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January's top stories: Gas pipeline explodes, European Commission fracking rules
2014-02-03 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
A natural gas pipeline owned by Canadian energy firm TransCanada exploded and caught fire in Manitoba on Saturday, although there were no injuries reported. The European Commission has come up with a recommendation for member states aiming to ensure
Keystone report raises pressure on Obama to approve pipeline
2014-02-02 21:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Pressure for President Barack Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline increased after a State Department report played down the impact it would have on climate change, irking environmentalists and delighting the project's proponents. But the White House signaled late on Friday that a decision on an application by TransCanada Corp to build the $5.4 billion project would be made "only after careful consideration" of the report, along with comments from the public and other government agencies....
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Keystone XL unites environmentalists and landowners in pipeline battle
2014-02-01 21:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: With yet another obstacle removed for the Keystone XL pipeline, opponents of the project are pressing forward with a lawsuit, public protests and an effort to inject the issue into the November midterm elections. Supporters and opponents of the transnational pipeline were both quick to claim victories regarding the US State Department report released Friday, which raised no major objections to the project. The oil industry, some union groups and congressional Republicans called on the Obama administration...
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Report says Keystone pipeline likely would not worsen climate change
2014-02-01 17:07:15| Energy - Topix.net
The State Department concluded in its final environmental assessment issued Friday that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline would be unlikely to alter global greenhouse gas emissions, but officials cautioned that they were still weighing whether or not the project would meet the test of President Barack Obama's broader climate strategy.
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Pressure is on Kerry as Keystone pipeline decision nears
2014-02-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: "This is the gut-check moment,' Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org, said during a telephone news conference held Friday afternoon by some of Keystone's most prominent foes in the environmental movement. That means that neither side intends to ease up on Kerry, who has spent his career battling climate change. The 1,179-mile northern leg of the pipeline has become the most visible symbol of human-induced global warming that environmental activists are fighting, and they have promised to redouble...
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