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Keystone report raises pressure Obama approve pipeline
2014-01-31 15:38:00| 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 proponents of the project. The agency made no recommendation in its report 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 U.S. refineries. But the State Department said...
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US report on environment impact of Keystone XL pipeline expected today: Report
2014-01-31 15:05:04| Energy - Topix.net
A U.S. report says an environmental impact study into the Keystone XL pipeline project is likely to be announced on Friday afternoon.
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Keystone (XL) Cops, Part XLVIII: Pipeline Gets State Department's Green Light
2014-01-31 14:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Even the timing is too much: 3 p.m. on a Friday. And not just any Friday--the one just before the Super Bowl. Thats when--moments ago; go Seahawks!--the U.S. Department of State decided to release its hotly anticipated report on the environmental safety of the Keystone XL, the $5.4 billion, 875-mile final leg of a network of pipelines carrying Alberta crude to refineries and tankers in Port Arthur, Tex. Its genius. You can almost hear a State Department bureaucrat telling her colleagues: Well...
US says no major climate impact from Keystone pipeline
2014-01-31 13:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The US State Department on Friday released a long-awaited review of a controversial pipeline project to bring oil from Canada to Texas, concluding it would have little impact on climate change or the environment. The final environmental impact assessment could now pave the way for US President Barack Obama to approve the $5.3 billion, 1,179-mile (1,897-kilometer) Keystone XL pipeline, first proposed back in 2008. The project has pitched environmental groups against the oil industry, which has...
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Keystone XL oil pipeline clears significant hurdle
2014-01-31 13:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The long-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline cleared a major hurdle toward approval Friday, a serious blow to environmentalists' hopes that President Barack Obama will block the controversial project running more than 1,000 miles from Canada through the heart of the U.S. The State Department reported no major environmental objections to the proposed $7 billion pipeline, which has become a symbol of the political debate over climate change. Republicans and some oil- and gas-producing states in the U.S....
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