Billionaire targets Senate candidate over Keystone XL
A California billionaire who supports environmental causes vowed to target Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch in the state's U.S. Senate race unless Lynch promises to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline...
View ArticleArkansas spill stokes new fears about Keystone XL (video)
Videos and pictures of diluted bitumen spilled from an Exxon Mobil pipeline in Mayflower, Ark., are stoking new fears about Keystone XL, as the Obama administration nears a decision on authorizing the...
View ArticleMishaps shouldn’t impede energy expansion, industry economist says
The recent oil pipeline rupture in Arkansas and other mishaps shouldn’t stand in the way of the Keystone XL pipeline, the American Petroleum Institute’s chief economist said Tuesday.
View ArticleKeystone XL foes launch aggressive campaign against pipeline (video)
Critics of Keystone XL are ramping up their efforts against the pipeline by launching a new coalition, nationwide commercials and online ads focused on convincing influential Democratic voters and...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists: Feds overlooking climate costs of Keystone XL
As House Republicans advance legislation to expedite the Keystone XL pipeline, environmentalists on Tuesday released a new report insisting the State Department is ignoring the full climate change...
View ArticleRepublicans push bill to force Keystone XL approval
Republican lawmakers on Tuesday worked on two fronts to advance legislation that would force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline.
View ArticleHouse panel approves bill to speed permit for Keystone XL
A House committee on Wednesday approved legislation that would authorize the Keystone XL pipeline, after lawmakers agreed to work together to ensure energy companies pay into a U.S. oil spill trust...
View ArticleActivists threaten massive protests against Keystone
If the State Department determines Keystone XL is in the national interest, it will unleash the “biggest burst of peaceful civil disobedience in modern history," said Becky Bond, the political director...
View ArticleKinder Morgan quietly plans West Coast pipeline expansion for oil sands
As President Obama weighs the fate of the Keystone pipeline, a similar project connecting Canada’s oil sands to the West Coast -- Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain Pipeline -- is quietly moving forward,...
View ArticleTexas farmer sues US Army Corps of Engineers over Keystone
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failed to hold required public hearings before illegally granting permits that let TransCanada Corp. begin installing its Keystone XL pipeline in Texas and Oklahoma, a...
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