pipeline amendment to the budget plan that is at odds with the House version....
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Keystone Public Comments Won't Be Made Public, State Department Says
2013-03-25 08:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: When the State Department hired a contractor to produce the latest environmental impact statement for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, it asked for a Web-based electronic docket to record public comments as they flowed in each day. Thousands of comments are expected to be filed by people and businesses eager to influence the outcome of the intense international debate over the project. But the public will not find it easy to examine these documents. A summary of the comments will be...
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Industry Money Influences Keystone Vote, Group Claims
2013-03-25 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Summit Voice: It`s probably not surprising that the U.S. Senate passed an amendment (62-37) in support of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. There`s money -- Big Money -- at stake, and new research from Oil Change International details who got what. The 10 senators who cosponsored the Hoeven Amendment have on average received $807, 517 from the fossil fuel industry. That works out to 254 percent more than the average senator not sponsoring the amendment, and a total haul of more than $8 million dollars, based...
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