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U.S. Marine Battles TransCanada in Court over Eminent Domain for Keystone XL
2013-03-05 17:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: [Editor's note: Thanks to Michael Bishop for providing EcoWatch this firsthand account of what happens when a company like TransCanada claims eminent domain on one's property and begins building a tar sands pipeline--the southern leg of the Keystone XL. Unfortunately, this is one of many examples of corporations putting profits before human health and the environment in pursuit of extreme fossil fuel extraction. The good news is that people like Michael Bishop are fighting back. This is the second...
Nebraska Gov. Heineman Announces New Support for Keystone XL
2013-03-05 12:29:23| Waste Management - Topix.net
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman, whose opposition to the original Keystone XL pipeline proposal emboldened federal opposition to the plan, announced he now supports the proposal.
Can the new EPA chief stop Obama approving the Keystone XL pipeline?
2013-03-04 21:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Environmentalists got some bad news when the State Department released a report on Friday a full month earlier than had been anticipated saying that there are no convincing environmental reasons that the Keystone XL pipeline should not be built. This just two weeks after thousands of demonstrators gathered at the National Mall for what has been called the largest climate rally ever. Environmental groups have joined in a rare united front to block the pipeline. If built, activists predict that...
Greens angered as Keystone pipeline gains State Department boost
2013-03-04 13:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The chances of the controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline being granted Presidential approval have improved significantly, after the State Department released a draft report late last week suggesting the project would not lead to a new increase in greenhouse gas emissions. The long-awaited draft report, which is now open to consultation, concluded that the proposed pipeline running from Canada's Alberta tar sands to oil refineries in Texas would not have any real impact on the development...
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Rail emerges as alternative to Keystone XL pipeline
2013-03-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Even if foes of the Keystone XL pipeline block it, companies seeking to get Canada's oil sands to U.S. and world markets could travel the old-fashioned way: by rail. While TransCanada has been trying to obtain a U.S. permit to build the 875-mile northern leg of its Keystone XL pipeline, Canadian and U.S. railroad companies have been busy installing new track and loading facilities to carry the oil sands crude from northern Alberta to refineries in the United States and Canada. Rail shipments...
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