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Americans Back Keystone XL; Kerry Promises Action In Near Term
2013-02-14 12:00:00| OGI
Sierra Club executive director, actress arrested at White House protest.
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Kerry Cool to Keystone XL Project, Pushes Clean Energy
2013-02-11 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
StarPhoenix: America's new Secretary of State John Kerry gave Canada's Keystone XL pipeline project a lukewarm reception Friday following a bilateral meeting with Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. In comments immediately after the meeting, Kerry emphasized a clean energy future and did not mention Keystone. As Canada and the United States "move forward to meet the needs of a secure, clean energy future of this shared continent, we are going to continue to build on our foundation of cooperation," he said....
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Kerry promises 'fair, transparent' review of planned Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada
2013-02-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday promised a "fair and transparent" review of a Canadian company's plan to pipe oil from western Canada to refineries in Texas. In his first comments about the controversial Keystone XL pipeline since becoming secretary of state, Kerry said he is waiting for a review begun by his predecessor, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and hopes to make a decision in the "near term." The State Department has jurisdiction over the $7 billion pipeline because it crosses an international...
Keystone XL: Pressure on Kerry ahead of meeting with Canada counterpart
2013-02-08 15:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The US secretary of state, John Kerry, steps into America's biggest environmental controversy on Friday in his first meeting with a foreign minister since his swearing in. Kerry's meeting in Washington with Canadian foreign minister, John Baird, will almost certainly touch on the Keystone XL pipeline project: a symbol of dirty oil for environmentalists, a route to market for land-locked Alberta. "I have no doubt that subject will come up, as it always does with our Canadian counterparts," the...
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Sierra Club Chief Confident that Kerry, Obama Will Scuttle Pipeline
2013-02-06 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune predicted victory Tuesday in activists battle against the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, calling President Obamas vow to focus on climate change in his second inaugural speech a good omen. We are confident that [new Secretary of State John] Kerry will advise the president and the president will decide to reject this pipeline because it is such a clear first test of the presidents commitment to actually fighting climate change and ... moving...
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