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Rehberg co-sponsors bill to approve Keystone XL pipeline
U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., said Thursday he’s among the co-sponsors of a bill that would immediately approve construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline, overriding President Barack Obama’s rejection last month.  Keystone XL Pipeline5/15/2012
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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
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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
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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
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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....
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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
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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...
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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...
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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.
4/21/2012
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Romney Would Build Keystone XL Pipeline if Named President
(Washington D.C.) -- Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor and presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has rehashed his latest speech on a few occasions...
4/7/2012
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Lakotas Launch Hunger Strike Against Tar Sands Pipelines
(South Dakota) -- In the Dakotas, members of the proud Lakota Nation rose in protest this week to join a 48-hour hunger strike in opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline...
4/6/2012
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Harper Wants Northern Gateway With or Without Keystone XL, He Tells U.S. Audience
(Washington D.C.) -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper is bent on marketing Athabasca oil sands crude to Asia, he told an audience at the Woodrow Wilson International Center...
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Natives Have Environmental and Spiritual Concerns Over “Prioritized” Keystone XL
(Oklahoma) -- On March 22, President Obama visited Cushing, Oklahoma, where he announced that construction of the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline would now be a...
4/5/2012
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Keystone XL bill advances despite calls to return to committee
(Nebraska) -- Over the objection of a trio of senators, the Nebraska Legislature advanced an amended bill Thursday to resume a state review of a new route for the...
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Keystone XL pipeline bill tweaked, set for final vote
(Nebraska) -- Lawmakers are a step away from approving a bill (LB1161) that would allow Nebraska to proceed with a $2 million study to find a route through for...
4/3/2012
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Lakotas Launch Hunger Strike Against Tar Sands Pipelines
(South Dakota) -- In the Dakotas, members of the proud Lakota Nation rose in protest this week to join a 48-hour hunger strike in opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline...
4/2/2012
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Canada will send oil to Asia even if Keystone XL pipeline proceeds, Harper says
(Washington D.C.) -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper upped the ante for the Alberta oilsands Monday, telling a Washington audience that Canadian oil will be heading for...
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New Keystone XL pipeline corridor identified in Nebraska
(Nebraska) -- The developer of the Keystone XL pipeline has identified a new corridor through Nebraska that avoids the environmentally sensitive Sandhills, but a...
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Stephen Harper takes oilsands message to American audience
(Canada) -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper took his message on Canada's oil exports to an American audience Monday, arguing the two countries have different interests...
3/30/2012
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Concerns raised on Keystone XL bill
(Nebraska) -- Some key state senators raised concerns Thursday about the constitutionality of a proposal in the Nebraska Legislature to restart a state review of the...
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Sac & Fox Nation Concerned About Southern Leg of Keystone XL Pipeline
(Oklahoma) -- When President Barack Obama visited Cushing, Oklahoma last Thursday, Principal Chief George Thurman of the Sac & Fox Nation, based in Stroud, Oklahoma...
3/28/2012
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Native Sun News: Activists plan Keystone XL hunger strike
(Oklahoma) -- As U.S. President Barack Obama voiced concessions to the Keystone XL tar sands, crude oil pipeline on March 22, American Indian and other activists...
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Native-led oil pipeline protest draws hundreds to Vancouver Art Gallery
(British Columbia) -- Protesters marching through downtown Vancouver Monday promised to fight big oil and big government and put a stop to proposed pipeline expansions...
3/27/2012
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American Indian Histories and Cultures Conference looks at Keystone Pipeline
(South Dakota) -- Tribal people from North and South Dakota will share their views on the proposed Keystone Pipeline project at the annual American Indian Histories and...
3/26/2012
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Indian Tribe Worries Pipeline Will Disturb Graves
(Oklahoma) -- As President Barack Obama pushes to fast-track an oil pipeline from Oklahoma south to the Gulf Coast, an American Indian tribe that calls the oil hub home...
3/25/2012
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Keystone XL: Native Americans outraged
(Oklahoma) -- After President Obama endorsed a southern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline on Mar. 22 (which would carry oil from Cushing to Port Arthur, Texas), Native...
3/22/2012
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BLOG: Native Americans protest Obama approval of pipeline's south end
(USA) -- After rejecting the controversial Keystone XL pipeline proposal in January, President Barack Obama today announced his plan to fast- track the construction of...
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Keystone XL pipeline proponents say northern leg is key
(Canada) -- Canadian proponents of TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline applauded Barack Obama's directive on Thursday to expedite the approval process for the...
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Keystone XL pipeline: Obama vows to cut through red tape
(Oklahoma) -- On his energy tour across America, President Barack Obama can’t seem to win for losing. During a stop Thursday in Oklahoma, Obama announced the...
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Native Americans Protest Keystone XL From A Cage
(Oklahoma) -- Native American’s gathering in Cushing, OK for a planned Thursday protest of President Obama’s anticipated words of praise for the Keystone XL...
