TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline

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Payroll Tax Could Face Vote Today

GOP plan would tie measure to oil pipeline approval

(Newser) - The payroll tax cut could see a vote today under a GOP measure linking it to the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline. House Republicans, who have been fighting the tax cut, want to tie approval of the extension to approval of the pipeline, which would bring oil through Canada to...

With Pipeline, Obama Puts Politics Over Nation
With Pipeline, Obama Puts Politics Over Nation
charles krauthammer
Nov 18, 2011 12:10 PM CST

With Pipeline, Obama Puts Politics Over Nation

He delays decision until after election only to win environmental vote: Charles Krauthammer

(Newser) - Now that the White House has delayed a decision on the controversial Keystone pipeline from Canada until after the 2012 election, Charles Krauthammer wonders: Isn't this the same president saying, "We can't wait" to fix the US economy? Obama made the decision solely to "appease his...

White House to Delay Keystone Pipeline Decision

Officials looking at new route, which should push things back a year

(Newser) - Looks like the controversial Keystone XL pipeline won't be an election issue after all. The White House is going to push back the decision on whether to allow it to be built for another year, reports the Washington Post . Specifically, officials will consider a new route through Nebraska for...

Pipeline Protesters Encircle White House
 8K Protesters Ring White House 
Nov 7, 2011 3:22 AM CST

8K Protesters Ring White House

They demonstrate against Keystone XL pipeline proposal

(Newser) - More than 8,000 environmental activists descended on the White House yesterday, forming a human chain to protest a 1,700-mile pipeline that TransCanada Corp. wants to build through six states, from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Unlike August's protests, when 1,200 were arrested , there were no...

Al Gore Disappointed in Obama

He criticizes decision to stop push for tougher smog rules

(Newser) - Et tu, Al? Former VP Gore joined the chorus critical of President Obama today in a short blog post headlined "Confronting Disappointment." Gore focused on the president's environmental moves, specifically the surprise decision not to impose tougher smog rules . But he also noted that the decision came...

Robert Redford Thinks Barack Obama's Administration Is Turning Its Back on the Environment

 Obama Turning 
 His Back on 
 Environment 
Robert Redford
Sep 6, 2011 1:58 PM CDT

Obama Turning His Back on Environment

Robert Redford is furious about recent ozone decision

(Newser) - President Obama has always claimed to care about the environment. “But what good is it to say the right thing unless you act on it?” asks actor Robert Redford in the Huffington Post . After some of his administration’s recent decisions—like backing off updated ozone standards and giving...

Daryl Hannah Arrested at White House Oil Protest

She joins rally against proposed pipeline

(Newser) - Daryl Hannah was arrested today during a protest against a proposed new oil pipeline. Seated on a sidewalk in front of the White House, the actress refused to move despite US Park Police orders, the AP reports. She had been participating in a sit-in against the Keystone XL pipeline , which...

65 Oil Protesters Arrested at White House

Demonstrators oppose 1,700-mile pipeline going from Canada to Texas

(Newser) - Two weeks of anti-oil protests at the White House kicked off with 65 arrests yesterday, reports the AP . Top on the protesters' agenda is getting President Barack Obama to kill the permit for a 1,700-mile pipeline through Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas to refineries on the...

Celebs, Green Activists Plan DC Summer Protests

Danny Glover, others seek pipeline foes willing to risk arrest

(Newser) - Actor Danny Glover is among a group of celebrities and green activists seeking volunteers to risk arrest this summer in DC over a proposed oil pipeline that would run from the Canadian tar sands to the Gulf Coast. “We want you to consider doing something hard: coming to Washington...

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