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CEOs back more oil drilling and Keystone XL pipeline
2013-02-25 09:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A group of top business executives on Monday urged U.S. officials to cut red tape for drillers and open more federal land to oil and gas interests and approve the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline which is opposed by some environmental groups. The Business Roundtable, which speaks for chief executives at major U.S. companies, said too much regulation is hindering a true domestic energy renaissance even as domestic oil and gas output is booming due to new technology such as fracking. "Technology,...
Canada: Redford stumps for oil sands, Keystone XL pipeline in Washington
2013-02-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Alberta Premier Alison Redford says she's open to tougher environmental regulations, but only if current policies fall short of her goals, and not as a trade-off to win U.S. approval of the Keystone XL pipeline. "Our regulations are pretty tough," Ms. Redford said Saturday in an interview, responding to a question about whether she would tighten scrutiny of the oil sands to appease skeptics in President Barack Obama's administration. "I'm not going to start down that path. Part of the quid...
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Canadian officials make climate case in DC ahead of Keystone pipeline decision
2013-02-24 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: Albertas provincial government is trying to burnish its image on climate change as top Canadian officials make the case for U.S. approval of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline. Even though we have had a presence here for some time, I dont think we have really communicated as effectively as we need to on this, Albertas Premier Alison Redford said in an interview at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. on Saturday. Redford and her environment minister, Diana McQueen, are in D.C. this...
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Republicans to Obama: Approve the Keystone pipeline
2013-02-23 04:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: As Washington grapples with how to reduce the nation's deficit, Republicans are again pointing to the Keystone XL pipeline as a project that would boost the economy and ultimately make dents in paying off the federal debt. Republican Sen. John Hoeven of North Dakota called on President Obama to approve the full transnational pipeline that would bring oil from Canada's tar sands down to the Gulf of Mexico. "Mr. President, it takes more than a sound bite to get the economy going, but in this...
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Will Climate Hawk Kerry Have the Courage to Reject the Keystone XL Pipeline?
2013-02-21 20:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A month ago I wrote that the confirmation of climate hawk Kerry as Secretary of State may doom dirty Keystone XL Pipeline. Now John Kerry has delivered his first big foreign policy speech as Secretary of State and he shows no sign whatsoever of backing down from the moral urgency that has made him a true climate champion. Watch this video which captures the passion behind Kerry`s words: Heres the key excerpt (from prepared text): The stories we need to tell--of standing up for American...
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