Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline!

by Bill Carpenter (wcarpentx [at] gmail.com)

Fri, Jan 16, 2015 1:48PM

San Francisco demonstrated the evening of January 13th before the U.S. State Department's field office of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security at 235 Pine Street.

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§Recent History

by Bill Carpenter

Fri, Jan 16, 2015 1:48PM

Keystone pipeline scores wins in U.S. House, Nebraska court
BY SEAN COCKERHAM
McClatchy Washington BureauJanuary 9, 2015

WASHINGTON — The Keystone XL Pipeline was victorious Friday in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Nebraska Supreme Court, as a showdown looms between Congress and President Barack Obama over whether to approve the project.
The six-year congressional obsession over the oil pipeline is nearing a climax. It’s become the nation’s biggest battle over jobs and the environment, and even though changes in global energy markets have lessened the importance of the pipeline, it remains a political line in the sand.
Congress elevated authorizing Keystone XL to the first item on its agenda this year after the Republican takeover of the Senate. The Senate expects to join the House soon in passing a bill to authorize construction of the pipeline, but Obama promises a veto.
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§No K-XL!

by Bill Carpenter

Fri, Jan 16, 2015 1:48PM