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Obama rejects Keystone XL oil pipeline
2015-11-06 20:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature Network: After seven years of debate, the Keystone XL pipeline saga may finally be over. President Obama announced Friday that he has rejected the proposal, arguing not only that it wouldn't be in the country's best interest, but that it would get in the way of U.S. efforts to rally global support in the struggle against climate change. "America is now a global leader when it comes to taking serious action to fight climate change, and frankly approving this project would have undercut that leadership,"...
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Obama Administration Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline
2015-11-06 20:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: President Obama announced Friday morning that he has denied TransCanadas permit application to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline in the U.S. The State Department has decided that the Keystone XL pipeline would not serve the national interest of the United States, Obama said. I agree with that decision. Obama said America is a global leader on taking action on climate change, and approving Keystone XL would have undercut that leadership. Some crude oil needs to be left in the ground to keep...
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Obama Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline, Ending a Seven-Year Battle
2015-11-06 20:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: President Barack Obama has rejected a Canadian companys request to build the Keystone XL Pipeline, which would have carried 800,000 barrels of oil a day from Albertas tar sands to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The decision is a major victory for climate and conservation groups and burnishes Obamas legacy in the battle to slow global warming. Obamas announcement, made after a seven-year review by the U.S. State Department and other agencies, comes just weeks ahead of key United Nations climate...
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Obama turns down Keystone XL pipeline: 'Today the US is leading on climate change'
2015-11-06 20:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barack Obama announces at the White House on Friday that he is rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline because he does not believe it serves the national interest. Keystone XL, which has divided petroleum interests and environmentalists, was designed to pump crude oil from the Alberta tar sands for 1,700 miles to the Gulf coast
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Prodded by Climate Campaigners and Aided by Cheap Oil, Obama Kills Keystone
2015-11-06 19:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Congratulations are due to Bill McKibben, Jim Hansen and the tens of thousands of other climate campaigners who turned an obscure cross-border pipeline proposal into an effective national political campaign. After years of deliberations, President Obama today said the Keystone XL project was not in the national interest: In 2011, I split with McKibben and others as they were being arrested at the White House. I argued that the pipeline issue was a distraction from the core issues involving our...
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