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Public backs Keystone pipeline, power-plant emissions curbs, poll says
2013-09-26 11:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Baltimore Sun: In the debate over energy and climate change, the public continues to give support to both sides, according to a a new poll. By more than a 2-1 margin, respondents in a new Pew Research Center poll said they favor building the Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry oil from tar sands deposits under Canada's western prairies through the Midwest to refineries in Texas. Republicans in Congress have strongly advocated building the pipeline, while President Obama has given mixed signals on the...
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Pipeline threatens vulnerable species
2013-09-26 04:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: The Keystone XL pipeline could have devastating effects on at least a dozen threatened and endangered species and the habitats that lie in the projects path, according to a new analysis from the Center for Biological Diversity. The report, released Wednesday by the environmental advocacy group, found that power lines used to operate the pipeline pose collision threats for birds and bats; construction would disturb 15,500 acres, potentially crushing endangered foxes with young in their dens; and...
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Deal jells at last on pipeline records
2013-09-25 14:12:44| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
One day after Central Arkansas Water threatened to sue Exxon Mobil over issues involving a crude-oil pipeline running through the Lake Maumelle watershed, the utility and the oil giant quietly reached a confidentiality agreement aimed at allowing the utility access to pipeline-related documents, a utility official said Tuesday.
Deal jells at last on pipeline records
2013-09-25 10:29:51| Chemicals - Topix.net
One day after Central Arkansas Water threatened to sue Exxon Mobil over issues involving a crude-oil pipeline running through the Lake Maumelle watershed, the utility and the oil giant quietly reached a confidentiality agreement aimed at allowing the utility access to pipeline-related documents, a utility official said Tuesday.
Republicans See Keystone Pipeline as Card to Play in Last-Minute Fiscal Talks
2013-09-25 02:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: As a possible government shutdown looms, environmental activists who oppose construction of the Keystone XL pipeline say they are increasingly alarmed that the project might become a bargaining chip in last-minute negotiations between Republicans and President Obama to avert a fiscal crisis. If built, the 1,700-mile pipeline would carry millions of gallons of crude oil from Alberta in Canada to American refineries on the Gulf Coast. Because it crosses an international border, the pipeline requires...
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