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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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TransCanada Pipeline Explodes, How Safe Will Keystone XL Be?

Benji Jerew — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 17:07:53 +0000

TransCanada Corporation runs a number of oil and natural gas pipelines in North America, and is pushing to install the Keystone XL oil pipeline in the United States. After yet another disaster, how safe could it possibly be? TransCanada already has the Keystone I oil pipeline running in the United States, at a capacity of […]

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Obama Administration Reveals Climate Change Plan

Leigh Hutchens — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 02:41:13 +0000

Tuesday, Barack Obama revealed his much anticipated climate change plan to the American people. In addition to linking current agricultural difficulties to global warming, Obama stressed the need to lower carbon emissions. Obama also broached the subject of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline and suggested that he will allow it to proceed only if it […]

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Keystone XL Pipeline Could Get Renewable Energy Along The Way

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:45:16 +0000

The Keystone XL pipeline that’s about to bring tar sands from Canada to Texas for extracting petroleum in the most dirty process ever seen, is seemingly stirring up the waters in the opposite camp. Its opponents are now raising funds for building wind and solar energy projects in Nebraska. “If President Obama approves Keystone XL, […]

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