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Kerry dodges Keystone pipeline question
2013-01-25 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Senator John Kerry ducked when he was asked directly at his confirmation hearing whether he would block or back the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, but President Barack Obama's pick for secretary of state delivered a passionate pitch on the virtues of clean energy. When Wyoming Republican Senator John Barrasso, who supports TransCanada Corp.'s multibillion-dollar pipeline to carry Canadian oil sands crude to U.S. refineries, asked whether he agrees with the 53 senators who favour the project,...
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Will Obama administration clear Keystone XL Pipeline?
2013-01-25 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The future of the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline is in the hands of the State Department. President Obama rejected a similar pipeline proposal last year, but now that Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has approved an alternative route through his state, the approval process is back on track. Because the Keystone XL would cross an international boundary - between Saskatchewan and Montana - it requires review by the State Department and a special presidential permit. Environmental groups oppose...
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Jacobs Engineering awarded Pipeline Safety Enhancement Program contract by SoCalGas
2013-01-25 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
US-based Jacobs Engineering Group has been awarded a project management services contract by Southern California Gas (SoCalGas) for the Pipeline Safety Enhancement Program in US.
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How Obama Could Nix the Keystone Pipeline (And Why He Won't)
2013-01-24 20:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Atlantic Wire: President Obama will be confronted with the first big policy decision of his second term where environmentalists and business interests are at odds: the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Despite promising to act on climate change in his inaugural speech, all signs point to the controversial project going forward. On Wednesday, a majority of Senators (44 Republicans and nine Democrats) sent a letter to President Obama urging him to move forward on Keystone XL, a massive pipeline that would carry oil from...
Obama faces Keystone dilemma after Senate urges pipeline approval
2013-01-24 18:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barack Obama faced intense pressure to break with his inauguration day promise on climate change on Thursday, after a bipartisan majority in the Senate urged approval of the Keystone XL pipeline. The letter from 53 senators said there was no reason for Obama to deny the pipeline as campaigners are demanding because the project had now undergone exhaustive environmental review. The letter, signed by Democrats as well as Republicans, underlined the high political cost to Obama of living up...
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