Sentences with phrase «keystone pipeline issue»

In the meantime, Charles Krauthammer has written a surprisingly funny column on the very serious Keystone pipeline issue titled Stop Jerking Canada Around that sums up matters nicely.

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And so, whatever the economic issue — foreign direct investment, the GST, the Keystone XL pipeline — Trudeau links it to its implications on the middle class and bringing them better jobs.

So far, U.S. President Barack Obama's attempts at nuance on the Keystone XL pipeline issue have impressed no one: not the oil industry, not environmentalists and certainly not Canadians.

Days after refusing to issue a permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline, U.S. President Barack Obama threw his support behind the other big eco-controversy in America — hydraulic fracturing.

Environmentalists heartened by Barack Obama's refusal to issue a permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline didn't have long to bask in their victory.

The issue of whether the oilsands would find a way to market has been a key issue in the U.S. State Department's review of the Keystone XL pipeline.

As for the federal Conservatives, the last time Prime Minister Stephen Harper addressed the issue of natural resource exports, he was lobbying for American support of TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline.

The report came about a year - and - a-half after the department issued a «final» report in August 2011 on Keystone that said the pipeline would cause minimal environmental impact.

The protest also comes amid continued activism by indigenous groups across the U.S., who have rallied over issues ranging from sports mascots to environmental causes such as the Dakota Access and Keystone XL oil pipelines.

This, then, brings us to the very same «chicken and egg» issue that has plagued the Keystone XL pipeline (KXL) and that has caused energy (and myriad other) analysts to spill tons of virtual ink over: Are pipelines such as KXL and NGP simply one form of bringing oil to market (alongside rail, for example), or do they enable increased production?

Thus, the Keystone XL pipeline offered a win - win for producers and refiners, notwithstanding the environmental issues along its route.

«The most immediate pressing issue continues to be underperformance on the Keystone pipeline in terms of volumes shipped.

Take a «simple» issue like the Keystone pipeline.

Rep. Bob Turner kept his attention on high gas prices, faulting Gillibrand for not championing the issue of the controbersial Keystone XL pipeline.

To be sure, on most key issues — including abortion, Obamacare, the Keystone XL pipeline and the Iran nuclear deal — Stefanik has been a reliable vote for the House Republican leadership.

In a sometimes fiery exchange that veered from the issue of digital privacy to the contested Keystone pipeline, both candidates often reverted back to negative attacks.

Representatives mostly peppered Moniz with questions that focused on hot - button energy issues — including DOE's role in evaluating the controversial Keystone pipeline and efforts to promote nuclear power — but the department's science programs also saw some time in the spotlight.

The reason that Keystone got so much attention is not because that particular pipeline is a make - or - break issue for climate change, but because those who have looked at the science of climate change are scared and concerned about a general lack of sufficient movement to deal with the problem.

While Trump's stance on issues like the Keystone XL pipeline bodes well for the oil and gas industry, the risks posed by a U.S. - led slump in global trade would likely far outweigh the increased volumes of crude that would flow across the border into the Gulf of Mexico — especially at today's depressed prices.

With a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline looming, it's a good time to think about how best to respond to the decision and what forms of civil disobedience will best highlight climate change as a moral issue.

by Deborah McNamara on January 2, 2014 0 arctic drilling environmental issues EPA greenhouse gas emissions Keystone XL pipeline National Journal ozone rule renewable energy standard

The temptation is to focus on issues that inflame the public, like the Keystone XL pipeline, but the president would do better to take a wider perspective.

The fight over the Keystone XL pipeline is far from the only important issue related to climate change, but it is a symbol in the making.

The issue with that — and with obvious implications for the safety of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline — is, as Alex Moore of Friends of the Earth says (as have many other campaigners since Friday),

Jamie Henn, spokesperson with Tar Sands Action, which organized the protests, and co-founder of climate organization 350.org, told mongabay.com that,» the reason the Keystone XL pipeline has emerged as such a key fight is because it is on a specific time horizon, the Administration says it will issue a decision by the end of this year, and the decision whether or not to grant the permit rests solely on President Obama's desk.

Reasons against the Keystone pipeline were many and varied, from oil spill impacts to indigenous issues.

Some have used civil disobedience in particular — I circulated the call for arrestees at the start of the Keystone XL pipeline demonstrations in 2011, and observers said the resulting two weeks of nonviolent direct action resulted in more arrests than any such demonstration on any issue in many years.

