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White House Rejects Keystone XL: 350.Org Responds To News
2015-11-06 18:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The White House has made the decision to deny TransCanadas application to build the Keystone XL pipeline, marking the first time in history a world leader has turned down a major infrastructure project because of its impact on the climate. In response to the news that 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben issued the following statement: President Obama is the first world leader to reject a project because of its effect on the climate. That gives him new stature as an environmental leader, and it eloquently...
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The 7 things you need to know now about the Keystone XL pipeline
2015-11-06 18:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: 1) President Obama rejected the Keystone XL pipeline on Nov. 6. Obama positioned America as a global leader on climate change and said approving the project would undercut that leadership: "If we`re going to prevent large parts of this Earth from becoming not only inhospitable but uninhabitable in our lifetimes, we`re going to have to keep some fossil fuels in the ground rather than burn them." This is the real decision weve all been waiting for. (You might have heard that Obama vetoed the...
Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline on climate grounds
2015-11-06 17:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: US president Barack Obama is to reject plans for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, weeks ahead of a UN climate summit in Paris. The 1,179 mile long pipeline would have carried high-carbon tar sands oil from Canada to the US gulf coast and was fiercely opposed by green groups. "This morning secretary [of state] Kerry told me after extensive outreach the Keystone pipeline would not serve the national interests of the US," Obama said in a White House statement, flanked by Kerry and vice...
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Obama administration to reject Canada-to-U.S Keystone pipeline: source
2015-11-06 17:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama on Friday rejected the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada in a victory for environmentalists who campaigned against the project for more than seven years. "The pipeline would not make a meaningful long-term contribution to our economy," Obama told a press conference. He said it would not reduce gasoline prices, and shipping "dirtier" crude from Canada would not increase U.S. energy security. The denial of TransCanada Corp's more than 800,000 barrels per day...
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Sanders says Obama should reject Keystone XL pipeline now
2015-11-05 06:52:44| Energy - Topix.net
The pipeline's developer, Calgary-based TransCanada, has asked U.S. officials to delay consideration of the Alberta-to-Texas pipeline, potentially putting off a decision until the next U.S. president takes office in 2017. said the department wrote to TransCanada on Wednesday and "communicated our decision to continue our review."
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