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Keystone XL pipeline closer to reality after State Department review
2014-01-31 23:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Keystone XL, a mundane pipeline project that escalated into a bitter proxy war over climate change and North America's energy future, moved one important step closer to reality on Friday. The State Department, in its final environmental review of the project, concluded that the pipeline, which would carry crude from the Alberta tar sands in Canada to refineries on the Texas Gulf coast, would not on its own have a significant effect on carbon pollution. The report acknowledged that...
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'No objections' to Keystone pipeline
2014-01-31 22:54:13| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The US state department raises no major environmental objections to the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada, easing its path to final US approval.
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State Department Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement Keystone XL Pipeline
2014-01-31 22:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The State Department today released the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline project. The controversial project would carry as much as 830,000 barrels of tar sands oil per day from Alberta, Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast. The State Departments Final Supplemental EIS concluded that the pipeline wouldnt increase the rate of extraction of tar sands and thus isnt likely to significantly increase carbon pollution. The idea that this...
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Report May Ease Way to Approval of Keystone Pipeline
2014-01-31 20:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: In his second term, Mr. Obama has sought to make his fight against climate change a cornerstone of his legacy. In a major speech on the environment last summer, Mr. Obama said that he would approve the pipeline only if it would not "significantly exacerbate" the problem of carbon pollution. He said the pipeline's net effects on the climate would be "absolutely critical" to his decision. The conclusions of the report appear to indicate that the project has passed Mr. Obama's climate criteria,...
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Keystone report raises pressure on Obama to approve pipeline
2014-01-31 17:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Pressure for President Barack Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline increased on Friday after a State Department report played down the impact it would have on climate change, irking environmentalists and delighting the project's proponents. The agency made no recommendation on whether Obama should grant or deny an application by TransCanada Corp to build the $5.4 billion line, which would transport crude from Alberta's oil sands to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast. But the State Department...
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