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Native Americans gathering in Cushing to protest President Obama’s words of praise for the Keystone XL pipeline are being forced by local authorities to hold their event in a cage erected in Memorial Park.

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6/18/2013

article ‘Every Plant And Tree Died’: Huge Alberta Pipeline Spill Raises Safety Questions As Keystone Decision Looms
(Alberta) -- As the Obama administration’s decision regarding whether to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline draws nearer, the latest disaster is...
article Nobel Peace Laureates Urge Obama and Kerry to Nix Keystone XL
(USA) -- Firmly linking the Keystone XL pipeline with climate change, 10 Nobel Peace Prize winners are urging President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry to...

6/17/2013

article Native Sun News: Moccasins on the Ground battles Keystone
(South Dakota) -- In the wake of three public-school emergency preparation drills that cast Keystone XL Pipeline and uranium mining dissenters as “terrorists...

6/16/2013

article TransCanada Caught Training Police to Treat Anti-Keystone XL Activists as "Terrorists"
(Nebraska) -- In the midst of recent national controversy surrounding government surveillance of the public, a recent Freedom of Information Act request to the Nebraska...

6/12/2013

article Judge says Keystone XL pipeline suit should go to trial
(Nebraska) -- Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline won a round in court Tuesday when a judge turned down a request to dismiss their amended lawsuit against the state.
article LaDuke: Pipeline as life saver is pipe dream
(North Dakota) -- Just because you say something at a federal hearing doesn’t mean it’s accurate. A couple of weeks ago, North Dakota Mineral Resources...

6/5/2013

article Arkansas pipeline spill casts shadow over Keystone XL
(Arkansas) -- On warm spring evenings, North Starlite Drive buzzed with children. They cycled around the cul-de-sac at the end of the wide, block-long road, shot baskets...
article Native Americans unite against pipeline
(USA) -- The Obama administration appears to be getting closer and closer to approving the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline. The pipeline aims to transport tar sands...

6/3/2013

article State Department Inspector General Probing Keystone XL Contractor’s Conflicts of Interest
(Washington D.C.) -- In yet another investigation into the Obama Administration’s activities, the State Department Inspector General is probing the conflicts of...

6/1/2013

article Ben Stein: Keystone XL protests are about a ‘mental disease or defect’
(USA) -- Conservative economist Ben Stein joined in a joyful disparaging on Saturday of the opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline, telling Fox News host Neil Cavuto...
article What TransCanada’s CEO Is Not Saying About The Keystone Tar Sands Pipeline
(USA) -- TransCanada has lobbied the U.S. government to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, hoping to transport the heavy, bitumen-laden tar sands crude oil to coastal...

5/29/2013

article COMMENTARY: Keystone XL Pipeline Follows in Tracks of Conquest, Sexual Violence and Colonization
(USA) -- An urgent conversation needs to be held about the parallels between sexual violence, conquest, colonization, environmental racism and the rape of Mother Earth....
article Canadian and U.S. natives vow to block oil pipelines
(USA) -- An alliance of Canadian and U.S. aboriginal groups vowed on Wednesday to block three multibillion-dollar oil pipelines that are planned to transport oil from...
article Native Sun News: Tribes take action to stop Keystone XL bid
(South Dakota) -- A walkout by tribal leaders at a U.S. State Department meeting on May 16 was among several actions in South Dakota Indian country during the week to...

5/24/2013

article Is Keystone pipeline losing Democratic support?
(Washington D.C.) -- The most interesting aspect of this week’s House vote in favor of constructing the Keystone XL pipeline was not the fact that it passed—...
article Mock drill in S.D. riles Keystone pipeline opponents
(South Dakota) -- An emergency drill in Hot Springs has outraged opponents of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline and a proposed uranium mine in western South Dakota after...
article State Department releases thousands of Keystone XL comments
(Washington D.C.) -- The U.S. State Department released about 100,000 public comments it has received on TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline, the first batch...

5/18/2013

article Chiefs Declare Keystone XL Consultation Meeting Invalid, Walk Out on State Department Officials
(South Dakota) -- Elders and chiefs of at least 10 sovereign nations walked out of a meeting with U.S. State Department officials in Rapid City, South Dakota, on...
article Full Text of the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen's Association Statement Against the Keystone XL Pipeline
(South Dakota) -- On this historic day of May 16, 2013, ten sovereign Indigenous nations maintain that the proposed TransCanada/Keystone XL pipeline does not serve the...

5/17/2013

article Red Nations shut down US 'consultation' on tarsands in South Dakota
(South Dakota) -- This morning at 9:00 a.m. the United States Department of State attempted to hold what they call a consultation with tribal representatives of the...

5/16/2013

article Native American tribes challenge Obama over Keystone XL pipeline
(South Dakota) -- Leaders from 11 Native American tribes from South Dakota to Oklahoma walked out of a meeting with federal officials in Rapid City on Thursday to...
article Tribal leaders walk out of meeting about Keystone pipeline project
(South Dakota) -- Tribal representatives walked out of a meeting today with Department of State officials who came to Rapid City to discuss concerns about the Keystone...
article Tribal leaders walk out of pipeline meeting
(South Dakota) -- In a historic move, representatives from several Native American tribes united and walked out on a meeting with U.S. State Department officials...

5/13/2013

article Keystone XL pipeline opponents see double standard
(Nebraska) -- Rep. Tim Griffin, a staunch supporter of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, recently asked ExxonMobil to move another, smaller oil pipeline away from a...

