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With Keystone rebuff, Obama aims for more leverage and credibility in global climate talks
2015-11-07 01:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: For years, President Barack Obama chided Republicans and Democrats alike for treating the Keystone XL pipeline as a signal of whether the U.S. would seriously fight global warming. Now that he's killed the project, Obama is holding it up as Exhibit A as he works to lock in his environmental legacy with a powerful international climate accord. Rejecting Keystone, the proposed 1,179-mile crude oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S., was the latest in a long and growing list of steps Obama has taken...
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People's victory: Environmentalists cheer Keystone
2015-11-07 01:25:50| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to deny approval to the Keystone XL pipeline has permanently changed the discussion on new energy projects, say environmentalists and analysts. "It's premature to talk about other pipelines yet, but if Alberta and Canada don't introduce proper greenhouse gas regulations for the industry, then it's going to be challenging to make the argument that those projects are in the public interest," says Simon Dyer of the Pembina Institute, a clean-energy think-tank.
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People's victory: Environmentalists cheer Keystone
2015-11-07 00:12:33| Energy - Topix.net
U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to deny approval to the Keystone XL pipeline has permanently changed the discussion on new energy projects, say environmentalists and analysts. "It's premature to talk about other pipelines yet, but if Alberta and Canada don't introduce proper greenhouse gas regulations for the industry, then it's going to be challenging to make the argument that those projects are in the public interest," says Simon Dyer of the Pembina Institute, a clean-energy think-tank.
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Will Obamas No on Keystone Curtail Canadas Oil Boom?
2015-11-06 23:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: President Barack Obamas rejection of a controversial U.S.-Canadian oil pipeline signals U.S. leadership on climate change, but its not expected to stop the growth in Canadas oil production at least not anytime soon. Ending an eight-year saga, Obama announced Friday that his administration would not give Calgary-based TransCanada a U.S. permit to build the Keystone XLs northern leg, which would carry heavy crude from Albertas oil sands into the U.S. Midwest. Obama said the pipeline would not...
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Some Texans Puzzled By Keystone XL Pipeline Rejection
2015-11-06 22:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: President Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline provoked cheers from environmental groups and a little bit of head scratching in the state of Texas.
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