3/21/2012
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NORRELL: Native Americans Protest Keystone in Cushing, Oklahoma
(Oklahoma) -- Native Americans gathering in Cushing to protest President Obama’s words of praise for the Keystone XL pipeline are being forced by local authorities...
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Obama to urge fast-tracking Keystone XL Gulf leg
(Washington D.C.) -- U.S. President Barack Obama will tell federal agencies tomorrow to fast track the approval process for the leg of the Keystone XL pipeline from...
3/17/2012
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Obama to celebrate (part of) Keystone pipeline next week
(USA) -- Under fire for painfully high gas prices, President Barack Obama next week is scheduled to head to Cushing, Oklahoma, to highlight his support for the...
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Tantoo Cardinal Joins Lobbying Group Heading Back to D.C. to Fight Keystone XL
(Oklahoma) -- Actress Tantoo Cardinal is among a group of Native Americans headed back to D.C. this week to express continuing objections to the Keystone XL pipeline.
3/16/2012
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OP/ED: Six reasons Keystone XL was a bad deal all along
(USA) -- In announcing his decision to not grant permission for the Keystone pipeline extension, opponents of President Obama argue the president gave in to pressure...
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Videos: Standoff at Pine Ridge
(South Dakota) -- Native Impact has posted several videos of the goings-on on the Pine Ridge Reservation, where concerned Lakotas formed a blockade to prevent passage by...
3/13/2012
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Bill would put pipeline back on track
(Nebraska) -- A legislative committee advanced a bill Tuesday that is designed to restart the review of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline's proposed detour...
3/11/2012
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"This Is Our Land:" Lakota Form Human Blockade to Stop Tar Sands Trucks
(South Dakota) -- Lakota members yesterday formed a human blockade to stop trucks carrying tar sands equipment through the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
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92 Year Old Lakota Marie Brush Breaker Randall Believes in Homeland Security
(Washington D.C.) -- Upon landing at National Airport just after 9:30 pm on Monday evening, I turned my iPhone back on and noticed messages relating to an incident that...
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Native Activists Arrested On Territory While Peacefully Protesting Keystone Pipeline
(South Dakota) -- “America is built on stolen land and was built with stolen hands. XL Pipeline equipment, anything that has to do with the destruction of Unci...
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Confusion Surrounds Federal Review of Southern Leg of Keystone XL
(USA) -- TransCanada says it has most of the state permits it needs, but no one knows which federal agency will oversee the project's final environmental review.
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House Speaker Boehner to Tie Keystone XL to Infrastructure Jobs Act
(Washington D.C.) -- House Speaker John Boehner is at it again. Dissatisfied he could not get President Obama to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline after...
3/10/2012
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Commentary: 92 Year Old Lakota Marie Brush Breaker Randall Believes in Homeland Security
(South Dakota) -- Upon landing at National Airport just after 9:30 pm on Monday evening, I turned my iphone back on and noticed messages relating to an incident that...
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Native Americans threaten to confiscate Keystone Pipeline trucks
(South Dakota) -- At least five Native Americans were arrested in South Dakota on Monday after a six-hour standoff that temporarily blockaded trucks from moving...
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Pine Ridge Residents Halt Canadian Mine Equipment Transportation Through Reservation
(South Dakota) -- On the morning of March 5, a Wanblee resident was forced off the road as huge semi-tractor-trailers made their way through the Oglala Sioux Nation...
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Trucks stopped in Wanblee not for pipeline, company says
(South Dakota) -- Two large trucks stopped by Native American protesters earlier this week in Wanblee had permits to drive through South Dakota and were not related to...
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US Senate Blocks GOP Keystone Provision – No Should Mean No!
(Washington D.C.) -- The United States Senate blocked a Keystone XL pipeline provision by a vote of 56-42 late Thursday. President Barack Obama personally called...
3/9/2012
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Oglala Sioux President Yellow Bird Steele in DC to Stop Keystone Pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- John Yellow Bird Steele, president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, has had a busy week already. In Washington to voice his opposition to the Keystone XL...
3/8/2012
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Keystone pipeline claims just don't add up
(Wall Street) -- ANALYSIS: Proponents of the Keystone oil pipeline argue the $7 billion project will create hundreds of thousands of jobs, give the economy a shot in the...
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Keystone XL pipeline: U.S. Senate blocks bid to speed pipeline from Canada
(Washington D.C.) -- U.S. Senate Democrats on Thursday defeated a Republican proposal to take quick action on the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline from Canada to Texas, in...
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Native Americans Arrested Blockading Keystone XL Pipeline Trucks
(South Dakota) -- Several dozen Native Americans critical of TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline Monday blockaded two large trucks in a six-hour...
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Senate rejects expediting Keystone pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- In the wake of lobbying by President Obama and Senate Democratic leaders, the Senate defeated legislation to speed up construction of a U-S.-...
3/7/2012
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Native Sun News: Oglala Sioux arrested in Keystone blockade
(South Dakota) -- The controversial Keystone XL Pipeline has been brought straight into Indian country rather than skirting it as the proposed route of the pipeline...
