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Keystone XL Likely Dead

Daniel J. Graeber | Posted 04.24.2012

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Daniel J. Graeber

Critics of U.S. domestic energy policy are trying to maneuver the Keystone XL oil pipeline past the Oval Office, but in the long shadow of the Keystone XL pipeline project are a series of domestic oil pipelines that could make Keystone redundant by the time it goes into service in 2015.

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Proposed Crude Pipeline To Bring More Oil To Oklahoma

AP | JAMES MacPHERSON | Posted 04.10.2012

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A natural gas company on Monday announced a proposal to get into the crude oil business by building its own 1,300-mile oil pip...

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Colo. Company Proposes Oil Pipeline In North Dakota

AP | JAMES MacPHERSON | Posted 04.17.2012

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BISMARCK, N.D. — A Colorado company is seeking shipping commitments from oil producers to use a proposed pipeline that would move 150,000 barrel...

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Hauling the Koch Brothers Into Congress

Robert Greenwald | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Green, David Koch, Oil Pipeline, Keystone XL, Koch Brothers Exposed, Koch Brothers, Robert Greenwald, Henry Waxman, Charles Koch, Brave New Foundation, Video, Green News
Robert Greenwald

The Koch brothers are doing whatever they can to avoid testifying in Congress, despite the fact that the Kochs informed the Canadian government of their "direct and substantial" interest in the Keystone XL pipeline.

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Lucia Graves

GOP Hopeful's Keystone XL Script Cribbed From TransCanada

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 01.10.2012

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WASHINGTON -- After calling out an opponent for plagiarism, Republican Senate candidate Linda McMahon pulled key parts of her own Keystone XL op-ed, w...

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Congress Has Its Own 'Oops' Moment

Politico | DARREN GOODE | Posted 02.14.2012

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It was a celebrated, bipartisan achievement: Congress sent the president a bill to address pipeline safety issues -- a sign that lawmakers could get b...

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Obama: Health, Economic Factors Will Be Taken Into Account In Keystone Decision

Reuters | Jeff Mason and Matt Spetalnick | Posted 01.01.2012

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By Jeff Mason and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said Tuesday health and economic factors would be taken into accoun...

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Obama: No Decision On Keystone XL Pipeline

AP | JIM KUHNHENN and MATTHEW DALY | Posted 12.26.2011

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DENVER — President Barack Obama said Wednesday his administration has made no decision on whether a Canadian company can proceed with plans for ...

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Progressives Launch Anti-Keystone XL Pipeline Ad Campaign

Posted 12.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Progressives fighting to stop the construction of TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline found a new outlet for their message this week with...

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Joshua Hersh

Keystone XL: State Department Pushes Back On Claims Of Bias In Pipeline Review Process

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 12.05.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The State Department has begun to push back on claims by environmental groups that the process for approving a controversial oil pipelin...

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Rand Paul Wants Debate On Pipeline Safety Bill

AP | By JOAN LOWY | Posted 11.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The only senator opposed to a bill to toughen federal safety regulation of oil and gas pipelines said Wednesday he's willing to work wit...

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Will President Obama Side With the Koch Brothers or American Families?

Robert Greenwald | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Tar Sands Action, David Koch, Expose the Kochs, Charles Koch, Koch Industries, Oil Pipeline, Keystone XL, Koch Brothers Exposed, Robert Greenwald, Hillary Clinton, Brave New Foundation, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

Charles Koch, one of our country's most prolific conservative donors, was recorded praising his oil, energy and Wall Street friends who contributed millions of dollars to his political causes.

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Lucia Graves

Yes You Better: Obama Campaign Writer Arrested In TransCanada Pipeline Protest

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 10.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Among the 500-plus people to get arrested since August 20 for sit-in protests outside the White House is Elijah Zarlin, formerly a senio...

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Lucia Graves

State Department Moves Forward On Construction Of Keystone XL Oil Pipeline

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 10.26.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The State Department on Friday released its final environmental assessment of the Keystone XL, removing a major barrier to the construct...

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Lucia Graves

Green Groups: Keystone XL Pipeline Obama's 'Biggest Climate Test'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 10.24.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In a boost for grassroots efforts pressuring the Obama administration to block approval of TransCanada's Keystone XL oil pipeline, the h...

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Lucia Graves

Arrests Mount As Climate Activists Push Obama On Keystone XL Oil Pipeline

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 10.24.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Waving signs and chanting "Yes we can," scores of protesters were arrested outside the White House Monday as they called on the Obama ad...

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Lucia Graves

House Republicans Mock Claim Koch Brothers Could Benefit From Oil Pipeline

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 07.24.2011

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WASHINGTON -- At a hearing on the approval of the Keystone XL, a controversial oil pipeline that would expand Canada's oil sand imports to refineries ...

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Canadian Prime Minister Urges U.S. To Approve Cross-Country Oil Pipeline

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Friday urged U.S. officials to approve an oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast...

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Green News Report: December 9, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Crunch ti...

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Michigan Oil Spill and World's Dirtiest Oil: Why Lie?

Henry Henderson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Henry Henderson

Our region is the epicenter of refining for what has been called "the world's dirtiest oil." And you get a glimpse at how ugly the stuff is from the pipeline mess in Michigan.

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REDD Alert: Lessons from Peru's Camisea Pipeline Project

Janet Ranganathan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Janet Ranganathan

Many poor developing countries are afflicted by the "natural resource curse," enjoying less economic growth and worse development outcomes than countries endowed with less of Nature's bounty.

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Mount Redoubt Eruptions Threaten Oil Pipeline

AP | MARY PEMBERTON | Posted 05.25.2011

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Alaska volcano continued to rumble Tuesday amid new concerns that eruptions and mud flows will damage a nearby oil termin...

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Oil Pipelines Are The 'New Great Game': Pepe Escobar

TomDispatch | Pepe Escobar | Posted 05.25.2011

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What happens on the immense battlefield for the control of Eurasia will provide the ultimate plot line in the tumultuous rush towards a new, polycentr...

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Rumors Of The Next Cold War

Judah Freed | Posted 05.25.2011

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Judah Freed

No matter how subtly the conquest happens, Russian control of Georgia would amount to an historic shift in the balance of power -- especially as long as the world economy is fueled by oil.

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Lessons of Ossetia

Giles Slade | Posted 05.25.2011

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Giles Slade

Russia is a military power again proud of its independence from world opinion able to take decisive actions. The balance of power in the world has moved away from America which has no cards left to play.

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