Tag: Keystone XL
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Keystone XL Southern Leg Now Being Injected With Oil
By Steve Horn Keystone XL’s southern half is one step closer to opening for business. TransCanada announced that “on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013, the company began to inject oil into the Gulf Coast Project pipeline as it moves closer to the start of commercial service.” [caption id="attachment_315045" align="alignnone" width="500"] The line fill comes weeks after…
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Obama’s New Special Adviser Is Outspoken Critic of Keystone XL
By John H. Cushman, Jr. By asking John Podesta to come to the White House as a special counselor at a time of turmoil and tough choices, President Obama has created an unusually close tie to an outspoken critic of the Keystone XL pipeline and the Canadian tar sands it would carry. Podesta is a…
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Scientific Report: Keystone XL and Arctic Drilling Must Be Stopped
By Andy Rowell This is the scientific paper that should stop all Arctic drilling now. It should also stop the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. It is yet another warning that business as usual for the oil industry is just not acceptable. And it once again reiterates a simple truth so, so unpalatable to the Canadians:…
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New Keystone XL Report Calls Pipeline A Mirage for Tar Sands Investors
New research from the Carbon Tracker Initiative reveals approval of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline would only have a marginal positive impact of the economics of the Canadian oil-sands industry, but could trigger a rush of investment into additional risky high-cost, high-carbon projects, dependent on rising oil prices. The report, Keystone XL Pipeline: A Potential…
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Butchering Keystone XL Facts, George W. Bush Says ‘Build the Damn Thing’
By Sharon Kelly Make private companies happy. Don’t worry about the environment. Stop fretting about long-term sustainability. Forget renewables, property concerns, the safety of our water and air. Make private companies happy. This was the forty-third president’s message to the current administration at the DUG East conference held by the shale gas industry on Thursday. With…