Tag: Pipelines
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Robert Redford: Tar Sands Pipeline is a Bad Idea, Fails President’s Climate Test
The more people learn about the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, the less they like it. Despite what we might be hearing in industry spin, the environmental report released by the State Department Friday confirms that tar sands crude means a dirtier, more dangerous future for our children all so that the oil industry can reach the…
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Hundreds of Vigils to Be Held Tonight in Protest of Keystone XL
By Duncan Meisel In the last 48 hours, people across the country have stepped up to go the extra mile to stop Keystone XL. Two hundred events have been planned from coast-to-coast for Monday evening, Feb. 3, and more are being listed every hour. Every one of those actions will be sending the same message: it’s time for…
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Tom Steyer’s Response to the Keystone XL Final Environmental Impact Statement
First of all, this is President Obama’s decision, and the State Department’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) is just an input. So we don’t have an answer yet, and the fight is far from over. I remain hopeful that the President will, in fact, apply the test for Keystone he established in his speech at…
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State Department Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline
The State Department today released the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline project. The controversial project would carry as much as 830,000 barrels of tar sands oil per day from Alberta, Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast. The State Department’s Final Supplemental EIS concluded that the pipeline wouldn’t…
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Keystone XL is a Sucker’s Deal For America and a Steal For Foreign Oil Interests
For years, TransCanada has been selling the Keystone XL pipeline to Americans with all of the enthusiasm of a used car salesman—and using all of the same tricks. However, one myth is more egregious than all the rest: this pipeline will enhance America’s energy independence. Apparently, Big Oil lobbyists and politicians take Americans for a…