Tag: Keystone XL
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Breaking: Hundreds of Youth Arrested at White House Protesting Keystone XL Pipeline
[Stay tuned to EcoWatch as we update this post as news unfolds on the arrests.] Today more than 1,000 youth from across the country marched to the White House from Georgetown University—where President Obama laid out his “climate test”—to protest the Keystone XL pipeline. Once at the White House, hundreds of youth were arrested while participating…
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Inspector General Clears State Department of Conflict-of-Interest in Keystone XL Report
Yesterday, the inspector general concluded that the U.S. State Department did not violate conflict-of-interest rules with the selection of Environmental Resources Management (ERM) to conduct environmental assessments of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project, according to the L.A. Times. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told the L.A. Times that the inspector general “found that our processes not only…
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A Student’s Take on Why It’s Imperative to Risk Arrest Protesting Keystone XL Pipeline
On Sunday, March 2, at 22-years-old, I will take part in a nonviolent for civil disobedience campaign along with nearly 500 other college students in our nation’s capital and very will likely be arrested. Why would I and others risk arrest without our degrees yet in hand? Aren’t we worried about jobs and employment? The…
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MSNBC’s The Ed Show Visits Nebraska to Hear From Those in the Path of Keystone XL Pipeline
Today, MSNBC news host Ed Schultz traveled to Nebraska to meet with farmers and ranchers facing threats of eminent domain on their land from TransCanada for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Schultz came to Nebraska to hear firsthand and share with his audience the stories of people in the path of the pipeline. They met at the Build Our…
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Overwhelming Majority of Voters Want TransCanada to Testify Under Oath Where Keystone XL Tar Sands Will Be Sold
While the final decision rests with President Barack Obama, people still want to know all they can about the oil within the Keystone XL pipeline and where it would go upon approval. According to a poll conducted last week by NextGen Climate Action and SurveyUSA, 85 percent of Americans want Congress to ensure it is certain…