Keystone XL pipeline
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Watch this nature doc on the majestic tar-sands pipeline
This spin-off of National Geographic Channel's "Great Migrations" tells the story of an unexpected critter.
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Senate Democrats plan to kneecap the GOP’s Keystone bill
The newly weakened Senate Democratic caucus is trying to muster all the opposition it can to the impending vote on the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Big Oil doesn’t even need Keystone — all the more reason to kill it
The Keystone XL battle is mostly symbolic at this point, which makes winning even more important.
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Keystone XL is basically your douchey ex-boyfriend
What would Keystone XL look like as a human being? Probably how he's portrayed in this video.
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Obama likes Keystone XL now
Well, that was nice while it lasted. But despite the fact that domestic oil production doesn’t do a dicky bird to bring down gas prices, President Obama is now paying election-year lip service to the idea of, and I quote, “drilling all over the place.” And even more depressingly, he’s now saying that the southern […]
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Newest anti-Keystone activists: Tea Partiers
If there’s anything the Tea Party hates, it’s whatever the government is doing right now. Which means greens have picked up some unusual allies in the fight against the Keystone XL pipeline: Texas Tea Partiers who think the project violates property rights. “Crippling someone’s water supply knows no party line,” said Rita Beving, consultant to […]
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Congress toys with the future of wind energy
The same lawmakers clinging desperately to Keystone won't extend the production tax credit that keeps the burgeoning wind industry alive.
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Senators take emergency oil reserve hostage to force Keystone approval
They won't stop: GOP senators introduced an act that would prevent Obama from selling oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve unless Keystone is approved.
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Tell your senators: Hold the line in the tar sands
As the Senate tries to resurrect the Keystone XL pipeline, join Grist and other organizations in sending a message: Stop playing political games with our climate and our future.