5/11/2013

article Foes Suggest a Tradeoff if Pipeline Is Approved
(Washington D.C.) -- President Obama’s first major environmental decision of his second term could be to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, profoundly disappointing...
article Indigenous Resistance Grows Strong in Keystone XL Battle
(Oklahoma) -- On cloudy days, heavy smoke fills the air of Ponca City, Okla., with grey smog that camouflages itself into the sky. The ConocoPhillips oil refinery that...

5/5/2013

article Keystone foes seek pipeline offsets
(Washington D.C.) -- President Obama is being pressed by opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline to tie any approval to measures that would curb climate change, reflecting...
article Sarah Jumping Eagle: Keystone XL is the battle of our time
(South Dakota) -- On January 25, 2013, the Ihanktonwan Dakota and the Pawnee Nation signed a formal Treaty by which both Nations and another 131 supporting Native...

5/4/2013

article Keystone XL Oklahoma Opposition: A History Of Oil And A Future On The Line
(Oklahoma) -- In March 1912, one lucky wildcatter struck black gold in Drumright, Okla. One hundred and one years later, Wheeler No. 1 is still pumping -- and north-...

5/3/2013

article Fill Gaps in Keystone XL Draft Environment Report or Reject Pipeline, NCAI Tells Obama Administration
(Washington D.C.) -- Noting a lack of “critical information” about potential impacts to water supply, sacred sites and other aspects of tribal life governed...

5/2/2013

article Keystone critic was engineer at pipeline company TransCanada
(Nebraska) -- Speaker number 37 was the insider. Evan Vokes joined about 200 people who testified last month in Grand Island at the State Department's public hearing...

5/1/2013

article HOPKINS: Keystone XL Equals Death
(North Dakota) -- Last week, grassroots opponents of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline hoping to halt its development were successful in submitting over 1 million...

4/26/2013

article TransCanada says Keystone XL to be delayed
(Toronto) -- The chief executive of TransCanada Corp. said Friday the long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline will be in service months later than expected and cost more as it...

4/25/2013

article BLOG: Blocking the Keystone XL : the Battle of our Time -Dr. Sara Jumping Eagle
(South Dakota) -- On January 25, 2013, the Ihanktonwan Dakota and the Pawnee Nation signed a formal Treaty by which both Nations and another 131 supporting Native...

4/24/2013

article EPA wants State Dept. to rework analysis of Keystone XL pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- The Environmental Protection Agency objected Monday to the State Department’s latest review of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, suggesting that...
article If Keystone XL gets blocked, can trains save Canada’s tar sands?
(USA) -- There’s a key question at the center of the debate over the Keystone XL pipeline. If President Obama rejects the pipeline, will all of that Canadian heavy...
article State Department Criticized by E.P.A. on Pipeline Report
(Washington D.C.) -- The Environmental Protection Agency sharply criticized the State Department’s impact statement for the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline,...

4/22/2013

article Keystone support a result of Alberta efforts, Redford says
(Canada) -- Alberta’s advocacy efforts in Washington are partly to thank for the results of a recent poll showing broad support for the Keystone XL pipeline,...
article Opponents of Keystone to train 60K activists in civil disobedience
(Washington D.C.) -- Progressive groups and Native Americans are escalating their opposition to the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline with acts of civil...

4/19/2013

article Canadian ambassador to U.S. calls for Keystone XL approval
(Minnesota) -- As the battle over the Keystone XL pipeline sharpened this week at State Department hearings in Nebraska, Canada’s ambassador to the United States...

4/18/2013

article At Keystone XL hearing, a government event with a rock show flourish
(Nebraska) -- In the several years that state and federal officials have presided over pivotal public events involving the Keystone XL pipeline, the atmosphere has taken...

4/17/2013

article Keystone XL And Native Americans: South Dakota Tribes Fight The 'Black Snake'
(South Dakota) -- Debra White Plume and Marie Brush Breaker Randall stood in the middle of Highway 44, alongside more than 70 other members of the Oglala Lakota Nation.
article Yankton / Ihanktonwan Vow to Block Keystone XL Pipeline by All Means Possible
(South Dakota) -- In a continuing battle for the preservation of important Treaty and Aboriginal lands, the Ihanktonwan Oyate/Yankton Sioux General Council passed two...

4/14/2013

article Yankton Sioux launch Protect the Sacred campaign to preserve lands, treaties
(South Dakota) -- Faith Spotted Eagle and her tribe, the Ihanktonwan, or the Yankton Sioux, tried to convince TransCanada to consult the tribe about the proposed...

4/13/2013

article House Republicans Try to Hijack Obama’s Constitutional Authority on Keystone XL
(Washington D.C.) -- The word responsible can mean being the cause or explanation of some occurrence or action, or answering for one’s conduct and obligations.

4/11/2013

article Liberal lawmakers press White House to reject Keystone pipeline project
(Washington D.C.) -- A group of House Democrats pressed the White House to reject the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline during a closed-door meeting with President Obama...
article Nancy Zorn, Oklahoma Grandmother, Arrested In Keystone XL Pipeline Protest
(Oklahoma) -- A 79-year-old grandmother from suburban Oklahoma City was arrested Tuesday for blocking construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.

4/10/2013

article Arkansas oil spill will come up at Keystone XL pipeline hearing
(Washington D.C.) -- Legislation to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline is rolling through the House, even as opponents launch a fresh campaign against the...
article Lawmakers revive Keystone XL bid they say is gaining momentum
(Washington D.C.) -- House Republicans pressed again Wednesday to take the decision on the Keystone XL pipeline away from President Barack Obama.

