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6 Questions What's Next for Keystone XL as US Senate Votes
2014-11-18 20:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: A U.S. Senate vote on the Keystone XL pipeline, slated for Tuesday, won't resolve the seemingly endless pipeline saga that has engulfed Barack Obama's presidency. Even if the Senate passes a bill to force approval of the $8 billion U.S.-Canadian pipeline, as the U.S. House of Representatives did for the ninth time last week, that won't end debate and begin the project's construction. Not even close. Congress is unlikely to muster the two-thirds majority to override an expected Obama veto. Even...
Keystone XL pipeline opposition forges 'Cowboys and Indians' alliance
2014-11-18 18:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: As she watches the red sun dip past the window of her home deep in a South Dakota valley, Beth Lone Eagle says she isnt prepared to see a tar sands pipeline tarnish any bit of Gods country. With the US Senate scheduled to hold a vote on the Keystone XL pipeline on Tuesday, the Lakota woman says ranchers, landowners and tribal nations throughout the midwest are girding for a fight regardless of how the process in Washington plays out. The debate over the controversial pipeline, which would run...
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Supporters of Keystone XL pipeline bill likely to fall just short in Senate vote
2014-11-18 16:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The great-grandson of the oil tycoon John D Rockefeller has appeared to dash hopes of passing legislation backing the Keystone XL energy pipeline, as he became the final waverer to indicate he would vote no in a high-profile Senate showdown on Tuesday evening. The last-minute opposition indicated by Jay Rockefeller, the outgoing senator for West Virginia, leaves backers of the bill one short of the 60 senators it needs to pass, and scrambling to change minds before a vote due at about 6.15pm....
President Obama's climate leadership faces the Keystone XL challenge
2014-11-18 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: What a change a few years makes. For those of us concerned about climate change, seven years ago marked a low-point. It was a time where no meaningful actions had been taken to reduce carbon pollution and prepare our nation and the world for the threat of global warming. Now, we celebrate a series of major plans and actions that have the potential for helping us avoid the worst climate risks. These past years have cemented Obamas legacy as a climate-aware president. They have also cemented the...
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Keystone Senate vote hangs in balance after Obama remarks
2014-11-17 20:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Supporters of the Keystone XL pipeline in the U.S. Senate scrambled on Monday to gather one last vote to pass a bill that authorizes the project that would help send Canadian oil to the U.S. Gulf, a task made harder after President Barack Obama made his toughest comments yet on the topic. All eyes were on Senator Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat who is retiring. He had originally told backers he would vote "no." But unions and the oil industry were pressuring him, an aide to a top Republican...
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