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TransCanada executive: New Keystone route in weeks
(Texas) -- An executive with the Canadian company seeking to build an oil pipeline across the United States to the Texas Gulf Coast says a plan for a new route around...
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TransCanada Plans to Destroy 71 Archeological Sites and 22 Historical Structures in Oklahoma!
(Oklahoma) -- While the governors of Oklahoma and Texas may have given in to TransCanada and Exxon, millions of Americans continue to stand in solidarity against the...
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Native Americans disrupt Keystone XL Pipeline construction
(South Dakota) -- Dozens of Native Americans made a human blockade to keep trucks transporting materials for the Keystone XL Pipeline from entering their land this week...
3/6/2012
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Keystone XL Pipeline spokesman: Trucks blocked in Wanblee weren't ours
(South Dakota) -- A spokesman for the Canadian company seeking to build an oil pipeline across the United States to the Texas Gulf Coast says company trucks were not...
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Pipeline protesters block Canada-bound trucks on Indian reservation
(South Dakota) -- Opponents of the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline blocked two large trucks for six hours on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
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Thompson backs Keystone pipeline, fracking
(Wisconsin) -- Former Gov. Tommy Thompson said Monday he backs building the Keystone XL pipeline, expanding oil production in Alaska and along U.S. coasts and blocking...
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Trucks stopped in Wanblee standoff
(South Dakota) -- A group of several dozen Native Americans blockaded two large trucks in a six-hour standoff in Wanblee Monday.
3/4/2012
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Critics Rebuke Bill Clinton for 'Embracing' Keystone
(USA) -- Bill Clinton turned heads on Wednesday after saying at an energy conference in Maryland that the Obama administration should 'embrace' the controversial...
3/1/2012
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Bill Clinton on Keystone XL pipeline: 'Embrace' it
(Maryland) -- Bill Clinton says it's time to build the Keystone XL pipeline. Speaking at an Energy Department conference in Maryland on Wednesday, the former...
2/28/2012
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Keystone XL: White House Backs Portion Of Pipeline That Ships U.S. Oil Overseas
(Washington D.C.) -- The White House is throwing its support behind a decision by TransCanada to build a portion of the Keystone XL pipeline, even though the project...
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TransCanada gives heads up on second Keystone XL try
(Nebraska) -- TransCanada offered written confirmation Monday of its plans to re-apply for a presidential permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline through Nebraska.
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White House backs decision to build part of Keystone XL pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- With President Barack Obama under fire from Republicans over the rising cost of gasoline, the White House moved quickly Monday to trumpet a Canadian...
2/27/2012
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The Keystone Fight Is Uniting Tea Partiers With Environmentalists
(Washington D.C.) -- In Washington, DC, the fight over the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline mostly divides common enemies: Republicans and Democrats; environmentalists...
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TransCanada Set to Re-Apply for Keystone XL Permit Proceeding with Gulf Coast Project
(Alberta) -- TransCanada Corporation (TSX, NYSE: TRP) (TransCanada) announced today it has sent a letter to the U.S. Department of State (DOS) informing the Department...
2/25/2012
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Keystone XL opponents to host Saturday protest
(South Dakota) -- Opponents of the Keystone XL Pipeline will gather at noon Saturday in downtown Rapid City to protest the plan to transport Canadian crude oil in a...
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Native Sun News: Sioux Nation takes stand on Keystone XL
(South Dakota) -- The Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council voted unanimously on Feb. 18 to demand U.S. President Barack Obama and Congress forbid construction of...
2/23/2012
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Texas farmer trying to block pipeline
(Texas) -- When Julia Trigg Crawford starred as a forward for Texas A&M University's basketball team in the 1970s, the games she relished most were the ones in...
2/22/2012
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GOP Presidential Hopeful Santorum Stumps for Keystone XL Pipeline
(Michigan) -- GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum visited three cities in West Michigan on Presidents' Day. He finished his day's campaigning at the Kent GOP...
2/18/2012
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Keystone XL Pipeline: Texas Farmer Wins Temporary Restraining Order Against TransCanada
(Texas) -- A coalition of environmentalists, conservative property rights activists and landowners are mounting a full court press against TransCanada in an attempt to...
2/17/2012
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BLOG: 'Marine guardian' backs Keystone XL pipeline, fracking
(Washington D.C.) -- "Take the Keystone XL pipeline, for example," gushed Catherine Reheis-Boyd, a strange type of "marine guardian." "We...
2/16/2012
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House votes to expand drilling, approve Keystone XL
(Washington D.C.) -- House lawmakers on Thursday approved a plan to authorize the Keystone XL pipeline and expand drilling offshore and in the Arctic National Wildlife...
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TransCanada: More oil, more cost
(Nebraska) -- The Keystone XL pipeline will carry more oil, be more expensive to build and won't completed until 2015, developer TransCanada Inc. indicated this week.
2/14/2012
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Keystone XL Pipeline: Texas Farmer Wins Temporary Restraining Order Against TransCanada
(Texas) -- A coalition of environmentalists, conservative property rights activists and landowners are mounting a full court press against TransCanada in an attempt to...
