Obama Keystone Pipeline

Obama's Secretive Keystone XL Decision

Ken Blackwell | Posted 04.19.2012

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The oppressive monster known as the Environmental Protection Agency is not just killing jobs these days -- it is intentionally avoiding transparency that may shed light on the political motivations behind the agency's actions.

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US House To Try Again To Advance Keystone Pipeline

Reuters | Posted 04.14.2012

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* Obama had put the pipeline on hold * Republicans say pipeline would generate jobs By Roberta Rampton WA...

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Obama's March Madness

Michael Brune | Posted 05.26.2012

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Spring is in the air -- but has the president really fallen madly in love with dirty energy? As usual, the answer is complicated.

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President Should Play Political Turnaround at Cushing -- With Natural Gas

Daniel Dicker | Posted 05.22.2012

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An advocated switch to natural gas would not only defuse the "gas price" issue being brought by the GOP, it would also help this country get off the imported oil treadmill.

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The Keystone XL Zombie Rises

Jamie Henn | Posted 05.21.2012

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The fight against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is starting to feel more like a bad horror movie everyday. Just when you think our heroes have struck a fateful blow, out comes a hand from the soil. "The zombie lives!"

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Mr. Obama Goes to Cushing, OK

Bill McKibben | Posted 05.20.2012

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The president makes a potentially interesting speech on Thursday in Cushing, Oklahoma. It comes amidst a completely unprecedented March heat wave -- 2,000 records fell last week as cities like Chicago broke records dating back to the 19th century.

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Report: Keystone XL Pipeline Economic Risks Ignored

Rocky Kistner | Posted 05.13.2012

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The Cornell Report is a roadmap to how the Keystone XL pipeline will pose an unprecedented threat to America's rivers, aquifers and agricultural and drinking water sources.

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Despite Uniting Behind Obama, Unions Face Bitter Divisions

AP | By SAM HANANEL | Posted 03.10.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Unions may be united in working to re-elect President Barack Obama, but their leaders also are trying to repair bitter divisions over hi...

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Keystone XL Bill Thwarted By Senate Dems

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Thursday narrowly rejected a GOP provision to fast-track the construction of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline. The amend...

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Protesters to Keystone XL Pipeline: Don't Mess With Texas

Rocky Kistner | Posted 04.20.2012

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As Congressional Republicans and Big Oil allies allies in Washington try to resuscitate the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, people on the front lines have opened a new campaign to stop the massive $7 billion project.

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GOP Candidate Seeks Comeback At The Pump

The Huffington Post | Leigh Owens | Posted 02.16.2012

Newt Gingrich is attempting to revive his faltering campaign for president by attacking President Barack Obama's energy policy. In a column in the ...

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Voters Want Obama's Clean Energy Plan

Heather Taylor-Miesle | Posted 04.11.2012

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In order to win on clean energy, candidates can't just name check the issue. They have to lead on it. They have to offer a vision for America's clean energy future, and they have to do it before their opponents frame the issue for them.

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Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline: The Facts Deserve Repeating

Robert Redford | Posted 04.09.2012

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The Keystone XL pipeline doesn't deliver on jobs or national security, it jeopardizes public health and safety and the president was right to reject it.

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Key U.S. House Panel Advances Keystone Pipeline Plan

Reuters | Posted 04.08.2012

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* House Energy and Commerce approves plan, 33-20 * Would give permit power to FERC * Next step for bill: vote in full House * Senate Fi...

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Lingering Doubts About Obama's Keystone Pipeline Decision

Carl Safina | Posted 03.25.2012

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We need to generate visible public excitement not just about what could be stopped, but about what we need to create, and what can positively be accomplished.

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The Keystone Myth

Al Gore | Posted 03.25.2012

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President Obama made the right call last week when he decided to reject the tar sands pipeline. The State Department, in its Congressional Report debunked the myth that this disastrous project would benefit the US.

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Examining Obama's Pipeline Decision

Toni Johnson | Posted 03.21.2012

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"The arguments on both sides of the debate have been pretty badly exaggerated. Opponents of the pipeline talk about how it's game over for climate change.... The proponents of the pipeline talk about it as if it would allow the United States to become somehow free of Middle Eastern oil.

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Obama 'Takes Stand,' Rules Against the Keystone XL Pipeline

Bill Chameides | Posted 03.20.2012

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Both sides are hyping the presidential decision as pivotal, with Bill McKibben hailing it as "a brave decision" and Jack Gerard characterizing it as "a clear abdication of presidential leadership." Let's try to deconstruct the hype to assess what the decision really means.

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The Climate Post: U.S. Rejects Tar Sands Pipeline From Canada -- For Now

Mason Inman | Posted 03.20.2012

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Under pressure from Congress, the Obama administration has decided to reject the Keystone XL pipeline proposal. However some commentators argued it won't stop Canada's tar sands from flowing.

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Obama Has Gotten Himself Stuck in the Oil Sands

Peter Navarro and Greg Autry | Posted 03.20.2012

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When Congress forced the Obama administration to stop dithering on its decision to support the Keystone XL Pipeline, it revealed a White House's determined to cleave to ideology in the face of all common sense.

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President Obama Stands Up to Big Oil

Robert Redford | Posted 03.19.2012

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Let's face it: Big Oil is used to getting its way. But not today... and we have President Obama to thank for standing up to them in spite of the political risk. This was a prime-time fight. The oil giants made sure of that.

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Obama Administration Makes Decision On Keystone

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 01.19.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Acting on a recommendation from the State Department on Wednesday, President Barack Obama denied a permit for the contentious Keystone X...

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Oil Industry Chief: Rejecting Pipeline Would Be 'Huge Mistake' For Obama

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 03.05.2012

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The oil industry's top lobbyist warned the Obama administration Wednesday to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline or face "huge po...

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Now Is the Time to Fight the Keystone Pipeline

Tom Weis | Posted 01.31.2012

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President Obama's punt on Keystone XL needs to be called out for what it is: an act of political cowardice. This deeply cynical political ploy was designed to placate both his environmental base and the oil lobby.

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Tuning Up the Orchestra: A Symphony of Protest Builds Against Fracking

Bryan Farrell | Posted 01.22.2012

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Like the recent decision by the Obama administration to delay the Keystone XL pipeline, the Delaware River Basin Commission vote was hardly an indictment of extreme carbon-based extraction that poisons water.

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