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Obama facing rising pressure on Keystone oil pipeline
2015-01-10 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: President Obama came under new pressure on Friday to make a decision on the Keystone XL oil pipeline as the Nebraska Supreme Court cleared the way for its construction through the state and the House passed a bill to approve the project. The House vote of 266 to 153 in favor of the pipeline sends the measure to the Senate, which is likely to pass the bill in the coming weeks. The Nebraska ruling eliminates Mr. Obamas chief reason for delaying his decision on whether the pipeline should be...
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Republicans, court ship oil pipeline decision back to Obama
2015-01-10 10:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Congressional Republicans and Nebraska's Supreme Court have shipped the Keystone XL oil pipeline project right back to a reluctant President Barack Obama. Obama is so loath to make the call that deliberations have entered their sixth year, nearly as long as he has held office. He has blamed the delays on bureaucratic formalities and parochial issues in Nebraska, even when skeptics claimed that the politics of Obama's re-election race in 2012 were a more accurate explanation. That campaign...
Keystone XL clears hurdle in Senate despite Obama veto threat
2015-01-09 13:25:16| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Senate Republicans on Thursday advanced a bill to approve construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, their top priority in a new campaign to push back President Barack Obama's policies now that they fully control Congress. The Republican-led Senate Energy Committee approved the measure on a 13-9 vote, sending it to the full Senate for consideration next week.
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FCC Head Plans to Heed Obama Blueprint to Ban Web Fast Lanes
2015-01-08 07:47:09| IT Services - Topix.net
The Federal Communications Commission's proposal for open-Internet rules will align with a blueprint President Barack Obama offered last year for strong regulation to guarantee Web traffic is treated equally, the head of the agency said. "We're both pulling in the same direction," FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Energy Commentary: Obama Administration kicks the oil-and-gas industry while it is down
2015-01-07 07:15:29| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
For the past six years, the oil and gas industry has served as a savior to the Obama presidency by providing the near-lone bright spot in economic growth. Increased U.S. oil-and-gas production has created millions of well-paying jobs and given us a new energy security.
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