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Canada: Keystone XL will have 'no impact on climate change', TransCanada boss says
2013-02-20 11:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The company that wants to build a controversial oil pipeline from western Canada to Texas said on Tuesday said that shutting down the oil sands at its source would have no measurable effect on global warming. "You could shut down oil sands production tomorrow and it would have absolutely no measurable impact on climate change," he said. Alex Pourbaix, TransCanada's president for energy and oil pipelines, said opponents of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline have grossly inflated the likely impact...
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The virtues of being unreasonable on Keystone
2013-02-19 20:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: I know Andy Revkin of The New York Times writes posts like this in part to bait people like me. But like Popeye, I yam what I yam. So consider me baited. Self-proclaimed moderates like to lecture anti-Keystone XL activists that they are "distracting" and "counterproductive," without spelling out what the hell that means, yet they seem bewildered when that makes the activists in question angry. Let`s review. This weekend, close to 50,000 people gathered for the biggest rally ever against climate...
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Re-Defining 'Energy Independence' in the Keystone Era
2013-02-19 17:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Sitting on President Obama's desk is a decision memorandum on whether or not to approve the Keystone pipeline, which would take tar sands oil from Canada to refineries in the Gulf of Mexico. It is a controversial decision -- many have highlighted the terrible effects of digging up and burning tar sands oil. But these concerns are countered by those who argue the project would enhance North American energy independence, and create American jobs. The political calculus is easy to explain: Yes,...
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What America Is Thinking On Energy Issues - 69 Percent Of Voters Support Keystone XL Pipeline
2013-02-19 06:42:35| oilandgasonline News Articles
Sixty-nine percent of American voters favor building the Keystone XL pipeline, while 83 percent believe the pipeline would strengthen the nation’s energy security and 92 percent agree jobs are important when considering the project,according to a new Harris Interactive pollreleased recently.
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Texas Rancher Won't Budge for Keystone Pipeline
2013-02-19 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: The Keystone XL pipeline is a massive, controversial oil delivery project cutting through America's heartland. The company behind the project says, if it's completed, it could help reduce America's dependency on foreign oil. That pipeline would carry oil from Canada to refineries on the Gulf of Mexico. The northern part has not been approved, but the southern stretch is already under construction - except where a few Texas ranchers are standing in the way. The Keystone XL Pipeline extends two...
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