4/8/2013

article 'All Risks, No Reward': New Ad Campaign Calls Out Keystone XL
(USA) -- A coalition of environmental groups in opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline launched a new national TV ad campaign on Sunday morning, hitting many of the...
article It's Crazy To Think Keystone XL Won't Leak
(USA) -- With over 16,000 sensors tied to automatic shut-offs, the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline (as in Xtra-Large) is not your father’s pipeline.
article MCKIBBEN: Will Democrats destroy the planet?
(USA) -- A few weeks ago, Time magazine called the fight over the Keystone XL pipeline that will bring some of the dirtiest energy on the planet from Alberta, Canada, to...
article Oglala Sioux Tribe renews vow to stop XL Pipeline
(South Dakota) -- The Oglala Sioux Tribal Council renewed its commitment to stop TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL Pipeline at a meeting on March 26.

4/7/2013

article Keystone pipeline fight heats up as foes look to rally Democratic donors
(Washington D.C.) -- Opponents and supporters of the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline are intensifying their PR campaigns as the White House decision on the...

4/6/2013

article Oglala Sioux Tribe: Resounding NO to Keystone XL Pipeline - Cite Water Concerns
(South Dakota) -- On March 26, the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council passed Resolution 13-60 "reaffirming the Yellow Bird Steele-Poor Bear administration opposition to...

4/5/2013

article Obama Hints at Approval of Keystone XL Pipeline at SF Fundraiser, Blames Middle Class Priorities
(California) -- While President Obama didn't address the Keystone XL Pipeline directly at a San Francisco fundraiser on Wednesday, he did give a hint that political...

4/4/2013

article Arkansas Spill Fuels Arguments for Keystone XL Opponents
(Arkansas) -- Viscous crude from the Alberta oil sands of Canada continues to flow along the streets and down the driveways of residents in Mayflower, Arkansas, as...
article Obama Catches Keystone Heat At California Fundraisers
(California) -- President Barack Obama is raising money for the Democratic Party in California, eager to weaken his Republican opposition in Congress even as he...

4/2/2013

article Native Sun News: Natives united to protect our Mother Earth
(South Dakota) -- As a National Week of Action to Stop Tar Sands Profiteers came to a close March 23, in the movement to block completion of TransCanada Corp.’s...
article Seven things you learn driving the length of the Keystone XL pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- We’ve heard a lot about the Keystone pipeline these past few years — which, if approved, would carry oil from the tar sands of Alberta...

4/1/2013

article Cocktails vs. Keystone: Anti-pipeline billionaire to host Obama at gala
(California) -- One of the most prominent opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline will soon get a chance to plead his case to the man who controls the project’s fate...

3/24/2013

article U.S. Senate Endorses Keystone XL 62–37 in Symbolic, Non-Binding Vote
(Washington D.C.) -- In an amendment to the budget bill—the first fiscal plan it has approved in four years—the U.S. Senate on Friday voted 62–37 in...

3/23/2013

article EXCLUSIVE: State Dept. Hid Contractor's Ties to Keystone XL Pipeline Company
(Washington D.C.) -- Late on a Friday afternoon in early March, the State Department released a 2,000-page draft report downplaying the environmental risks of the...
article Is the Keystone XL pipeline a jobs creator?
(USA) -- If you’ve been following the controversy over the Keystone XL oil pipeline, recent events will either encourage you, disappoint you, or both.

3/22/2013

article Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Measure Passes Senate
(Washington D.C.) -- In a big symbolic victory for proponents of the Keystone XL pipeline, the Senate on Friday approved a measure introduced by Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D...
article Native Americans unite to fight pipelines, including Keystone XL
(USA) -- A group of Native Americans has threatened to take physical action to stop the construction of three oil pipelines, claiming that the transport systems would...

3/21/2013

article ROSS: Complicit in Killing the Earth: Of Pepsi Challenges and Democrats and Republicans
(Washington) -- A few months ago—right up until Election Day—many of our people messaged and pontificated like crazy to point out that there are serious and...

3/18/2013

article Native Sun News: Group trains activists for Keystone XL fight
(South Dakota) -- Leading up to a national Week of Action against TransCanada Corp.’s proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, its adversaries on Pine Ridge Indian...
article As odds grow long, opponents move to stop Keystone pipeline
(Nebraska) -- With a sense of grim determination, a group of unlikely allies has begun gathering at kitchen tables, in churches and along fence rows here to plot what...
article CA billionaire Tom Steyer makes aggressive move in MA Senate race — SuperPAC to fight Keystone pipeline (VIDEO)
(California) -- Billionaire Democratic philanthropist Tom Steyer, who’s bankrolled two successful California environmental ballot measures, is making an aggressive...
article Pipeline denial would ‘fundamentally change’ relations with U.S.: Redford
(Ottawa) -- A U.S. rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline proposal would have far-reaching implications for the Canada-U.S. relationship, Alberta Premier Alison Redford...

3/17/2013

article Alberta lobbies for Keystone XL in New York Times ad
(Alberta) -- The Alberta government, continuing to press its case for the Keystone XL pipeline, took out an ad in Sunday’s New York Times newspaper, tying the...

3/16/2013

article Anti-Keystone XL Tribal Members Urge Fellow Natives to Comment on Environmental Impact Statement
(USA) -- Tribal opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline are urging fellow Natives to use the 45-day comments period of the U.S. State Department’s draft...

