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Senate Dems Urge Obama to Decide on Keystone XL Pipeline by May 31
2014-04-10 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: An activist holds up a sign outside the State Department during a protest of the Keystone XL pipeline on March 7, 2014 in Washington, D.C. Photographer: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images A group of 11 Senate Democrats, including five seeking re-election this year, urged President Barack Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline by May 31. This process has been exhaustive in its time, breadth, and scope, the Democrats wrote in a letter sent to Obama today. It has already taken much...
Senate Democrats Press Obama to Approve Keystone XL Pipeline by the End of May
2014-04-10 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: A group of Senate Democrats is urging President Obama to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline by the end of next month, saying the process "has already taken much longer than anyone can reasonably justify." The letter, spearheaded by Sens. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) and Mary Landrieu (D-La.), who faces a tough reelection bid this year, requests that Obama set a hard deadline for Secretary of State John Kerry to make his national interest determination. The senators also press Obama to set a timeline...
300+ Devoted Activists Rally in Minnesota Against Proposed Tar Sands Pipeline
2014-04-09 22:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The sky was gray, the temp was just below freezing, the wind was whistling and sleet was pelting down on Kellogg Park in downtown St. Paul, MN, last week but that wasnt enough to stop more than 300 of us from across the Midwest who came to rally and march against the proposed expansion of the Alberta Clipper tar sands pipeline. With songs, speeches and buoyant enthusiasm, we gathered to say "No" to tar sands expansion and "Yes" to a future free of carbon emissions and oil spills. The Alberta...
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Northern Gateway plebiscite for Kitimat residents will be influential in pipeline projects outcome
2014-04-09 18:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial Post: Residents of Kitimat on the Northern Coast of British Columbia are going to the polls Saturday for an unusual vote on the Northern Gateway oil sands pipeline, the climax of an election-style campaign between builder Enbridge Inc., representing Canadas oil community, and Douglas Channel Watch, representing the environmental lobby. With a couple of days to go to the plebiscite, the port city remains deeply divided about whether to welcome the economic boost from the $6.5-billion pipeline to open...
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TransCanada's East Energy Pipeline Hearings Wind Down in Ontario
2014-04-09 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) wrapped up its hearings Tuesday into TransCanada Corp.'s proposed $12-billion Energy East pipeline, as the provincial government considers whether to play a spoiler role in Alberta's effort to reach new domestic and foreign markets for its growing crude production. As it travelled along the proposed route through northern and eastern Ontario, the board heard public concerns that the crude pipeline threatens rural drinking water sources and will drive up Canada's greenhouse...
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