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Obamas veto of the XL pipeline sends a message
2015-02-26 15:59:00| Beef
To no ones surprise, President Obama has made it clear that he still has no intention of working with Congress. My View From The Country read more
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Obamas Keystone XL Veto Not a Death Blow to Pipeline
2015-02-24 22:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: President Obama on Tuesday vetoed the bill Congress passed this month forcing approval of the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline. But the project isn't dead yet, and the U.S. State Department's long approval process for the Keystone XL continues. The bill, an effort by Congress to override the State Department's protracted environmental review of the pipeline, would have authorized TransCanada to build the $8 billion Keystone XL along 875 miles of U.S. soil from the Canadian border in Montana to Steele...
Obama blocks Keystone pipeline in rare veto of Republican bill
2015-02-24 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barack Obama has blocked a Republican bill that would allow a contentious extension of the Keystone oil pipeline, in a rare veto that arrived in low-key fashion but leaves open a long road to the end of his presidency. Though long expected and downplayed by the White House, the symbolic clash over a pipeline from Canadian tar sands to US refineries on the Gulf coast is the first time the president has refused to sign legislation in his second term, and only the third veto of his presidency. Obama...
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Keystone XL Bill Heads Obama Desk Today, Pipeline Opponents Urge Veto
2015-02-24 16:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Congress plans to send the Keystone XL pipeline bill to President Obamas desk today. The president is poised to reject the GOP-backed legislation with a swift veto, according to The Hill. I would anticipate, as weve been saying for years, that the president will veto that legislation, and he will, so I would not anticipate a lot of drama or fanfare around it, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told The Hill. Republicans say a veto will not be the end. The allure of appeasing environmental...
Keystone Bill Clears Congress, But Faces Promised Obama Veto
2015-02-18 23:26:55| ENR.com: Headline News
Pro-pipeline lawmakers will delay sending bill to Obama until after congressional recess.
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