3/15/2013

article Exaggerated Consultation Claims, Factual Errors in State Department's Keystone XL Environment Report Rankle Natives
(Washington D.C.) -- Consultation? Depends on your definition. Cultural preservation survey? The Yankton Sioux Tribe, the alleged conductor of said survey, says it didn...
article Senators introduce bill to approve Keystone XL pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate on Thursday would give Congress the power to approve TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL pipeline...

3/13/2013

article Obama: Keystone XL pipeline not major jobs creator
(Washington D.C.) -- Jobs numbers and other benefits touted by supporters of the Keystone XL oil pipeline are probably exaggerated, President Barack Obama told House...

3/3/2013

article New Obama Admin. Report on Keystone XL Pipeline Has Enviros Worried
(Washington D.C.) -- On Friday afternoon, the State Department released a draft of its much-anticipated new analysis of the environmental impact of the proposed Keystone...
article State Department Keystone XL Study Virtually Ignores Impact on Climate Change
(Washington D.C.) -- The U.S. State Department’s “Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Keystone XL Project” released on Friday evening,...

3/2/2013

article Grassroots Natives Meet EPA, Highlight Keystone XL Concerns
(Washington D.C.) -- American Indian citizens are ramping up efforts to inform various federal agencies about the potential harmful effects on tribal communities if the...
article Keystone XL Pipeline Does Little Environmental Harm, US Finds
(Washington D.C.) -- The Obama administration today moved one step closer to approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, concluding in a draft environmental impact statement...
article State Department Draft Environmental Report Says Keystone XL Effects on Both Climate Change and Oil Supply Would Be Minimal
(Washington D.C.) -- The U.S. State Department released a draft environmental-impact report on March 1 saying that the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline would have...
article State Department's Keystone XL Analysis Upsets Environmentalists
(Washington D.C.) -- The State Department released their Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline proposal on...
article State Dept: No Major Objections To Keystone XL Pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- The State Department on Friday raised no major objections to the Keystone XL oil pipeline and said other options to get the oil from Canada to Gulf...

3/1/2013

article Keystone XL pipeline would have little impact on climate change, State Department analysis says
(Washington D.C.) -- The State Department released a draft environmental impact assessment of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline Friday, suggesting the project would...

2/27/2013

article Obama is likely to reject Keystone XL pipeline: Republican congressman
(Washington D.C.) -- Because of the influence of environmental groups, the Obama administration will likely reject the Keystone XL pipeline, a Republican member of...
article Will Obama approve the Keystone oil pipeline?
(Minnesota) -- As the Obama administration considers the Keystone Pipeline project, it's up against a lot of competing interests. On one end, Obama has his...

2/25/2013

article Native Sun News: Native activists join anti-Keystone XL rally
(South Dakota) -- As Native Americans joined other opponents of the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline for what was arguably the largest climate rally in U.S. history, the...

2/23/2013

article Southern Keystone XL segment crosses halfway mark
(Oklahoma) -- While the debate continues over whether the United States will approve a proposed oil conduit from Canada to the Gulf Coast, the segment from Cushing, Okla...

2/20/2013

article Kerry speech ominous for Keystone XL pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- In yet another potentially ominous sign for TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline, John Kerry used his first major address as secretary of state on...

2/19/2013

article Keystone argument drowning out bigger energy issues, expert says
(Washington D.C.) -- The raucous Keystone XL pipeline argument is drowning out serious discussions about bigger, broader and far more important choices, says David...
article TransCanada says Keystone XL will not affect climate
(Canada) -- In a shift in strategy, the company that wants to build an oil pipeline from western Canada to Texas said Tuesday that the project will have no measurable...

2/17/2013

article Crowd marches to voice opposition to Keystone pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- A crowd that organizers said numbered approximately 35,000 braved the cold on Sunday and marched to urge President Obama to reject the Keystone XL...
article Keystone XL pipeline foes say they're gaining momentum
(Washington D.C.) -- Nebraskans fighting to stop the Keystone XL pipeline are feeling optimistic. President Barack Obama made a high-profile State of the Union pledge...
article Pipeline Call Gives Obama New Problems Either Way
(Washington D.C.) -- President Obama faces a knotty decision in whether to approve the much-delayed Keystone oil pipeline: a choice between alienating environmental...
article Tribal Luminaries Participate in Massive Climate Change, Keystone Rally in Washington
(Washington D.C.) -- Famed Native author Louise Erdrich is among the notables flocking to Washington, D.C. for a February 17 rally demanding governmental action on...
article Idle No More movement rallies against Keystone pipeline
(Oklahoma) -- Twenty-five people, mainly native Americans, staged a demonstration on Friday in front of Choctaw Nation headquarters in Durant to deliver a two-fold...

2/14/2013

article "We Need To Push Him": Actress Daryl Hannah Arrested While Urging Obama to Reject Keystone Pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- For the second time in six months, actress Daryl Hannah has been jailed for protesting the Keystone XL oil pipeline. In October, she was arrested in...
article The XL stakes of the Keystone pipeline
(USA) -- Presidential decisions often turn out to be far less significant than imagined, but every now and then what a president decides actually determines how the...
article Two Kennedys, Darryl Hannah and Other Celebrity Activists Among 47 Arrested at White House Keystone XL Protest
(Washington D.C.) -- Just one day after President Barack Obama announced initiatives to combat climate change in his State of the Union speech, protesters descended upon...

