Tag: Pipelines
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Senate Votes in Favor of Dirty Tar Sands Pipeline, Senators Supporting Keystone XL Received Nearly $31 Million from Fossil Fuel Industry
ECOWATCH — The U.S. Senate voted in support of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline on Friday, which would deepen our dependence on tar sands oil from Canada. The measure, introduced by Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND), signifies yet another attempt …
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Dozens Arrested as Keystone XL Protests Erupt Across the U.S.
TAR SANDS BLOCKADE — One month after the largest climate rally in U.S. history urging President Obama to deny the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline’s northern segment, protesters in dozens of cities throughout the U.S. are confronting Keystone XL’s …
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Will the U.S. Senate Stand Up for Our Future and Derail the Keystone XL?
ROBERT REDFORD — We are not irrational extremists. We are people who believe that a clean and sustainable future is possible. We believe in American ingenuity when it comes to clean energy …
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PART IV: America Becomes Sacrifice Zone for Export Pipeline
MICHAEL BISHOP — We must decide now, as a people, if private property rights and sovereignty of U.S. citizens are to be sacrificed for the bottom line economic interests of foreign private corporations that want to send their toxic materials to Gulf Coast refineries for export …
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Republicans Announce Bill to Force Approval of Export Pipeline
BOLD NEBRASKA — The Keystone XL pipeline threatens American homes, farms and ranches with tar sands oil spills and the extreme weather effects of worsening climate change. It raises oil prices. It derails continued growth in …