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Native Wisdom Guides Movement to Close Keystone Pipeline Route
(South Dakota) -- The Oglala Sioux Tribe’s rally Feb. 11 against the Keystone XL Pipeline showed the extent to which the multi-billion-dollar tar-sands crude-oil...
2/13/2012
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GOP revives pipeline push in highway bill
(Washington D.C.) -- House and Senate Republicans are using battles over high-profile transportation bills this week to demand construction of the Keystone XL oil sands...
2/12/2012
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Feb. 7 Hearings a Mixed Bag; House Republicans Show their True Colors
(Washington D.C.) -- In an open executive session of the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, Sen. Orin Hatch (R-UT) withdrew his amendment to the Senate proposed...
2/11/2012
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Keystone XL benefits from taxpayer subsidies
(USA) -- Sen. Mitch McConnell claimed recently that the Keystone XL Pipeline “doesn’t require a penny of our taxpayer money all the president has to do is...
2/10/2012
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Rehberg co-sponsors bill to approve Keystone XL pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., said Thursday he’s among the co-sponsors of a bill that would immediately approve construction of the...
2/9/2012
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Keystone XL Pipeline Review Lacked 'Expertise And Experience,' State Department IG Finds
(Washington D.C.) -- The State Department did not improperly conduct its review of the Keystone XL pipeline, the Department's Office of the Inspector General...
2/8/2012
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Native Sun News: Oglala Sioux Tribe calls Keystone XL rally
(South Dakota) -- Saying it’s only “natural” to oppose tar-sands crude-oil development, Oglala Sioux Tribal Vice-President Tom Poor Bear convoked a Feb...
2/7/2012
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Nebraska Ranchers Question Pipeline Route
(Nebraska) -- The Keystone XL oil pipeline may have stalled for now, but a group of Nebraskans is worried that the project—which will likely be resurrected in some...
2/5/2012
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Oglalas’ Keystone XL Pipeline Position Issued
(South Dakota) -- The Oglala Lakota Nation is grateful that President Obama denied a permit for the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, but is concerned that his decision...
2/3/2012
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Republicans warned of 'splendid fight' over Keystone
(Washington D.C.) -- Republican efforts on Capitol Hill to revive the Keystone XL pipeline risk causing a "splendid fight" that could finally doom the $7-...
2/2/2012
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Alberta Oil Sands Up Close: Gunshot Sounds, Dead Birds, a Moonscape
(Alberta) -- If you can imagine the bleak landscape of the moon, you can envision the desolate, 54,000-square-mile tar sands of northern Alberta, a focus of controversy...
2/1/2012
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On the Plains, a Rare Chance at Trans-Partisan Politics
(Nebraska) -- Long before the Occupy movement swept the country—over two years ago—a political revolt began in one of the reddest states in America. Farmers...
1/31/2012
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Why the GOP Loves Keystone XL and Wants Congress to Approve the Pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- Senate Republicans announced a bill on Monday that would allow Canadian oil company TransCanada to begin construction of its proposed $7 billion...
1/30/2012
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Hoeven offers Keystone XL pipeline authorization bill
(Washington D.C.) -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., joined by 43 other Republican senators and one Democrat, introduced a bill Monday to authorize the construction of the...
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The GOP’s Plan To Corner Obama On The Keystone Pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- Republicans are pushing full speed ahead to authorize the Keystone XL pipeline via congressional action after President Obama rejected it on the...
1/29/2012
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TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline will go ahead, Republicans threaten
(Washington D.C.) -- Congressional Republicans are refusing to back down in their attempts to win speedy approval of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline, vowing to...
1/28/2012
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Competitor plans Keystone XL alternative
(Nebraska) -- While the political debate rages over the future of the Keystone XL pipeline, a competitor is proposing a line that would cut across Missouri and provide...
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Pipeline rejection is a huge Native American victory
(Tennessee) -- First, make no mistake: It was Native Americans who spearheaded and bore the brunt of the campaign against the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline.
1/27/2012
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Native Sun News: Tribes cheer denial of Keystone XL permit
(South Dakota) -- Tribal leaders and Native American organizations from the United States and Canada thanked U.S. President Barack Obama for denying TransCanada Corp....
1/26/2012
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Continued Resistance Against The Keystone Pipeline
(South Dakota) -- As most of Indian country is aware by now, the proposed Keystone XL pipeline received a harsh blow from the State Department and President Obama last...
1/23/2012
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Bordeaux to Thune: Clarify Keystone comments and apologize
(South Dakota) -- In response to Sen. John Thune’s (R-S.D.) recent press release characterizing President Barack Obama’s decision to deny the controversial...
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Hearing on pipeline's future
(Washington D.C.) -- The future of the Keystone XL pipeline could become a little clearer Wednesday when key officials testify on Capitol Hill about the controversial...
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IRON EYES: Keystone XL will not go away
(USA) -- The U.S. Congress recently put the Department of State and president Obama under the gun by placing a 60 day deadline on the Obama administration to either Deny...
