ANALYSIS: Green hypocrisy in Keystone XL pipeline opposition: ‘Environmentalists were working with federal officials to kill the Keystone XL pipeline’
…Is the Left’s Anti-Keystone Unity Breaking? ‘MSNBC host Ed Schultz broke rank with other personalities on the left-leaning network to give a strong plea to build the pipeline’
…Former Obama Sec of Interior Ken Salazar Says Build Keystone XL Pipeline
…‘Bill Clinton is a vocal proponent of the Keystone XL pipeline, calling on America to ’embrace it’
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Actor Robert Redford claims Keystone would ‘significantly worsen carbon pollution and the very real harm to our health’
…Anti-Keystone XL pipeline protests across the U.S. met with cold weather, snow
AP: Obama Is Running Out Of Reasons To Reject The Keystone Pipeline
A final decision isn’t expected until this summer, at the earliest, meaning the verdict could potentially come in the run-up to November’s midterm elections, in which energy issues are likely to be a factor in some key races. The decision might also coincide with the Obama administration’s release of new emissions rules for existing power plants that are also politically contentious.
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Keystone XL Pipeline: “No Material Impact” on U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions
IHS CERA Study: Keystone XL will have ”no material impact’ on greenhouse gas emissions – Finds: Keystone XL will have “no material impact” on greenhouse gas emissions. Venezuela will be “the number one beneficiary of a …
Flashback: Climate Depot Editorial on Keystone: The U.S. Must Choose Ethical Energy Over Conflict Energy
…Analysis: Additional Global Warming from Keystone XL? ‘Unlikely that it can be measured…The estimate is 0.0016°C in 50 years or 0.00003°C/year’
…Flashback: Obama at odds with Big Labor: Terry O’Sullivan, head of Laborers’ Int. Union on Keystone pipeline: ‘The [Obama] admin. chose to support environmentalists over jobs — job-killers win, American workers lose’
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