On top of the environmental implications, the reason the Keystone XL pipeline has emerged as such a key fight is because it is on a specific time horizon, the Administration says it will issue a decision by the end of this year, and the decision whether or not to grant the permit rests solely on President Obama's desk.

The scientists — more than a quarter of whom are from the United States — issued a declaration of «10 Reasons for a Moratorium» on tar sands expansion and related projects such as the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

On Friday, US Secretary of State John Kerry issued his determination that «the national interest of the United States would be best served by denying TransCanada a presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.

Better yet would be to debate an energy policy for the USA, including opening up exploratory oil and gas drilling including shale deposits, limiting the exponential growth of regulations currently stifling new exploration, ending the EPA regulatory war on coal, reactivating the Keystone pipeline, etc.; these issues have direct impact on American jobs and future energy independence, both of which are more important issues for US voters (and presidential candidates) than any «climate» debate.

Obama also addressed what has been perhaps the biggest issue of contention between his administration and climate activists: The pending decision whether to permit construction of the Keystone XL pipeline to transport larger volumes of oil from Canada's tar sands to the refining centers of Texas.

I'm not sure Kerry could become Secretary of State fast enough to influence the Keystone XL pipeline decision, but it is hard to believe he would not have raised this issue with the President, since a go - ahead decision would immediately undercut the Administration's credibility on the climate issue both at home and abroad.

At issue was Lynch's support for the Keystone pipeline.

I am active in groups that are focused on halting the expansion plans of the fossil fuel industries including the Keystone XL pipeline and yet the climate movement is still figuring out how a focus on local damages and pollution translate to action on the global long - term issue.

And the Keystone XL pipeline permit is pending — something that probably would have sailed through the permitting process without a hitch had a national protest movement not been organized to raise the relevant issues while raising the stakes politically on the decision.

The final version - to be issued this summer - will likely conclude that the environmental concerns should not derail the project, despite troublesome leaks from the existing Keystone pipeline, which was shut last week after a small leak in Kansas.

For examples of what ALEC has already been busy with this year, check out PR Watch's roundup of 77 anti-environmental ALEC bills that have popped up in state legislatures in 2013, supporting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline project, rolling back renewable energy incentives and making it illegal to document animal abuse, among other issues.

The State Department has just issued a terribly flawed environmental review of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that papers over its far - reaching impacts on climate and our environment.

~ John Kingston, writing about opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline for Platts, a leading source of information on global energy issues

-LSB-...] NY Times story on Keystone XLBy Andrew on July 26, 2011 This article on the debate over GHG emissions and the Keystone XL pipeline in the NYTimes does a really good job at highlighting the key issues... and made my day by linking to my blog.

Energy security has been one of the key issues in the discussion over the Keystone XL pipeline approval in the US — if you've not been following this, here's a great primer from CFR's Michael Levi.

For the past decade, Droitsch has worked on issues related to tar sands development, first in Canada, then at NRDC, where she helped to lead the campaign to defeat the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.

This whole issue of the Keystone pipeline had generated, obviously, a lot of controversy and a lot of politics.

Last week the State Department released its assessment of the Keystone XL pipeline, and it was quite awkward for President Obama, who wants to appear solid on environmental issues while also helping the economy.

During a stop in Oklahoma on a tour intended to promote his energy policies, Obama announced that he'll issue an executive order to fast - track the southern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline.

In the latest issue of the The New Yorker, Ryan Lizza tells the story of how Tom Steyer, «a fifty - six - year - old billionaire, former hedge - fund manager, and major donor to the Democratic Party» has thrown his clout and money behind the effort to stop the Keystone XL pipeline.

Mayors from across the country have sent a letter to Hillary Clinton, whose office has been rather quiet on the issue, expressing their concern over the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

The gut - check issue for McKibben and his supporters — thousands of whom turned out for a mass demonstration in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 17 — is the Keystone XL pipeline, a 3,400 - mile pipe proposed by oil infrastructure company TransCanada that will allow crude oil extracted from the tar sands of Alberta, in southern Canada, to be refined on the Gulf of Mexico.

Others wonder what will happen to all of the passion directed at Keystone XL once the issue is settled, whether the pipeline is permitted or not.