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Op-Ed: Canada Must Change XL Pipeline Debate
(Canada) -- President Obama rejected Wednesday a proposal to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast — generating intense debate in...
1/22/2012
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Debra White Plume: A Thread in the Beautiful Fabric of Resistance
(South Dakota) -- Water is finite, and sacred. “Mni wicozani”, through water there is life. We must drink clean, nourishing water to live. Just as Mother...
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State Department Reports Little Economic Benefit to Rejected Keystone XL Pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- While some Keystone XL Pipeline supporters insist that President Barack Obama’s rejection of the project on January 18 will be costly for the...
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The Truth About Keystone XL: Few Jobs, No Energy Security
(USA) -- Those in favor of the Keystone XL pipeline project, which the State Department rejected on Wednesday, have made two grand claims: (1) The pipeline will create...
1/21/2012
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Chief at centre of tar sands battle has hopes set on Crown-First Nations gathering
(Alberta) -- Athabasca Chipweyan First Nation Chief Alan Adam is preparing a trip to Ottawa next week. Now that the Obama administration has opted to block the proposed...
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Pipeline woes echo north of the border
(British Columbia) -- Soon after Barack Obama chose to delay a decision last year on a proposed Alberta-to-Texas oil pipeline called Keystone XL, Canadian Prime Minister...
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Editorial: Keystone XL pipeline collides with politics
(Detroit) -- President Barack Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline resulted from a series of flawed processes, the lack of anything that passes for an...
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Keystone Pipeline: Winners and Losers
(USA) -- President Barack H. Obama rejected Wednesday a request to give TransCanada (TRP) a permit to build a pipeline that would transport its oil sands from Calgary to...
1/20/2012
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Chief at centre of tar sands battle has hopes set on Crown-First Nations gathering
(Canada) -- Athabasca Chipweyan First Nation Chief Alan Adam is preparing a trip to Ottawa next week. Now that the Obama administration has opted to block the proposed...
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Native Americans Applaud President Obama’s Decision Rejecting the Keystone XL Pipeline
(Minnesota) -- Tribal leaders and Native organizations from the United States and Canada are standing together today pleased that President Barack Obama is acknowledging...
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Nebraska unsure on next step in pipeline fight
(Nebraska) -- President Barack Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline has cast a legal shadow on what Nebraska can do next in seeking an alternative pipeline...
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OP/ED: The Truth About Keystone XL: Few Jobs, No Energy Security
(New York) -- Those in favor of the Keystone XL pipeline project, which the State Department rejected on Wednesday, have made two grand claims: (1) The pipeline will...
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Tribe backs pipeline decision
(South Dakota) -- Tribal officials in South Dakota are supporting of President Barack Obama’s decision to temporarily halt the planned Keystone XL pipeline from...
1/19/2012
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Editorial: A Good Call on the Pipeline
(New York) -- President Obama has properly rejected, at least for now, the Keystone XL oil pipeline that would run from Canada to the Gulf Coast. He rebuffed the demand...
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Initial Keystone XL Pipeline Rejection Reactions
(USA) -- Following the news January 18, that President Barack Obama and the federal government rejected the Keystone XL Pipeline plan due to a lack of time for review,...
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Keystone oil sands pipeline rejected, for now
(New York) -- The Obama administration rejected a bid to expand the controversial Keystone oil sands pipeline Wednesday, saying the deadline imposed by Congress did not...
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Keystone XL not dead, but how many shippers will flee?
(Canada) -- President Barack Obama's rejection of Keystone XL isn't seen as the death of the proposed pipeline to the Gulf Coast, but analysts do believe some...
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Keystone XL pipeline reaction follows party line
(South Dakota) -- President Obama denied TransCanada a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline Wednesday, blaming congressional Republicans for setting an “arbitrary...
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Keystone XL: The Sandhills Problem
(Nebraska) -- Early on, Nebraska was identified by pipeline-watchers as “Ground Zero in the Pipeline Fight”—and it’s an accurate label. Indeed,...
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Obama Administration: NO to Keystone XL Pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- In what is considered a victory for American Indians and environmentalists, the Obama Administration rejected the controversial Keystone XL pipeline...
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Obama's Keystone XL Decision Won't Keep Oil from Flowing
(California) -- Today’s decision by President Obama to reject, at least temporarily, the permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline -- which would carry the most...
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U.S. rejection of Keystone pipeline praised by FN leaders
(Canada) -- The Obama administration Wednesday rejected the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. The U.S. State Department said TransCanada could resubmit a proposal for the...
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Why Keystone Pipeline Project May Get Built After All
(Canada) -- Is the political controversy over the Keystone XL oil pipeline project just a lot of hot air? On Wednesday, after President Obama rejected the project—...
1/18/2012
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Enbridge undeterred by B.C. chiefs’ rebuke of Northern Gateway
(British Columbia) -- With its sole public agreement with a native group in tatters, Northern Gateway proponent Enbridge Inc. on Wednesday said it will continue to court...
