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150 Major Democratic Donors Urge Obama to Reject Keystone Pipeline
Posted by InsideClimate: David Sassoon on May 10th, 2013
InsideClimate: In the latest show of force by opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline, a group of 150 major Democratic donors sent a letter Friday to President Obama, urging him to reject the controversial application from TransCanada for permission to send more than 800,000 barrels of tar sands oil a day from Alberta to the Texas Gulf Coast. The signatories comprise business leaders, philanthropists and celebrities—including clean energy entrepreneurs Vinod Khosla, Jigar Shah and Steve Kirsch, long-time Obama bundler...
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State Department Will Make Keystone Comments Public After All
Posted by InsideClimate: David Sassoon on April 25th, 2013
InsideClimate: A State Department official confirmed that for the first time the department will make public all the public comments received on its draft environmental impact statement for the Keystone XL pipeline. In an email to InsideClimate News, the official, who requested anonymity, said the comments would be posted on Regulations.gov. "Although the volume of comments will be extraordinarily high, the posting will maximize transparency," the official said. "We are working on the technical details and exact...