2/13/2013

article Celebrities, environmentalists protest Keystone pipeline at White House
(Washington D.C.) -- Celebrities and environmental activists, including lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and civil rights leader Julian Bond, were arrested Wednesday after...

2/11/2013

article Oklahoma sheriff arrests 8 at Keystone pipeline site
(Oklahoma) -- Seminole County authorities say they arrested eight people at a construction site for the Keystone XL oil pipeline, including one man who locked himself to...

2/9/2013

article Kerry promises Keystone XL decision in 'near term'
(Washington D.C.) -- Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday promised a "fair and transparent" review of a Canadian company's plan to pipe oil from western...

2/8/2013

article House Energy chairman not hopeful Obama will approve Keystone XL pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) said Friday that he is not holding out much hope that President Obama will approve...

2/6/2013

article Thousands to Rally in Washington DC Against Keystone Pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- On Sunday, February 17, thousands of Americans will gather on the National Mall to make #ForwardOnClimate the largest climate rally in history,...

2/3/2013

article BLOG: Nature editorial on Keystone XL confirms oilsands’ carbon footprint is exaggerated
(Alberta) -- This just in!! The environmental impact of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline has been grossly exaggerated!! Of course, this is hardly a surprise.
article The Question No One Is Asking About Keystone XL
(USA) -- Right now in Texas, a foreign corporation, TransCanada, is using our government's 5th Amendment right of eminent domain to confiscate private land belonging...

2/1/2013

article Tribal Members Sign Treaty Calling for an End to Alberta Oil Sands Development and Keystone XL
(Nebraska) -- Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman’s approval of that state’s section of the disputed Keystone XL pipeline has united not only indigenous from the...

1/31/2013

article Native American groups protest pipeline
(Nebraska) -- Native American protestors concerned about pollution of ancestral lands by the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline staged a rally Monday outside the Nebraska...

1/29/2013

article American Indians rally at Oklahoma Capitol to call attention to environmental, sovereignty issues
(Oklahoma) -- About 200 people rallied outside the Oklahoma Capitol in Oklahoma City on Monday to protest the Keystone XL pipeline and to criticize the election of an...
article Native American groups protest Keystone XL pipeline
(Nebraska) -- Native American protesters concerned about pollution of ancestral lands by the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline rallied Monday outside the State Capitol.
article Terry, fellow House members urge Obama to approve Keystone XL pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., led a group of more than 145 House members on Tuesday urging President Barack Obama to swiftly approve the Keystone XL...

1/28/2013

article ABOUREZK: Bold Nebraska, Natives protest pipeline, impact on land
(Nebraska) -- Cowboys hats and shawls adorned a coalition of more than 100 ranchers and Native activists who gathered Monday at the state Capitol to protest the Keystone...
article Activist groups gather to protest Heineman’s decision on Keystone pipeline
(Nebraska) -- Native Americans, environmentalists and Occupiers gathered at the Capitol Monday afternoon to protest the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline.
article Native American groups protest Keystone XL pipeline
(Nebraska) -- Native American protesters concerned about pollution of ancestral lands by the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline rallied Monday outside the State Capitol.

1/26/2013

article Nebraska lawmakers urge Obama, Clinton to approve Keystone XL pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- Nebraska’s entire congressional delegation, all Republicans, urged President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this week to...

1/25/2013

article Kerry unlikely to block Keystone XL, experts say
(Washington D.C.) -- Now that the Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has approved an alternate route through his state, the controversial Keystone XL pipeline may have another...

1/24/2013

article Nebraska Governor Approves New Keystone XL Pipeline Route
(Nebraska) -- A day after President Barack Obama highlighted climate change in his inauguration speech, Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman, a Republican, approved the new...

1/23/2013

article 53 senators urge approval of Keystone XL pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- More than half the Senate on Wednesday urged quick approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, ramping up pressure on President Barack Obama to move...
article Baucus, Daines call for Obama to approve Keystone pipeline (story, video)
(Washington D.C.) -- Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana and nine other Democratic and Republican senators called Wednesday for President Barack Obama to approve the...
article Heineman approves Keystone XL route; pipeline's fate back in Obama’s hands
(Nebraska) -- Gov. Dave Heineman delighted supporters and deflated opponents of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline Tuesday when he approved a new route through...

1/22/2013

article Heineman approves Keystone XL Pipeline route
(Nebraska) -- Gov. Dave Heineman has approved the new route for the Keystone XL pipeline, saying it meets the goal of avoiding Nebraska's environmentally sensitive...
article Nebraska Governor Approves Keystone XL Route
(Nebraska) -- Gov. Dave Heineman of Nebraska approved a revised route for the Keystone XL pipeline through Nebraska on Tuesday, brushing aside vocal opposition from some...
article State Department delays Keystone XL pipeline decision
(Washington D.C.) -- The Obama administration has delayed a decision on TransCanada Corp.’s rerouted Keystone XL oil pipeline until after March, even though...

1/18/2013

article Sask. premier urges Obama to approve Keystone XL
(Saskatchewan) -- Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall and 10 U.S. governors have sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to approve the Keystone XL project.

1/17/2013

article Pressure mounts on Obama to decide Keystone XL’s fate Add to ...
(Washington D.C.) -- Battle lines are drawn and both sides claim Barack Obama’s long-deferred decision on a massive pipeline project that would funnel Alberta...
article Study says pipeline would bring state $1.8 billion
(Nebraska) -- A group that supports the Keystone XL oil pipeline has released a study that says Nebraska would see an estimated $1.8 billion in revenue and thousands of...

