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24 Hours to Stop the Pipeline - Be the Solution

Robert Redford | Posted 04.14.2012 | Green
Robert Redford

This dirty, dangerous tar sands pipeline is not in the national interest. It's that simple. And the United States Senate, officials of both parties, need to hear that message loud and clear and fast.

Joshua Hersh

Keystone XL: State Dept. IG Report Isn't Quite The Exoneration It Sounds Like

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 02.09.2012 | Green

WASHINGTON -- The State Department did not improperly conduct its review of the Keystone XL pipeline, the Department's Office of the Inspector General...

Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline: The Facts Deserve Repeating

Robert Redford | Posted 04.09.2012 | Green
Robert Redford

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.

Money for Nothing? TransCanada Blew $1.3 Million on Federal Lobbying for Keystone XL in 2011

Corbin Hiar | Posted 03.27.2012 | Green
Corbin Hiar

TransCanada, the pipeline company pushing the recently rejected Keystone XL project, spent $410,000 on federal lobbying during the last three months of 2011 -- a new quarterly high for the company.

Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Talks On Hold

AP | Posted 01.25.2012 | Green

JUNEAU, Alaska -- Federal regulators have rescheduled a meeting in Anchorage on TransCanada Corp.'s proposed Alaska natural gas pipeline project. The...

Lingering Doubts About Obama's Keystone Pipeline Decision

Carl Safina | Posted 03.25.2012 | Green
Carl Safina

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.

The Keystone Myth

Al Gore | Posted 03.25.2012 | Green
Al Gore

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.

Keystone Fight Continues as Obama Administration Touts Need for Energy Policy

Stefanie Penn Spear | Posted 03.24.2012 | Green
Stefanie Penn Spear

With the decision to deny the pipeline permit, it was fitting that Secretary of Energy Steven Chu spoke of Obama's plan to reduce oil imports by one-third by 2025, modernize the electric grid, support fuel-efficient vehicles, and invest in renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Examining Obama's Pipeline Decision

Toni Johnson | Posted 03.21.2012 | Politics
Toni Johnson

"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.

Keystone Pipeline Fight Is Not Over

Renee Parsons | Posted 03.21.2012 | Green
Renee Parsons

As Bill McKibben and his environmental supporters bask in a well-deserved satisfaction of the now-infamous Keystone XL pipeline denial, a close reading of the president's statement indicates reason for concern.

TransCanada Exec Says Asian Markets An Option

AP | Posted 03.12.2012 | Green

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — If the U.S. government doesn't approve plans for the 1,700-mile Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas, Canadian oil pro...

The Keystone XL Pipeline Scam

Michael Brune | Posted 02.20.2012 | Green
Michael Brune

What we're watching unfold in Washington, D.C., is more than just a high-stakes political power play -- it's a scam undertaken by Big Oil's congressional puppets on the orders of oil companies that have billions of dollars at stake.

GOP's Keystone Bait and Switch Will Cost American Consumers

Rep. Gerry Connolly | Posted 02.19.2012 | Politics
Rep. Gerry Connolly

It is not surprising that Republicans have sided with the oil companies, even holding a tax cut hostage to accelerate construction of an oil pipeline which the industry itself acknowledges will increase gas prices for American consumers.

Google Announces Big New Solar Plans

Reuters | Matt Daily | Posted 02.19.2012 | Technology

By Matt Daily (Reuters) - Google Inc and TransCanada Corp announced deals to buy solar power projects on Tuesday, just days after billio...

Keystone XL Pipeline Extension Not the Real Issue

Robert L. Cavnar | Posted 02.08.2012 | Green
Robert L. Cavnar

Some concerns are warranted, some are pure hyperbole; however, the vast majority of the concerns don't address the real problem that we burn 20 million barrels of oil per day in the U.S.

Fight Over Payroll Tax Plays Like Muppet Movie

Meredith Bagby | Posted 02.07.2012 | Politics
Meredith Bagby

How dare Hollywood suggest that evil oilmen are ruining our communities or that monied interests squash the little guys? The sad truth is in that in today's political environment, the Muppets movie seems less like trumped-up propaganda and more like cinéma vérité.

Now Is the Time to Fight the Keystone Pipeline

Tom Weis | Posted 01.31.2012 | Green
Tom Weis

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.

Indigenous Leaders Will Hand Obama Emergency Mother Earth Accord, Say Face To Face No Keystone XL

Bill McKibben | Posted 01.30.2012 | Green
Bill McKibben

In the ongoing fight to keep tarsands oil in the ground, no group has been more vocal, more consistent, and more effective than native and indigenous groups on both sides of the border.

TransCanada Spends Millions Lobbying Federal Government, Several Key States

The Sunlight Foundation | Posted 01.20.2012 | Politics
The Sunlight Foundation

The Alberta-based energy company involved in Keystone XL has spent $2 million lobbying in the U.S. in recent years, focusing its efforts on states that the pipeline will pass through if the extension plan is approved this December.

Keystone XL and the Food-Water-Energy Nexus

Kyle Rabin | Posted 01.17.2012 | Green
Kyle Rabin

High-level federal coordination of energy, water and agriculture policy and planning -- while a complex task -- would help to identify environmentally unsound projects which are bound to continually draw massive protests.

Tom Zeller Jr.

Keystone XL: Activists Ask What State Department Is Hiding

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Green

Federal officials, responding this week to a year-old Freedom of Information Act request filed by environmental activists seeking to shine a light on ...

How We Know They've Been Lying

Carl Pope | Posted 01.16.2012 | Green
Carl Pope

Keystone was an "export" not an import play, and that its real economic purpose was to reduce the amount of gas and diesel from Canada available to Midwest consumers -- and raise the price.

'Green News Report' - November 15, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 01.15.2012 | Green
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: Occupy Wal...

Rick Perry: Obama's Delay On Keystone Pipeline Puts 'Soliders' Lives In Jeopardy'

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 11.15.2011 | Politics

Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Tuesday that President Barack Obama's move to delay a decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline puts American live...

Company Announces Major Decision In Controversial Pipeline Saga

AP | GRANT SCHULTE | Posted 01.14.2012 | Green

LINCOLN, Neb. — Canadian pipeline developer TransCanada will shift the route of its planned oil pipeline out of the environmentally sensitive Sa...