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Keystone bill fails to pass Senate
2014-11-19 01:03:59| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The US Senate narrowly fails to pass a bill approving the controversial Canada-to-US Keystone XL oil pipeline.
6 Questions What's Next for Keystone XL as US Senate Votes
2014-11-18 20:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: A U.S. Senate vote on the Keystone XL pipeline, slated for Tuesday, won't resolve the seemingly endless pipeline saga that has engulfed Barack Obama's presidency. Even if the Senate passes a bill to force approval of the $8 billion U.S.-Canadian pipeline, as the U.S. House of Representatives did for the ninth time last week, that won't end debate and begin the project's construction. Not even close. Congress is unlikely to muster the two-thirds majority to override an expected Obama veto. Even...
Supporters of Keystone XL pipeline bill likely to fall just short in Senate vote
2014-11-18 16:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The great-grandson of the oil tycoon John D Rockefeller has appeared to dash hopes of passing legislation backing the Keystone XL energy pipeline, as he became the final waverer to indicate he would vote no in a high-profile Senate showdown on Tuesday evening. The last-minute opposition indicated by Jay Rockefeller, the outgoing senator for West Virginia, leaves backers of the bill one short of the 60 senators it needs to pass, and scrambling to change minds before a vote due at about 6.15pm....
Keystone Senate vote hangs in balance after Obama remarks
2014-11-17 20:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Supporters of the Keystone XL pipeline in the U.S. Senate scrambled on Monday to gather one last vote to pass a bill that authorizes the project that would help send Canadian oil to the U.S. Gulf, a task made harder after President Barack Obama made his toughest comments yet on the topic. All eyes were on Senator Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat who is retiring. He had originally told backers he would vote "no." But unions and the oil industry were pressuring him, an aide to a top Republican...
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Why the Democrats are stupid to allow a Senate vote on Keystone
2014-11-17 12:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Last week, the Democrats came up with the following stroke of strategic brilliance: Use their last remaining days in control of the Senate to do exactly what the Republicans want to do - push the Keystone XL pipeline forward. Why, you ask? Sen. Mary Landrieu, an oil-loving Democrat from the oil-loving state of Louisiana, is poised to lose her runoff race next month and therefore her seat. She thinks pushing a guaranteed-to-fail vote to approve the pipeline will turn her race around. She convinced...
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