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Obama turns down Keystone XL pipeline: 'Today the US is leading on climate change'
2015-11-06 20:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barack Obama announces at the White House on Friday that he is rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline because he does not believe it serves the national interest. Keystone XL, which has divided petroleum interests and environmentalists, was designed to pump crude oil from the Alberta tar sands for 1,700 miles to the Gulf coast
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Prodded by Climate Campaigners and Aided by Cheap Oil, Obama Kills Keystone
2015-11-06 19:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Congratulations are due to Bill McKibben, Jim Hansen and the tens of thousands of other climate campaigners who turned an obscure cross-border pipeline proposal into an effective national political campaign. After years of deliberations, President Obama today said the Keystone XL project was not in the national interest: In 2011, I split with McKibben and others as they were being arrested at the White House. I argued that the pipeline issue was a distraction from the core issues involving our...
Obama: Keystone XL Pipeline Would Not Make a Meaningful Long-Term Contribution to Economy
2015-11-06 19:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: President Obama on Friday officially rejected TransCanada`s permit to build the Keystone XL, a massive pipeline connecting Alberta, Canada with Gulf Coast refineries that would carry 800,000 barrels per day across the breadbasket of America to be refined, exported and burned. In a letter to Sec. John Kerry Tuesday, Canadian oil giant TransCanada asked the State Department to pause its review of the Presidential Permit application for the Keystone XL pipeline. In response to TransCanadas inquiry...
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Killing Keystone XL, Obama says pipeline not in US interests
2015-11-06 19:16:32| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
George Barris, who created television's original Batmobile, along with scores of other beautifully customized, instantly recognizable vehicles that helped define California car culture, has died at age 89. George Barris, the legendary custom car builder who created television's original Batmobile and helped define California's car culture with colorfully designed vehicles ranging from the stunningly beautiful to the... By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer The largest, longest study of teen obesity surgery shows huge weight loss and health gains can last at least three years. Many say it's worth the risks.
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Obama administration kills Keystone XL pipeline
2015-11-06 19:16:30| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The Obama administration rejected a Canadian energy giant's application to build the Keystone XL pipeline on Friday, three individuals familiar with the decision said, capping a seven-year saga that spiraled into one of the biggest environmental flashpoints of Barack Obama's presidency. Obama was to announce the decision at the White House after meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry.
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