keystone xl
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Obama's jobs council hearts environmental destruction
The Fortune 500 CEOs who make up the president's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness are all about building Keystone XL, reinstating deepwater drilling in the Gulf, and fracking up West Virginia. The idea is that these projects will create jobs and economic growth, at least until there's a disaster of some sort that economically depresses […]
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Where did Obama's mojo go?
Obama's fund-raising emails sound a little pathetic. Nixing the Keystone XL pipeline could be his last chance to prove himself to progressive voters.
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The Occupy Movement, winning victories and November 6
I haven’t felt like this since Seattle and the birth of the global justice movement in the USA 12 years ago. Because of the Occupy Wall Street action and the astounding growth of similar local occupy actions all over the country, the political winds have changed in the USA, all within less than a month. […]
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State Department picked less-than-objective company to review Keystone XL impact
Sometimes you wish government bureaucrats would just stop and think. It's been clear for a while now that the State Department favors the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline. But one would think that they'd like to at least preserve the appearance that they were conducting a thorough and unbiased review of the pipeline’s environmental impacts.
Apparently that wasn't a particular concern, because the department allowed TransCanada, the pipeline operator, to participate in the selection of the company conducting the environmental review. Perhaps less than surprisingly, Transcanada recommended Cardno Entrix, which considers TransCanada a "major client," to do the job. -
McKibben asks Occupy Wall Streeters to join Keystone pipeline protest [VIDEO]
Climate activist Bill McKibben brought his anti-Keystone-pipeline message to a big Occupy Wall Street crowd gathered in Washington Square in New York City.
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Keystone-pipeline protestors link their movement to Occupy Wall Street
In keeping with the Occupy Wall Street movement, activists in Washington, D.C., on Friday protested the Keystone XL pipeline outside the State Department.
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Pipeline? We don't need no stinkin' pipeline
Arguments against the tar-sands pipeline focus on the environmental dangers it poses. The more fundamental question is: do we really need that oil?
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Koch Industries stands to profit off Keystone XL
Every step the Obama administration takes towards approving the Keystone XL pipeline means a step towards putting more money into the pockets of Koch Industries. Although the company has denied having an interest in the pipeline (it has "nothing to do with any of our businesses," company reps have told Rep. Henry Waxman's staff), Inside Climate News has uncovered documents proving that a Koch Industries subsidiary has a business interest in the approval of the pipeline.
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Critical List: Enviro groups sue over Keystone XL; Energy Dept. considered second Solyndra loan
The Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth, Inc., and Western Nebraska Resources Council sued the U.S. for starting work preemptively on the Keystone XL pipeline.
The Department of Energy thought (but not that hard! Really!) about giving Solyndra an additional $469 million loan.
The mystery of why the FBI kept British environmentalist John Stewart from entering the country: Explained. Apparently the bureau was concerned he would super-glue himself to Sarah Palin.