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Keystone Opponents Deepen Criticism of Proposed Pipeline
Posted by Inter Press Service: Carey L. Biron on April 16th, 2013
Inter Press Service: Two new reports, put out by a cross-section of U.S. environmental and public interest groups, are attacking central rationales for the construction of a major new Canada-U.S. oil pipeline proposal, which has emerged as an emblematic cause for green groups who have angrily denounced a U.S. government approvals process.
A new study released Tuesday by eight of the country's most established environmental advocacy groups suggests that U.S. regulators have massively underestimated the proposal's environmental...
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Keystone XL Pipeline Would Hasten Climate Change: Report
Posted by Environment News Service: None Given on April 16th, 2013
Environment News Service: In a new report, "Cooking the Books: How The State Department Analysis Ignores the True Climate Impact of the Keystone XL Pipeline," environmental groups and scientists opposed to the pipeline warn of "climate disaster" if President Barack Obama allows it to cross the Canada-U.S. border, carrying tar sands bitumen from Alberta to Nebraska.
The U.S. portion of the Keystone XL pipeline needs no Presidential Permit, Oklahoma, January 2013. (Photo by Laura Borealis / Tar Sands Blockade)
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Today: Double Dose of Keystone Pipeline in Congress
Posted by The Hill: Ben Geman and Zack Colman on April 16th, 2013
The Hill: A panel of the GOP-led House Energy and Commerce Committee will mark up legislation that would authorize construction of Keystone.
The bill will almost certainly clear the Energy and Power subcommittee, and then pass through the full committee later this week.
GOP leaders plan to bring the bill to the floor before Memorial Day, Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) said recently.
TransCanada Corp.’s project would bring oil from Canadian oil sands projects across the border en...
Vt. Panel Says State Green Law Applies on Tar Sands Pipeline
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 16th, 2013
Associated Press: Environmental regulators ruled Monday that the state's Act 250 land use law would apply to any proposal to reverse the flow in an oil pipeline system that crosses northern Vermont.
The ruling from the District 7 Environmental Commission coordinator in St. Johnsbury is a victory for environmentalists amid fierce debate over another pipeline, the proposed Keystone XL pipeline to move tar sands oil from Alberta to Texas.
Groups like the National Wildlife Federation and the Vermont Natural Resources...