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Billionaire Democrat vows fight against Keystone by targeting Obama voters

2013-06-04 15:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: A San Francisco billionaire -- a friend to Barack Obama and a major Democratic financier -- is embarking on a mission to block TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline by targeting voters who cast ballots for the president in last year's election. In an open letter to Obama, written by Tom Steyer just two months after hosting the president at his home, the climate-change activist says his political action committee, NextGen Action, is launching a campaign to "intensify our efforts in communicating...

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Keystone XL: Obama urged by Democrat backers to reject pipeline

2013-05-10 15:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The biggest backers of the Democratic causes urged Barack Obama on Friday to take historic action on climate change by rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline. In a letter seen by the Guardian, 150 high-profile figures, who between them raised millions for Obama's two election campaigns, urged the president to use the next four years to avoid the most catastrophic consequences of climate change. "Yours is the last presidency in which it is possible for America to choose a responsible path forward for...

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