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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...
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Fracking Rule Is ‘Imminent’
Posted by The Hill: Ben Geman and Zack Colman on April 12th, 2013
The Hill: The Interior Department is on the cusp of releasing a controversial, heavily lobbied proposal to regulate oil-and-gas “fracking” on public lands.
Outgoing Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told a House subcommittee Thursday that the draft regulations will surface soon.
“The rule is imminent,” Salazar told an Appropriations Committee subpanel. “I expect that my successor will be announcing it in the very near future.”
It’s Interior’s second swing at the plan after pulling back an earlier version...
Green Groups Want Assurance Rice Will Dump Oil Sands Stocks
Posted by The Hill: Ben Geman and Zack Colman on November 30th, 2012
The Hill: Environmentalists are pressing the White House to ensure that Susan Rice dumps shares in oil sands-related companies if she’s nominated for secretary of State. “The White House has gotten the message that people are very concerned about this,” said Jamie Henn, co-founder of the climate advocacy group 350.org. Environmentalists are concerned over revelations that the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and her husband could own up to $600,000 worth of stock in TransCanada Corp., the company seeking...