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How Solar XL Can Block the Keystone XL Pipeline in Nebraska

Nicholas Say — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 07:51:27 +0000

Jim and Chris Carlson know what money can buy, and what it can’t. If you don’t know these men, you are probably not alone. Many people know about Trans Canada’s Keystone XL pipeline project, and all the potential risks that it creates. But fewer people are going out of their way to resist its construction. […]

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Trump Reinstating Controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines

Nicholas Say — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 05:42:25 +0000

On Wednesday morning, President Trump signed an executive order that put both the Keystone XL and the Dakota Access pipelines back into play. While the Keystone XL pipeline is an awful idea, it is still far off in the ether, given its level of present development. The Dakota Access pipeline on the other hand, […]

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President Obama’s Stance on the Keystone XL Pipeline Grows Murkier

Danny Harper — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 12:11:09 +0000

A tough stance on the Keystone XL pipeline plan was a once a lynchpin of President Obama’s election platform, keeping environmentalists happy and confirming his interest in moving toward a clean energy economy. He ran his campaign on the promise to shut down the pipeline if it contributed to a net increase in greenhouse gas emissions. Because of fierce opposition by […]

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Keystone XL Oil Pipeline Worse for Environment than Previously Understood

Leigh Hutchens — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 02:47:40 +0000

The environmental group Oil Change International (OCI) analyzed the climate change impacts of the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline and discovered that it would move so much tar sands oil that 181 million metric tons of greenhouse gases would be emitted annually. In stark contrast, US State Department consultants had previously maintained that completing the pipeline […]

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