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Full statement by President Obama on the Keystone XL Pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- Earlier today, I received the Secretary of State's recommendation on the pending application for the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
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Keystone XL Pipeline Rejected, Indians Say Fight Continues
(Washington D.C.) -- Citing a lack of time to review the Keystone XL Pipeline expansion through the United States, the federal government has rejected the plan.
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Keystone XL: Canada to diversify oil exports, Harper tells Obama
(Canada) -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper told President Barack Obama today that Canada will move to diversify its energy exports following
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Obama administration rejects Keystone pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- President Obama, declaring that he would not bow to congressional pressure, announced Wednesday that he was rejecting a Canadian firm’s...
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Obama administration rejects Keystone XL pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- President Obama, denouncing a “rushed and arbitrary deadline” set by congressional Republicans, announced Wednesday that he was...
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Rejecting Pipeline Proposal, Obama Blames Congress
(Washington D.C.) -- President Obama on Wednesday rejected, for now, the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline, saying the $7 billion project could not be adequately...
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State Dept. rejects Keystone XL pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- The State Department announced Wednesday that it recommended denying the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, saying that "at this time,"...
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To Harper’s ‘profound disappointment,’ Obama rejects Keystone
(Ottawa) -- U.S. President Barack Obama has again delayed a decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project until after the November election, and in doing so...
1/17/2012
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Hoeven: Why we need the Keystone XL pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- This new $7 billion, 1,700-mile, high-tech transcontinental pipeline, the largest shovel-ready project in the country, would reduce our dependence...
1/16/2012
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GOP Rep. Terry: No more ‘finesse’ from Congress if Obama rejects pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- A leading House GOP advocate of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline wants Republicans to force approval of the project if President Obama denies a...
1/13/2012
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Native Sun News: Native women meet to oppose Keystone XL
(South Dakota) -- Native American leaders are preparing a Jan. 15 public meeting at Porcupine, South Dakota, on women’s role in defending Mother Nature against...
1/11/2012
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TransCanada says new route being mapped for Keystone XL pipeline nearly done
(North Dakota) -- An executive with a Canadian company attempting to build a $7 billion pipeline to carry oil from Canada to refineries along the Gulf Coast says a new...
1/9/2012
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B.C. First Nations fear disastrous spill is inevitable
(British Columbia) -- The Gitga’at First Nation has been saying no to the Northern Gateway pipeline project since 2006. The project will bring more than 200 huge...
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Westward Passage for Canada's Tar Sands Oil Also Challenged
(USA) -- Republicans opponents in Congress and many of the candidates for the GOP presidential nomination commenting on Obama's decision to hold off approval of the...
1/8/2012
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Native Sun News: Rider forces Keystone XL Pipeline decision
(Washington D.C.) -- The U.S. State Department warned on Dec. 12 that legislative pressure on the White House to speed up the decision on permitting TransCanada Corp....
1/7/2012
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Unequal Risks and Benefits for Citizens in Six States on Keystone XL Pipeline Route
(USA) -- If the Keystone XL oil pipeline were approved today, residents in the six states along its route would not receive equal treatment from TransCanada, the company...
1/6/2012
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BLOG: Pipeline Inspector-Turned Whistleblower Calls Keystone XL a Potential “Disaster”
(USA) -- Mike Klink: "Let’s be clear — I am an engineer; I am not telling you we shouldn’t build pipelines. We just should not build this one....
1/4/2012
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CHANATE: Taking action against the Keystone XL Pipeline
(USA) -- "On a late August afternoon, I left Denver to fulfill a week-long direct action training assignment to support one of the environmental movement’s...
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Oil industry chief warns Obama on Keystone XL
(Washington D.C.) -- The oil industry's top lobbyist is warning the Obama administration to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline or face "huge political...
1/3/2012
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Keystone inspector alleges shoddy work on original pipeline
(Nebraska) -- A former inspector for a company that did work on TransCanada Corp's original Keystone pipeline is accusing the Calgary-based company of a cavalier...
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Mike Klink: Keystone XL pipeline not safe
(Nebraska) -- There has been a lot of talk about the safety of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. I am not an environmentalist, but as a civil engineer and an inspector...
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TransCanada Whistleblower: Keystone XL Pipeline Not Safe
(Canada) -- There has been a lot of talk about the safety of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. I am not an environmentalist, but as a civil engineer and an inspector...
1/2/2012
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Obama, Congress begin 2012 in dispute over Keystone XL oil pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- President Barack Obama and Congress are starting the election year locked in a tussle over a proposed 1,700-mile oil pipeline from Canada to Texas...
12/29/2011
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Map details areas off limits to Keystone XL pipeline
(Nebraska) -- State environmental officials released a map Thursday showing areas of Nebraska that will be off-limits for the new Keystone XL pipeline. The map shows an...
12/28/2011
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Greens say Obama has no choice but to kill Keystone XL pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- Republicans who lobbied aggressively for a measure to force President Obama to make a speedy decision on the Keystone XL pipeline have ensured the...