1/4/2013

article Report on Keystone XL pipeline route goes to Nebraska governor
(Nebraska) -- A state evaluation of TransCanada's new route for the Keystone XL oil pipeline through Nebraska has been sent to Gov. Dave Heineman, who will have 30...

1/1/2013

article Keystone XL pipeline: Judge won't block suit against Nebraska pipeline law
(Nebraska) -- A Lancaster County district judge has refused to block a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Nebraska's new pipeline siting law.

12/26/2012

article U.S. ruling on Keystone XL could be delayed again: report
(Washington D.C.) -- A top risk-management analyst warned on Friday that a decision by Washington on TransCanada Corp’s Keystone XL pipeline could get delayed...

12/21/2012

article Residents of rural Hardisty, Alberta skeptical oil wealth will spill on them
(Alberta) -- Steering his SUV down a remote, two-rut path, Bryan Templeton glances over to snow-covered fields with a smile. “You wouldn’t even know we...

12/17/2012

article Montana approves Keystone pipeline easements
(Montana) -- Montana is approving easements to let the Keystone XL pipeline cross state-owned land, including the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers.

12/14/2012

article Native Sun News: Tribal leaders blast Keystone XL at hearing
(Nebraska) -- Oglala Sioux Tribal Vice President Tom Poor Bear and other tribal leaders joined Nebraska non-Native Americans in speaking out against TransCanada Corp....

12/12/2012

article Keystone XL pipeline opponents invite Obama to Beef and Beer Summit
(Nebraska) -- Eighteen Nebraskans opposed to the Keystone XL pipeline have invited President Obama to a Beef and Beer Summit to talk about their concerns with the...

12/5/2012

article Pros and cons of Keystone XL pipeline aired one last time
(Nebraska) -- Tom Briese had questions about the Keystone XL pipeline when he first learned that the controversial project was being rerouted across his farmland.
article Nebraska speakers pack hearing on Keystone XL pipeline
(New Mexico) -- At the lone Nebraska public hearing on the revised plan for an oil pipeline through the state, the multitude of speakers sounded familiar refrains for...

12/4/2012

article Tar Sands Activists Barricade Themselves Inside Keystone XL
(Texas) -- Activists in Texas were arrested on Monday after taking their fight to stop the tar sands directly to the belly of the beast Monday morning -- by sealing...

12/2/2012

article Susan Rice Keystone XL Attacks Put White House In A Bind
(Washington D.C.) -- When Susan Rice's potential nomination to the post of secretary of state hit another snag this past week, the White House found itself in a...

12/1/2012

article Obama pipeline decision may preview energy policy
(Washington D.C.) -- It's a decision President Barack Obama put off during the 2012 campaign, but now that he's won a second term, his next move on a proposed...

11/20/2012

article Senator-Elect Heitkamp Strongly Supports Keystone XL, Despite Indian Opposition; Tribal Vote Helped Her Win
(Washington D.C.) -- There’s an early rupture in the bond that some American Indians had hoped to forge with newly elected Senator Heidi Heitkamp, D-North Dakota, who...

11/19/2012

article Keystone pipeline protesters arrested
(Texas) -- The fight to block construction of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline through east Texas stepped up Monday as protesters locked themselves to machinery.

11/18/2012

article Five Reasons Why Obama Should Reject The Keystone XL Pipeline
(Nebraska) -- This Sunday, activists are organizing another round of protests at the White House to urge the President to kill the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

11/15/2012

article Oil industry group pushes Obama to OK pipeline
(Nebraska) -- The fight over a proposed pipeline to transport crude oil from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries has picked up again with groups on both sides putting...

11/8/2012

article A neo-Nazi spotted among Keystone XL pipeline workers
(Texas) -- It is not uncommon for environmental activists to refer to their big business opponents as “fascists.” It is, however, less common for an...

10/30/2012

article Keystone XL pipeline gets initial review
(Nebraska) -- A state agency has given a favorable, preliminary review for the Keystone XL pipeline. The draft evaluation report, released Tuesday afternoon by the...

10/28/2012

article Need for Keystone XL Shrinking as Industry Looks to Export US Crude Oil
(USA) -- The argument is familiar to just about every American by now: The United States needs to import more Canadian crude oil to secure its energy independence, and...

10/21/2012

article TransCanada's Keystone Pipeline Shut Down Temporarily Due To 'Possible Safety Issues'
(Missouri) -- TransCanada Corp. has temporarily shut down its existing 2,100-mile Keystone pipeline after tests showed possible safety issues, a federal agency said...

10/18/2012

article Feds: TransCanada shuts down Keystone pipeline for 3 days, tests show possible safety issues
(Missouri) -- A federal agency says TransCanada Corp. has temporarily shut down its existing Keystone pipeline after tests showed “possible safety issues.”

10/17/2012

article Romney and Obama Debate Keystone XL
(New York) -- Never mind the Binders Full of Women. “We’re going to bring that pipeline in from Canada. How in the world the president said no to that...

10/14/2012

article BLOG: New York Times handcuffed at Texas Tarsands Blockade by TransCanada security
(Texas) -- Two journalists working for the New York Times were handcuffed, detained and then turned away from private property by local law enforcement employed as...

10/12/2012

article Last-Ditch Bid in Texas to Try to Stop Oil Pipeline
(Texas) -- Deep within the oak and pine forests that blanket this stretch of East Texas, the chug of machinery drones on late into the day, broken only by the sounds of...
article Native Sun News: Keystone XL foes target Obama and Romney
(Denver) -- On the eve of the 2012 presidential election campaign’s first debate Oct. 3, indigenous people from across the United States gathered to raise concerns...

