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Emails: How State Department Secretly Approved Expanding Piece of Enbridge’s “Keystone XL Clone”
Emails: How State Department Secretly Approved Expanding Piece of Enbridge’s “Keystone XL Clone” DeSmogBlog has obtained dozens of emails that lend an inside view of how the U.S. State Department secretly handed Enbridge a permit to expand the capacity of its U.S.-Canada border-crossing Alberta Clipper pipeline, which carries tar sands diluted bitumen (“dilbit”) from Alberta to midwest markets. The State Department submitted the emails […]
Obama’s Veto of Keystone XL Bittersweet for Texans Forced to Allow the Pipeline on Their Land
Obama’s Veto of Keystone XL Bittersweet for Texans Forced to Allow the Pipeline on Their Land As expected, President Obama today vetoed the Republican bill attempting to allow TransCanada to finish constructing the Keystone XL tar sands export pipeline. While the veto received praise from environmentalists, along with encouragement to reject the pipeline entirely, the veto provides little consolation […]
How Nebraskans are winning the fight against Keystone XL
How Nebraskans are winning the fight against Keystone XL Senate Democrats filibustered a measure yesterday that would speed up the vote on whether to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, which could take the decision on Keystone out of the hands of both the White House and the State Department. Known as cloture, the move — pushed by […]
Enbridge Gets Another Federal Tar Sands Crude Pipeline Permit As Senate Debates Keystone XL
Enbridge Gets Another Federal Tar Sands Crude Pipeline Permit As Senate Debates Keystone XL On January 16, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gave Enbridge a controversialNationwide Permit 12 green-light for its proposed Line 78 pipeline, set to bring heavy tar sands diluted bitumen (“dilbit”)from Pontiac, Illinois to its Griffith, Indiana holding terminal. The permit for the pipeline with the capacity to carry 800,000 barrels-per-day of tar […]
Flashpoint Issue 2015: Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline | Environment News Service
Flashpoint Issue 2015: Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline | Environment News Service. WASHINGTON, DC, December 29, 2014 (ENS) – A renewed battle over the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is shaping up for the new year in North America. The Republicans, who favor the Alberta-Gulf Coast pipeline because of the jobs and energy security they […]
Obama May Have To Shut Down Government To Halt The Keystone Pipeline | Zero Hedge
Obama May Have To Shut Down Government To Halt The Keystone Pipeline | Zero Hedge. It would appear the first big test for President Obama’s ‘veto’ pen will be no lesser issue than the Keystone Pipeline. Reuters reports that Republicans will quickly introduce stand-alone legislation in the first quarter of 2015 that would approve the Keystone XL crude […]
Kinder Morgan Canada pipeline plans hits a mountain of opposition | Business | Reuters
Kinder Morgan Canada pipeline plans hits a mountain of opposition | Business | Reuters. VANCOUVER (Reuters) – A Western Canadian pipeline once seen as the best near-term hope for sending more of the country’s controversial tar sands crude to Asia has hit another snag: aboriginal communities intent on using the courts to block the proposed expansion. […]
