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Poll: Majority Support Keystone XL Pipeline
2015-01-16 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: A majority of Americans support construction of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. It found that 57 percent of the 1,011 surveyed are in favor of building the $8 billion oil sands pipeline. Respondents were surveyed on Dec. 18-21. Only 28 percent opposite the project, and 15 percent are unsure, CNN said. The poll comes as the Senate is preparing for a weeks-long battle over legislation to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, which has been met with a veto threat...
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U.S. Senate Proposal May Leave Canada with a Pyrrhic Victory on Keystone XL
2015-01-15 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Canadas Natural Resources Minster Greg Rickford was on Capitol Hill again Tuesday pitching Keystone XL, as Senate supporters of the controversial pipeline tried to round up sufficient votes to override U.S. President Barack Obamas threatened veto of any Congressional attempt to force approval of the project to ship Alberta oil sands crude to the Texas Gulf coast. After meeting Senator Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat and Keystone XL backer, Mr. Rickford said: I thanked Senator Manchin for...
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Keystone XL passes key Senate test, setting up showdown with Obama
2015-01-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: The showdown between U.S. President Barack Obama and the Republican-dominated Congress over the controversial Keystone XL edged closer Monday in a test vote as the Senate cleared the 60-vote threshold needed to proceed with legislation approving the pipeline that would send Canadian oil sands crude across the United States. The 63-32 cloture vote set the stage for passage of Keystone XL legislation later this week. Mr. Obama has vowed to veto efforts by Republicans to wrest control away from him...
01.14.15 -- API On Keystone XL; Feds Adjust Liability Limit For Offshore Oil Spills
2015-01-13 06:42:28| oilandgasonline Home Page
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Senate Votes to Start Debate on Keystone Bill
2015-01-13 00:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Senate voted Monday to take up a bill that would force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, opening a debate on energy and climate change that will preview other clashes to come between President Obama and the new Republican Congress. It will also set the stage for the energy and climate battles of the presidential election next year. But the bills fate appears certain: Republicans, with the help of some Democrats, are expected to easily push it through Congress, and Mr. Obama is expected...
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