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Obama rejects pipeline, blames Republicans
Posted by E and E: Elana Schor on January 18th, 2012
E and E: President Obama blamed Republicans today for teeing up a rejection of the Keystone XL oil pipeline that he called "not a judgment on the merits," setting off a political conflagration likely to rage until Election Day.
House Republicans pounced on the president's denial of a permit for the $7 billion link between the Canadian oil sands and Gulf Coast refineries, promising to make the White House pay for nixing a project they tout as an economic boon. But the GOP's legislative route to overriding...
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Blocking Keystone Won’t Stop Oil Sands Production
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 18th, 2012
National Public Radio: President Obama is feeling election-year pressure over the pending decision on the Keystone XL pipeline. Republicans say the Canadian project would provide the U.S. with oil and new jobs, but environmentalists want Obama to block it. They say Alberta's oil sands generate more greenhouse gases than other kinds of oil, and Americans must not become dependent on such a dirty source of energy. But it may already be too late to change that.
Tucked in among the ranch houses in Burnaby, British Columbia,...
Butterflies and birds unable to keep pace with climate change in Europe
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 18th, 2012
ScienceDaily: Butterflies and birds are no longer able to keep up with climate change. Compared with twenty years ago, butterflies are now 135 kilometres behind the shifting climate zones and birds more than 200 kilometres. This is one of the findings from a study by European researchers published Jan. 9, 2012 in the journal Nature Climate Change.
A lack of reliable long-term data makes recording the effects of climate change on biodiversity a huge challenge. The data for butterflies and birds, however, is...