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How Stephen Harper's old schoolmate helped kill the Keystone XL pipeline
2015-11-07 05:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canadian Press: One of the great ironies of the interminable saga of Keystone XL is that two of its principal antagonists were unaware that they went to grade school together. In the midst of one of the biggest environmental fights in American politics, the best-known activist on one side learned of his distant connection to the most powerful politician on the other: Stephen Harper. So these old grade-school alumni duked it out from a distance as the pipeline escalated from a regional land dispute to international...
Obama Kills Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
2015-11-07 03:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: TransCanada`s Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is dead, at least for the remainder of President Barack Obama`s term in office. Today, after six years of research and protest demonstrations, Obama denied the project the Presidential Permit it needed to cross the Canada-U.S. border. Speaking from the White House, the President said, "Several years ago, the State Department began a review process for the proposed construction of a pipeline that would carry Canadian crude oil through our heartland to...
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Citing Climate Change Obama Rejects Construction Keystone XL Oil Pipeline
2015-11-07 02:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: President Obama announced on Friday that he had rejected the request from a Canadian company to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline, ending a seven-year review that had become a symbol of the debate over his climate policies. Mr. Obamas denial of the proposed 1,179-mile pipeline, which would have carried 800,000 barrels a day of carbon-heavy petroleum from the Canadian oil sands to the Gulf Coast, comes as he seeks to build an ambitious legacy on climate change. America is now a global leader...
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Environmentalists Cheer Keystone XL Pipeline Decision As 'Decisive Moment'
2015-11-06 22:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: NPR's Kelly McEvers interviews environmentalist Bill McKibben, who founded 350.org, about why he's celebrating Obama's veto of the Keystone XL pipeline, even though the next president can reverse it.
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Some Texans Puzzled By Keystone XL Pipeline Rejection
2015-11-06 22:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: President Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline provoked cheers from environmental groups and a little bit of head scratching in the state of Texas.
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