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Kerry Staying Far Away From Keystone XL ReviewFor Now
2013-04-18 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: Secretary of State John Kerry says he isnt wading into the State Departments review of the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline. At least not yet. I am staying as far away from that as I can now so that when the appropriate time comes to me, I am not getting information from any place I shouldnt be, and I am not getting engaged in the debate at a time that I shouldnt be, Kerry told the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday. Kerry noted the decision would ultimately come to...
How Science Can Predict Where You Stand on Keystone XL
2013-04-17 17:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Desk: On February 17, more than 40,000 climate change activists--many of them quite young--rallied in Washington, DC, to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline, which will transport dirty tar sands oil from Canada across the heartland. The scornful response from media centrists was predictable. Joe Nocera of the New York Times, for one, quickly went on the attack. In a column titled "How Not to Fix Climate Change," he wrote that the strategy of activists "who have made the Keystone pipeline their line in the...
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Cooking the Books: State Department Ignores True Climate Impact of Keystone XL Pipeline
2013-04-16 17:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A new report out today from environmental groups--Oil Change International, Natural Resources Defense Council, 350.org, Environment America, National Wildlife Federation, Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club, Greenpeace--shows that the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline would, if approved, be responsible for at least 181 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) each year, comparable to the tailpipe emissions from more than 37.7 million cars or 51 coal-fired power plants. In documenting...
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Can Congress overrule Obama on Keystone XL?
2013-04-11 15:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: As the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power takes up legislation Wednesday to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline extension, the bill raises a key question: can Congress wrest the Keystone decision away from President Obama? The answer: Neither side knows exactly, but depending on the legislative language, Congress could very well pull it off. The Northern Route Approval Act, the subject of Wednesdays hearing, would grant TransCanada a permit to build a 1,179-mile...
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Alberta Premier Redford returns to Washington to lobby for Keystone XL pipeline
2013-04-10 02:34:42| Energy - Topix.net
Alberta Premier Alison Redford returns to Washington, D.C., today to lobby for the Keystone XL pipeline and highlight the province's record on the environment.
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