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Pipelines of Poison Sidestep Stalled State Department Signoff

Posted in Air Quality, Global Warming, Tarsands, tagged , , , , on November 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Foreign Pipeline Owners Find a Way to Get Around Federal Permit Process TransCanada is attempting to outsmart the State Department and bypass federal blocks by using two existing pipelines of poison after the State Department and President Obama delayed approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline permit amidst concerns about bias, conflicts of interest, and environmental [...]

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Pipeline of Poison Paused

Posted in Global Warming, Tarsands, tagged , , , , on November 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Public Citizen joins Texas pipeline opponents in applauding the Obama administration’s decision for a ”re-do” on the environmental impact statement and routing decisions for the proposed TransCanada tarsands pipeline. This is a decision that came quickly on the heels of the U.S. State Department’s Inspector General’s announcement that they were launching an investigation into the alledged bias and [...]

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Keystone XL Pipeline under investigation for bias and conflict of interest

Posted in Global Warming, Tarsands, tagged , , , on November 10, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Last month we wrote about what appeared to be conflicts of interest in the facilitation of the U.S. Department of State’s public hearings (one of which took place in Austin, TX), and the environmental impact analysis of the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline that would transport Canadian tar sands 1,700 miles to Texas refineries.  Keystone XL is now [...]

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Environmentalists Target Obama with Tar Sands Protest

Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Global Warming, Tarsands, Toxics, tagged , , , on November 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Austinites rally outside campaign headquarters in solidarity with 12,000 in DC Protestors spell out their message. “SAY NO TO TARSANDS!” - Photo by Don Mason  (http://ow.ly/7nbjY) AUSTIN, TX – Campaign staff and volunteers working for  President Obama’s re-election got an earful from environmentalists in Austin on  Monday, one day after 12,000 people encircled the White House [...]

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More environmental groups considering suing over the proposed tarsands pipeline

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , on November 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Four environmental groups are preparing a lawsuit that alleges the Obama administration has not adequately studied how the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline would affect several endangered species. The Sierra Club, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council and Nebraska Wildlife Federation sent a formal notice of intent to sue Thursday to the State [...]

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The Obama Playbook on Energy and Ethics is the worst Three Stooges episode ever

Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Global Warming, Good Government, Tarsands, Water, tagged , , , , , , , , on September 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Solyndra was the pie in the face, but Keystone XL is the rake in the yard the White House needs to avoid. Approval of controversial pipeline is bad for the environment, and bad politics, as it would offend not just environmentalists, but voters of all stripes across America’s heartland who would have the pipeline run [...]

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