je.st
news
Tag: keystone
Canada's Finance Minister: 'Frustrating' Keystone Delay Hinders Canada Economy
2015-05-14 14:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Delayed approval of TransCanada Corp.s Keystone XL pipeline is frustrating and puts off any economic benefit from the project, according to Canadas Finance Minister. Speaking today in New York, Joe Oliver praised the trading relationship between the two countries and said candor is not out of place when we believe matters could be handled a trifle better. The Finance Minister spoke after the U.S. Ambassador to Canada, who said the relationship between the two countries is about more than...
Tags: canada
finance
economy
minister
United States: The Human Cost of Keystone XL
2015-05-14 14:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pacific Standard: In a Montana Greyhound station, Annita Lucchesi, a 24-year-old Southern Cheyenne woman, noticed an entire wall filled with photos of missing women. The majority of them were native women and it broke my heart, she says. Lucchesi works for the National Indigenous Womens Resource Council. Because of her job, she knew that human trafficking around North Dakotas Bakken oil fields was on the rise. But this wall was a visualization of the numbers she and her colleagues dealt with every day. In her...
Tags: united
states
united states
cost
FBI Violated Its Own Rules While Spying on Keystone XL Opponents
2015-05-12 15:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The FBI breached its own internal rules when it spied on campaigners against the Keystone XL pipeline, failing to get approval before it cultivated informants and opened files on individuals protesting against the construction of the pipeline in Texas, documents reveal. Internal agency documents show for the first time how FBI agents have been closely monitoring anti-Keystone activists, in violation of guidelines designed to prevent the agency from becoming unduly involved in sensitive political...
Survey: Climate change ranks surprisingly low among reasons people oppose Keystone XL
2015-05-11 19:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: When it comes to political hot potatoes, there may not be a better example than the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Since Canada-based TransCanada Corp. first proposed the pipeline in 2008, it has served as a litmus test for where President Obama stands on energy, economic and environmental issues. One of those latter issues is climate change, as environmental groups that oppose the pipeline argue that approving it would be bad news for the climate. Whether the pipelines construction would significantly...
Tags: people
change
low
reasons
Even Keystone Foes Grow Weary of Obama's Delay in Deciding
2015-05-08 15:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Keystone XL supporters often complain that President Barack Obamas delay in deciding on whether to allow the oil pipeline to be built is costing jobs and keeping the U.S. tied to unstable energy partners. With the review now stretching beyond six years, some critics, increasingly confident that Obama will reject the Canada-to-U.S. pipeline, have joined them in calling for a resolution. We dont understand what the White House is waiting for, says Jane Kleeb, the founder of Bold Nebraska,...
Tags: grow
delay
deciding
keystone
Sites : [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] next »