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Boehner Challenges Obama to Approve Full Keystone Pipeline
Posted by The Hill: Andrew Restuccia on February 28th, 2012
The Hill: House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) criticized President Obama Monday for backing TransCanada Corp.’s bid to build a major portion of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
The White House expressed its support earlier Monday for the company’s plan to build a segment of the pipeline from Cushing, Okla., to refineries in Texas. But Boehner said that’s not enough.
He called on the president to approve a permit that would allow the pipeline to cross from Alberta, Canada, into the United States.
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Keystone breakthrough may muffle Republican attack on Obama
Posted by Reuters: Richard Cowan on February 28th, 2012
Reuters: A Canadian company's decision on Monday to proceed with part of a U.S. pipeline might end up muffling one of the Republicans' loudest arguments in this election year: that President Barack Obama has pursued failed energy policies.
TransCanada Corp announced it intended to begin work on the southern leg of the $7 billion Keystone XL project, from Oklahoma to Texas, leaving for later another run at the more controversial, and complicated, northern segment.
For months, Republicans have hammered...
Indigenous peoples at forefront of climate change offer lessons on plant biodiversity
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 28th, 2012
ScienceDaily: Humans are frequently blamed for deforestation and the destruction of environments, yet there are also examples of peoples and cultures around the world that have learned to manage and conserve the precious resources around them. The Yanesha of the upper Peruvian Amazon and the Tibetans of the Himalayas are two groups of indigenous peoples carrying on traditional ways of life, even in the face of rapid environmental changes. Over the last 40 years, Dr. Jan Salick, senior curator and ethnobotanist...