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State Department To Delay Keystone XL Pipeline Decision Until After November

State Department To Delay Keystone XL Pipeline Decision Until After November http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/04/18/3428625/keystone-delay-midterms/ President Barack Obama arriving at the TransCanada Stillwater Pipe Yard in Cushing, Okla. CREDIT: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez The State Department will “extend the government comment period on the Keystone XL pipeline, likely postponing a final decision on the controversial project until after the […]

Four Reasons Why The Environment Movement Is Losing The Battle For Hearts And Minds: ‘Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket’

Four Reasons Why The Environment Movement Is Losing The Battle For Hearts And Minds http://www.thegwpf.org/reasons-environment-movement-losing-battle-hearts-minds/ “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket,” Eric Hoffer wrote more than 40 years ago. It’s still anyone’s guess whether President Obama will approve the Keystone pipeline.  Perhaps he will continue to […]

NASA’S FORMER EX-CON JAMES HANSEN TO TESTIFY IN SENATE NEXT WEEK On Keystone Pipeline

http://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/031314am Keystone XL and the National Interest Determination U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Presiding: Senator Menendez Date: Thursday, March 13, 2014 Time: 11:15 AM Location: Dirksen 419 Webcast: This hearing is scheduled to be live webcast. Please return to this page to view the hearing live at the specified date and time. Panel One […]

Billionaire Democrat donor Tom Steyer plans to spend $100 million in mid-term elections ‘to enact climate change measures through a hard-edge campaign of attack ads’

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/18/us/politics/financier-plans-big-ad-campaign-on-environment.html?ribbon-ad-idx=1&rref=politics&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Politics&pgtype=article Excerpts from Feb. 18, 2014 NYT article: Targets include the governor’s race in Florida, where the incumbent, Rick Scott, a first-term Republican, has said he does not believe that science has established that climate change is man-made. Mr. Steyer’s group is also looking at the Senate race in Iowa, in the hope that a win […]

WALTER RUSSELL MEAD: ‘Is Keystone the Biggest Green Defeat Ever?’

http://www.the-american-interest.com/blog/2014/02/03/is-keystone-the-biggest-green-defeat-ever/ The American Interest ANALYSIS BY WALTER RUSSELL MEAD & STAFF ENVIRO-MENTAL Is Keystone the Biggest Green Defeat Ever? The long-awaited State Department report on Keystone XL was released last Friday, and it confirmed what common sense already told us: building this pipeline won’t significantly affect emissions. The oil in Canada’s tar sands will make […]

Alex Epstein’s Manifesto: The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels – Every medium and every audience, needs to incorporate the moral case for fossil fuels and values-based communication’

Manifesto: The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels http://industrialprogress.com/2013/10/24/the-moral-case-for-fossil-fuels/ Today, Alex Epstein launched a new manifesto for the fossil fuel industry. It’s a must-read. Please share with friends who might be interested—particularly those in the fossil fuel industry!     EXCERPTS:   “In the battle for hearts and minds, you are widely viewed as worse than […]