10/11/2012

article New York Times Journalists Threatened With Arrest While Reporting on Keystone XL Opposition
(USA) -- Actress Daryl Hannah almost had company on the police blotter, as two journalists from The New York Times were threatened with arrest on Wednesday while...

10/7/2012

article Actress Daryl Hannah Arrested Protesting Keystone XL in Texas
(Texas) -- Actress Daryl Hannah was charged with criminal trespassing on Thursday and then released following her arrest as she stared down an excavator that was...

10/5/2012

article Athabasca Chipewyan Launch Treaty 8 Challenge to Shell Canada Over Oil Sands
(Canada) -- A First Nation whose land sits in the heart of the Alberta oil sands has ramped up its legal battle against the vast industrial development, which has...

9/25/2012

article Judge: Keystone can condemn land for pipeline
(Texas) -- A judge has ruled that developers of a planned Canada-to-Gulf Coast oil pipeline can take land by eminent domain from property owners in a coastal Southeast...

9/21/2012

article In Port Arthur, Tex., refiners await uncertain benefits from Keystone XL pipeline
(Texas) -- The Valero oil refinery looms over the small streets of this blighted port city. A vast maze of pipes and vats and boilers, the refinery traces its rootsback...

9/19/2012

article Keystone XL: Washington Post Studies Effect on Tribes Along the Route
(Washington D.C.) -- As the Presidential campaign wears on, one issue that will be prominent for the person who ends up taking office is that of the contested Keystone...
article Keystone pipeline's path cuts across Native American land, history
(Oklahoma) -- In energy circles, the town of Cushing is well known as the hub used by New York oil traders to set the benchmark price for all U.S. crude oil. Row after...
article TransCanada must avoid destruction of Native American land
(Oklahoma) -- While Nebraska’s own qualms with TransCanada over the Keystone XL pipeline have mostly evaporated, controversy in Oklahoma is kicking up.

9/17/2012

article Keystone XL pipeline raises tribal concerns
(Oklahoma) -- In energy circles, the town of Cushing is well known as the hub used by New York oil traders to set the benchmark price for all U.S. crude oil. Row after...
article NORRELL: Lakotas organize to halt new Keystone tarsands route
(South Dakota) -- Lakotas are organizing to protect sacred water and halt the new proposed route of the Keystone XL pipeline, which could poison their drinking water....

9/15/2012

article State, landowners clash over pipeline siting law
(Nebraska) -- Attorneys for landowners along the proposed route of the Keystone XL pipeline squared off with the Nebraska Attorney General’s office Friday on the...

9/10/2012

article Keystone XL pipeline not a Boyd County rallying cry?
(Nebraska) -- The last time an environmental controversy touched Boyd County, Neb., it bitterly divided families and congregations. Hard feelings still haven’t...

9/9/2012

article New Keystone pipeline route proposed; activists block Texas site
(Texas) -- Activists battling a new oil pipeline chained themselves to bulldozers in Texas on Wednesday, temporarily halting route-clearance work in the latest protest...
article Opposition mounts as first tar sands mine in US gets a green light
(Utah) -- Last week, a new front opened in the struggle against tar sands mining in the U.S. If you didn’t know that tar sands mining is in the works on this side...

9/5/2012

article Canadian firm proposes new Keystone XL pipeline route
(Nebraska) -- The company that wants to build a pipeline to transport crude oil from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries said Wednesday it has revised its proposed new route...

8/18/2012

article Amidst Protest, Construction Begins on Keystone XL Pipeline in Texas
(Texas) -- Blockaders braved a wall of bulldozers early Thursday morning and unfurled banners that warned TransCanada to expect resistance the size of Texas if the...

8/17/2012

article Keystone XL pipeline crosses political boundaries in Nebraska and beyond
(Nebraska) -- Bob Bernt, a bear of a man, a rancher and a lifelong Republican, had about 25 people over recently for a pork-and-beans cookout.

8/8/2012

article Keystone XL pipeline may threaten aquifer that irrigates much of the central U.S.
(Nebraska) -- Jane Kleeb is a savvy activist who, Nebraska’s Republican governor once said, “has a tendency to shoot her mouth off most days.” A...

8/6/2012

article Keystone XL pipeline may threaten aquifer that irrigates much of the central U.S.
(Nebraska) -- Jane Kleeb is a savvy activist who, Nebraska’s Republican governor once said, “has a tendency to shoot her mouth off most days.” A...

7/25/2012

article Congressional delegation pushes Obama administration on Keystone XL pipeline
(Montana) -- Montana’s congressional delegation has turned up the pressure on the Obama administration to approve the country-crossing Keystone XL pipeline.

7/18/2012

article In North Dakota, the gritty side of an oil boom
(North Dakota) -- Donny Nelson is the epitome of old-time North Dakota. A lean, sharp-featured man sporting a thick goatee, jeans and dirty boots, Nelson is the grandson...
article States’ pressure shifted TransCanada stance on pipeline extension
(Montana) -- Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D) says that it took some doing to get TransCanada to strike deals for an “on-ramp” that would allow companies drilling...

7/9/2012

article Keystone Pipeline XL Pipeline: How the Ogallala Aquifer Weighs into the Debate
(USA) -- With the general election drawing closer, and the Obama-Romney debates only months away, it is only natural to predict what topics will make the candidates...