12/24/2011
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Tour of Resistance: Challenge Obama to deny Tarsands pipeline permit
(Texas) -- Renewable energy advocate Tom Weis ended his 2,150-mile Keystone XL “Tour of Resistance” at the fence line community of West Port Arthur in the...
12/23/2011
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Killing the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline: the gift of hope for a clean energy future
(USA) -- The House has said it will vote today to pass a “tax holiday” extension package that contains an unrelated provision to speed up a decision on the...
12/16/2011
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Montana grants permit to controversial Keystone XL pipeline
(Montana) -- Gov. Brian Schweitzer announced Thursday that the state has approved a permit for Calgary-based TransCanada to construct a large oil pipeline across six...
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Senate Democrats Supporting GOP Keystone XL Pipeline Strategy, Obama’s Hand Forced
(Washington D.C.) -- Enough Democrats in the U.S. Senate might be willing to sign off on a Republican plan to force a quicker decision by the Obama administration on the...
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Senate leaders reach tentative agreement on extending payroll tax cuts
(Washington D.C.) -- Senate leaders reached tentative agreement Friday night on legislation to extend Social Security payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits for two...
12/14/2011
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Claire McCaskill: GOP bill dead, not Keystone
(Washington D.C.) -- Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill (D) said Wednesday that the payroll tax holiday extension that Republicans passed in the House was “dead on...
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House Passes Keystone XL Pipeline Provision
(Washington D.C.) -- The Republican U.S. House of Representatives late on December 13 made good on its threat to attach a provision that could force a decision on the...
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Nelson doubts pipeline will be unnecessarily delayed
(Nebraska) -- Sen. Ben Nelson said Wednesday he sees no evidence the Obama administration plans to unnecessarily delay its decision on whether to approve the Keystone XL...
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Republicans turn Keystone XL pipeline into election issue
(Washington D.C.) -- Only a month ago, it looked as though the Obama administration had deferred a vexing political question until after the 2012 election when it...
12/13/2011
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Oglala Lakota Activists participate in protest
(Washington D.C.) -- An estimated 12,000 people from across the continent held hands to circle the White House as a human chain. They sent a strong message to President...
12/12/2011
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Nebraska governor supports efforts to speed up Keystone XL
(Nebraska) -- Gov. Dave Heineman says he supports efforts to accelerate the federal approval process for a controversial crude oil pipeline through Nebraska.
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State Department says GOP bill could kill pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- The Obama administration says a Republican bill to fast-track approval of an oil pipeline from Canada could lead to the project's demise.
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Tour of Resistance comes to Rosebud
(South Dakota) -- Tom Weis pedaled the rocket trike just ahead of the area’s first snowfall unto the Rosebud Indian Reservation. He was met at the western boundary...
12/8/2011
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Republicans Want Keystone XL Now; Obama Says No
(Washington D.C.) -- Despite strong objections from American Indians and environmentalists, the Republican leadership is pressing for the immediate development of the...
12/7/2011
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NORRELL: Ottawa tarsands: Cree arrested at Parliament
(Ottawa) -- Cree protesters were among those arrested in Ottawa on Monday, demanding an end to the dirty tarsands and the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, an environmental...
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Obama warns GOP not to tie pipeline to tax cuts
(Washington D.C.) -- President Barack Obama warned congressional Republicans that he would reject any effort to tie extraneous issues to an extension of the payroll tax...
12/6/2011
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State picks consultant for Keystone XL project
(Nebraska) -- The state has selected a consulting firm to help study the altered route of TransCanada's Keystone XL oil pipeline through Nebraska.
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Indigenous Activists from Canada Protest Tar Sands Oil at Durban Climate Change Summit
(South Africa) -- This morning in Durban, South Africa, a group of youth and indigenous activists from Canada gave delegates to the U.N. climate talks mock gift bags...
12/5/2011
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NORRELL: Native American leaders urge Obama to reject Keystone XL Pipeline permit
(Washington D.C.) -- Native American leaders urged President Obama to reject the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, during a meeting at the third annual White House...
12/4/2011
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BLOG: Indigenous leaders to pressure Obama on Keystone XL
(British Columbia) -- Indigenous leaders will present an anti-Keystone XL pipeline petition to President Barack Obama on Friday, the latest development in a story The...
12/2/2011
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Natives fear impact on nature
(Ottawa) -- Aboriginal leaders pressed U.S. President Barack Obama Thursday to put the environment ahead of a Canadian oil giant's "greed" in seeking a...
12/1/2011
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Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Suing Shell Canada
(Canada) -- Claiming that Shell Canada has held back on promised funds meant to mitigate the effects of oil sands development on its territory, the Athabasca Chipewyan...
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Indigenous Action on Anti-Pipeline Front
(Washington D.C.) -- Indigenous leaders in the United States and Canada have taken their latest steps in a string of well-choreographed actions against potentially-...
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Tribal leaders urge Obama to reject huge pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- Native American tribal leaders are asking President Barack Obama to reject a permit for a proposed oil pipeline from Canda to refineries in Texas.
