US lawmakers agreed to a bill that would speed construction of a Canada-US oil pipeline and circumvent the need for President Barack Obama's approval for the $ 5 billion project. Environment News Headlines – Yahoo! News UK
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Most in US, Canada support Keystone pipeline: polls
By admin on Monday, April 22nd, 2013 | Comments Off
A majority of both Americans and Canadians support the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline to funnel oil from Alberta's tar sands to Texas refineries, according to polls Monday. Environment News Headlines – Yahoo! News UK
Read More...Stage set for battle over Canada-US pipeline
By admin on Thursday, April 18th, 2013 | Comments Off
A lengthy battle over the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which aims to funnel oil from Canada's tar sands to coastal Texas, heads to the most hotly contested area along the route Thursday. Environment News Headlines – Yahoo! News UK
Read More...Keystone XL Pipeline Could Be Huge Boon For Canada
By admin on Thursday, April 11th, 2013 | Comments Off
Audie Cornish talks to Alberta Premier Alison Redford about the controversial Keystone XL pipeline proposed from the oil sands of her Canadian province through the United States. Environment
Read More...Arkansas Oil Spill Sheds Light On Aging Pipeline System
By admin on Thursday, April 4th, 2013 | Comments Off
More than half of the nation’s pipelines were built before 1970. In fact, ExxonMobil’s Pegasus pipeline, which burst Friday in Mayflower, Ark., is 65 years old. According to federal statistics, pipelines have on average 280 significant spills a year. Most aren’t big enough to make headlines. Environment
Read More...US to hold Keystone pipeline hearing in Nebraska
By admin on Thursday, March 28th, 2013 | Comments Off
The US State Department said Wednesday it will hold a public meeting in Nebraska in April on a controversial $ 5.3 billion Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline, just days before a key consultation period ends. Environment News Headlines – Yahoo! News UK
Read More...Keystone fears resonate along New England pipeline
By admin on Sunday, March 17th, 2013 | Comments Off
SUTTON, Vt. — The Canadian energy industry insists it has no plans to reverse the flow of a pipeline that carries crude oil from Maine to Montreal, but that has done little to reassure New England towns that oppose the idea and the 18 members of Congress asking for a full environmental review. Environmentalists in [...]
Read More...U.S. lawmakers push bills to approve Keystone pipeline
By admin on Saturday, March 16th, 2013 | Comments Off
By Timothy Gardner and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON/LEMONT, Illinois (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers in both chambers of Congress said Friday they are moving forward with bills introduced this week to pluck the power of approving the Keystone XL pipeline, which would run from Canada's oil sands to Texas, from the hands of the Obama administration. Republican [...]
Read More...The President, The Pipeline And Environmental Politics
By admin on Thursday, March 14th, 2013 | Comments Off
The Obama administration will soon make a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, the controversial project that would carry oil from Canada to the U.S. New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman says if the president approves the pipeline, he’ll have leverage to demand climate change policy. Environment
Read More...Keystone pipeline is greenest option for tar sands
By admin on Thursday, March 7th, 2013 | Comments Off
Canada’s tar sand oil is far more polluting than the conventional kind, but the controversial Keystone pipeline is the cleanest way to get it to market New Scientist – Online news
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