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Dozens Arrested as Keystone XL Protests Erupt Across the U.S
2013-03-22 15:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: One month after the largest climate rally in U.S. history urging President Obama to deny the permit for the Keystone XL pipelines northern segment, protesters in dozens of cities throughout the U.S. are confronting Keystone XL`s corporate backers directly. Thirty-seven have been arrested over the last 10 days for disrupting business as usual at TransCanada and their investors offices, with more actions planned over the next couple of days. The March 16-23 Week of Action to Stop Tar Sands...
Will the U.S. Senate Stand Up for Our Future and Derail the Keystone XL?
2013-03-22 14:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Rumor has it the U.S. Senate will consider a budget bill provision to approve the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Here`s what they need to share with their constituents: 1) It`s great for Big Oil. Bad for America. And really bad for climate change, producing three times more global warming pollution than conventional crude production, and using vast amounts of energy and water, causing significant pollution to both air and water. 2) Canadian citizens are against tar sands pipelines too, fighting...
State Dept. hid contractors ties to Keystone XL pipeline company
2013-03-21 20:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Late on a Friday afternoon in early March, the State Department released a 2,000-page draft report downplaying the environmental risks of the northern portion of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would ferry oil from Canada`s tar sands to refineries in Texas, passing through Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma. But when it released the report, the State Dept. hid an important fact from the public: Experts who helped draft the report had previously worked for TransCanada,...
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State Dept. Hid Contractors Ties to Keystone XL Pipeline Company
2013-03-21 15:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: Late on a Friday afternoon in early March, the State Department released a 2,000-page draft report downplaying the environmental risks of the northern portion of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would ferry oil from Canada`s tar sands to refineries in Texas, passing through Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma. But when it released the report, State hid an important fact from the public: Experts who helped draft the report had previously worked for TransCanada, the company...
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As Obama Signals Surrender to TransCanada, Its Time to Focus on Keystone XLs Southern Leg
2013-03-20 19:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Why arent all Keystone XL opponents loudly demanding that President Obama stop construction of the pipelines 485-mile southern leg that is destroying the lives of our fellow Americans in Texas and Oklahoma? This is a classic case of something being hidden in plain view. By approving construction of Keystone XLs southern leg last spring, our Im all for pipelines president not only sold out the people of Texas and Oklahoma, he is currently lighting the fuse to the tar sands carbon bomb....
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