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B.C. First Nations form 'united front' against pipeline
(British Columbia) -- First Nations leaders will not allow the proposed Enbridge and KinderMorgan pipelines to cross their unceded territory, saying they will stand in...
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B.C. natives form front to fight oil pipelines
(British Columbia) -- Aboriginal groups in British Columbia said on Thursday they have formed a united front to oppose all exports of crude oil from the Alberta tar...
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Native leaders vow to block Northern Gateway pipeline
(British Columbia) -- Describing their opposition to Enbridge’s Northern Gateway project as an unbreakable wall, native leaders say they will physically block the...
11/30/2011
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GOP aims to force action on pipeline
(Washington D.C.) -- Angered by President Barack Obama's delay of a proposed oil pipeline from Canada, Senate Republicans are moving to force him to act.
11/23/2011
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First nations seek Enbridge pipeline hearing delay
(Canada) -- A Western Canadian native group has filed a motion to delay hearings into Enbridge Inc's $5.5 billion oil pipeline to the Pacific Coast, and says Ottawa...
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Pipeline critics praise citizen response
(Nebraska) -- There were smiles and nods in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday as the coalition that came together over the last three years to oppose the Keystone XL...
11/22/2011
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First Nations pleased with Keystone pipeline delay
(North Canada) -- Dene Nation Chief Bill Erasmus is happy with a decision to delay the Keystone XL Pipeline extension until at least 2013, believing it will give his...
11/21/2011
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First Nations pleased with Keystone pipeline delay
(Canada) -- Dene Nation Chief Bill Erasmus is happy with a decision to delay the Keystone XL Pipeline extension until at least 2013, believing it will give his...
11/19/2011
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Harper Reacts to Keystone XL Postponement; Obama Admin Defends It
(Canada) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper expressed disappointment at the U.S.’s decision to postpone a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, even as...
11/17/2011
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Native Sun News: Indian Country cheers delay on Keystone XL
(South Dakota) -- Native American and other land-based constituencies lauded President Barack Obama’s Nov. 10 announcement that his administration will delay...
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Nebraska oil pipeline bill inches closer to law
(Nebraska) -- A proposal to regulate major oil pipelines in Nebraska has advanced one step closer to law. Nebraska lawmakers voted the measure through the second of...
11/16/2011
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Flood defends paying for pipeline study
(Nebraska) -- A plan to have Nebraska pay $2 million for a new environmental impact study for TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline through the state got...
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Nebraska lawmakers advance Keystone XL pipeline bill
(Nebraska) -- A measure that would trigger an environmental review of proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline routes within Nebraska has won first-round legislative approval,...
11/15/2011
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Angst over pipelines melts away
(Nebraska) -- The angst and tumult surrounding the special legislative session to deal with siting TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline melted away...
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Delay of Keystone XL pipeline won't stop tar sands oil, companies say
(Washington D.C.) -- The Obama administration's delay of a controversial U.S.-Canadian oil pipeline, cheered by environmentalists, could jeopardize the $7 billion...
11/14/2011
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Alberta premier pitches Keystone in Washington
(Washington D.C.) -- Alberta Premier Alison Redford is in Washington, trying to convince government officials of the merits of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.
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TransCanada agrees not to put Keystone XL pipeline in Sandhills
(Nebraska) -- A Canadian pipeline company agreed Monday to move the controversial Keystone XL pipeline outside the Sandhills region of Nebraska, where many feared it...
11/13/2011
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LADUKE: The Pipeline for the One Percent
(USA) -- President Obama’s pause on the Keystone Pipeline is a victory for the environment, for sure. It is also a victory for the American people. As it turns out...
11/12/2011
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Author DeSersa Tells Students Why the Oglala Tribe Opposes the Keystone XL Pipeline
(Michigan) -- "We, the Oglala Sioux, oppose the proposed pipeline that could come right on top of our water sources that could be hurt by a leak," author Aaron...
11/11/2011
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Change in Keystone XL pipeline plan could present new problems
(Washington D.C.) -- The White House plan to seek alternate routes for a Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline presents a tangle of new problems for the project's backers,...
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Flaherty talks tough with U.S. in wake of Keystone pipeline delay
(Canada) -- In a move that reflects a widening rift with Canada’s largest trading partner, a senior Harper government minister is warning that Washington’s...
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Indians Celebrate Pipeline Postponement, Express Caution
(Washington D.C.) -- Indian activists are taking a victory lap given their role in the recent announcement of the postponement of the Keystone XL pipeline by the Obama...
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Keystone Pipeline May Not 'Survive' U.S. Delay, Flaherty Says
(Canada) -- The U.S. State Department's decision to delay its review of TransCanada Corp.'s $7-billion Keystone XL pipeline until after next year's...
11/10/2011
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Obama Delay May Kill Keystone, Won't Slow Oil Sands
(British Columbia) -- The Barack Obama administration has delayed a decision on TransCanada's contentious Keystone XL pipeline by up to 18 months, a move that could...
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