7/7/2012

article Keystone XL Pipeline expansion driven by oil-rich sands in Alberta
(Alberta) -- Repairman Shawn Flett stood 30 feet above the ground on the deck of a truck the size of a house. He had just waved it gingerly into the repair shop as if...

7/1/2012

article Keystone XL pipeline expansion driven by oil-rich tar sands in Alberta
(Alberta) -- Repairman Shawn Flett stood 30 feet above the ground on the deck of a truck the size of a house. He had just waved it gingerly into the repair shop as if...

6/29/2012

article Keystone pipeline is cleared for construction in Oklahoma
(Oklahoma) -- TransCanada has gotten the green light to begin construction of the southern segment of its Keystone XL pipeline through Oklahoma.
article Keystone XL Pipeline gets Tulsa approval
(Oklahoma) -- TransCanada has received Tulsa federal approval to construct a portion of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline from the Cushing hub into north Texas, a...

6/19/2012

article State Department to conduct a new review of Keystone pipeline
(North Dakota) -- The U.S. State Department will conduct another environmental review of the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline and reaffirmed Friday its latest goal to make...

6/15/2012

article U.S. State Department says will decide on Keystone XL pipeline permit next year
(Washington D.C.) -- The department said Friday it will again review the northern route of the project from the Canadian border through Nebraska. TransCanada, the...

6/11/2012

article Keystone XL: How Canada’s pipeline splits the U.S.
(Montana) -- Three years ago, when the Canadian pipeline people first came round Bob Math’s cattle ranch in northernmost Montana, the conversation was brittle.

6/7/2012

article NRDC Report: Keystone XL Pipeline Will Raise US Gas Prices
(Washington D.C.) -- During a press tele-conference call on May 21, experts speaking on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), said American drivers...

6/4/2012

article Keystone XL's foes plan online blackout to protest Canada bill
(Washington D.C.) -- Visit the Natural Resources Defense Council's website Monday and you can expect to find a black screen. More than 400 groups, including the...

6/3/2012

article EPA has concerns for Keystone XL pipeline near coast
(Texas) -- A Canadian company seeking to build a pipeline to transport crude oil from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries has submitted a new application for the southern...

5/31/2012

article Nebraska high court won't take up Keystone XL pipeline case
(Nebraska) -- The Nebraska Supreme Court has refused to hear a direct challenge to the state's new pipeline siting law.

5/27/2012

article NRDC Report: Keystone XL Pipeline Will Lower US Gas Prices a Myth
(Canada) -- At a telephone press conference held on Tuesday morning, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) made public comments and released a supporting report...

5/23/2012

article Keystone XL pipeline opponents file lawsuit
(Nebraska) -- Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline filed a lawsuit with the Nebraska Supreme Court on Wednesday challenging the constitutionality of the pipeline siting...

5/15/2012

article Native Sun News: TransCanada still pushing for Keystone XL
(Washington D.C.) -- TransCanada Corp. made its latest move to overturn the U.S. government’s decision rejecting the proposed binational Keystone XL Pipeline.

5/8/2012

article An Old Texas Tale Retold: the Farmer vs. the Oil Company
(Texas) -- When the TransCanada men first came, Julia Trigg Crawford said, they were polite. They offered money. Seven thousand dollars to let the Keystone XL pipeline...

5/7/2012

article Route shift is fresh start for Keystone XL
(South Dakota) -- TransCanada reapplied Friday for a federal permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline, but the new federal permitting process will mean little to South...

5/4/2012

article Republicans say Obama running out of excuses to delay Keystone
(Washington D.C.) -- Republicans on Friday ramped up pressure on President Obama to quickly approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline after developer TransCanada Corp....
article TransCanada reapplies for oil pipeline
(Nebraska) -- TransCanada is back in the presidential permit picture. Denied by President Obama in January, the Calgary-based company filed a new application on Friday,...

5/3/2012

article Keystone firm seeks 2nd try for pipeline
(Canada) -- The Canadian firm behind the controversial Keystone XL pipeline will reapply as early as today for a federal permit to ship carbon-intense crude oil from...
article TransCanada ready to file new pipeline application
(Washington D.C.) -- TransCanada could file as early as Friday a new presidential permit application for its controversial Keystone XL pipeline, an anonymous source told...

5/1/2012

article Schweitzer bullish on 2013 Keystone pipeline construction
(Montana) -- Gov. Brian Schweitzer is hoping for construction to start in early 2013 on the Keystone XL pipeline after a recent meeting with its builders.
article WASHINGTON POST: A better case for Keystone XL
(Washington D.C.) -- THE CASE FOR ultimately approving the Keystone XL pipeline — always strong — has grown stronger.

4/29/2012

article Keystone XL meetings set, and critics are ready
(Nebraska) -- Opponents of the Keystone XL oil pipeline are preparing for a new series of public meetings in May sponsored by the Nebraska Department of Environmental...

4/28/2012

article Meetings planned for alternate Keystone XL pipeline route
(Nebraska) -- O'Neill, Neligh, Albion and Central City have been selected by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality for a series of May discussions with...

4/24/2012

article South Dakota lets Keystone end pipeline construction bonds
(South Dakota) -- State regulators have agreed to let TransCanada Keystone cancel $15 million in bonds it had posted to cover any damage to roads and bridges while it...
article Target: Tar Sands
(South Dakota) -- While Washington lobbyists continue to push for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, activists have taken the fight to their backyards.

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