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350 Action Endorses Markey for U.S. Senate for His Opposition to Keystone XL
2013-03-13 18:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: 350 Action, the political arm of 350.org, today announced that they will endorse Rep. Ed Markey for U.S. Senate in Massachusettes. This marks the first time that 350 Action has endorsed a candidate for office. Rep. Markey is the only candidate in this race who is taking a principled stand on the dangerous Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, said 350 Action executive director May Boeve. In Congress, each candidate had his shot at opposing this boondoggle of a project, which, if approved, would mean...
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Canada playing US for fools on Keystone, opposition leader says
2013-03-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: Canadas opposition leader will visit Washington, D.C., this week to counter statements by Canadian officials in a recent lobbying blitz supporting the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline. The trip by Tom Mulcair, of Canadas New Democratic Party, comes amidst a series of United States trips by Canadian officials to meet with Obama administration personnel and lawmakers about the pipeline. According to Canadas National Post, Mulcairs message to the lawmakers and business executives with whom he...
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Keystone Pipeline Will Diminish Energy Security, Prominent Canadian Says
2013-03-13 14:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Prominent Canadian economist Robyn Allan made waves in Canada last year with papers claiming that rapid oil sands growth would do more economic harm than good for her country. Allan's controversial analyses focused on the Northern Gateway pipeline, a proposal to carry raw tar sands bitumen through British Columbia for shipment to Asia. One of her main points was that shipping raw crude for upgrading and refining in other countries also means exporting those industriesand jobsabroad. She also...
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Keystone Report Skirts Central Question Posed Under NEPA, Lawyers Say
2013-03-12 11:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: The surprising message of the State Department's latest Keystone reviewthat the decision whether to approve the disputed pipeline won't have much effect on the environmentcan be traced to the way the agency framed the report. The study presents an analysis of how markets will adjust if the pipeline isn't built. But lawyers and pipeline opponents say that approach allowed the State Department to dodge the central question that the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, presents about major...
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Over 100 Youth March, 26 Arrested Escalating Fight Against Keystone XL Pipeline
2013-03-12 09:45:13| Energy - Topix.net
Things are getting rowdy and the street heat is turning up . This morning, TransCanada got a wake up call from Boston area students and climate activists.
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