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Hear From the Bold Nebraskans Who Won’t Give Up Fighting Keystone XL Pipeline

Hear From the Bold Nebraskans Who Won’t Give Up Fighting Keystone XL Pipeline

By Nicole Greenfield When TransCanada began knocking on doors throughout Nebraska in 2008, most residents didn’t know much about its Keystone XL pipeline or the dirty tar sands oil it would be transporting. The energy company was negotiating easements with local landowners in order to secure a route for its multibillion-dollar project—which would run north […]

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    Keystone XL Remains Empty Pipe Dream for America

    Keystone XL Remains Empty Pipe Dream for America

    By Joshua Axelrod When he turned the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline from dead and gone into a reawakened zombie, President Trump claimed that his doing so would mean new construction jobs, steel manufacturing jobs and money for the U.S. https://twitter.com/EcoWatch/status/824592790155907073 expand=1] Before he was elected, he used the pipeline to show how he […]

    Steel Made by Russian Company Tied to Putin Used in Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines

    Steel Made by Russian Company Tied to Putin Used in Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines

    By Steve Horn At his Feb. 16 press conference, President Trump discussed his executive orders calling for U.S. federal agencies to grant TransCanada and Energy Transfer Partners the permits needed to build the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipeline projects. Dakota Access Pipeline 'Could Be Operational Within 30 Days' https://t.co/LVGuunbOcu (@ecowatch @priceofoil) #NoDAPL — Sierra […]

    Putin’s Ties to the Keystone XL Pipeline

    Putin’s Ties to the Keystone XL Pipeline

    By Steve Horn and Itai Vardi Believe it or not, there’s a key connection to Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, in the fight over North America’s controversial Keystone XL pipeline. One of President Donald Trump’s first actions in office was to sign an executive order on Jan. 24 expediting the approval of the Keystone […]

    Trump to Sign Two Executive Actions to Advance Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines

    Trump to Sign Two Executive Actions to Advance Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines

    Today, President Donald Trump will scrap key aspects of former-President Obama’s climate leadership, as he reportedly plans to sign Executive Orders to move the the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines forward. TransCanada, the foreign company behind the Keystone XL project, will attempt to use eminent domain to sue American landowners and seize their private […]

    Trump Victory Renews Keystone XL Pipeline Fight

    Trump Victory Renews Keystone XL Pipeline Fight

    TransCanada said it is formulating plans to persuade the incoming Trump administration to approve construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which President Obama rejected last November. 'Trump's Election Is a Disaster' by @StefanieSpear of @EcoWatch: https://t.co/jjnWs7tWQX#GameOverForClimate — Prof Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) November 9, 2016 Trump has in the past said he believed that […]

    TransCanada’s Plan B ‘Is Truly Keystone XL on Steroids’

    TransCanada’s Plan B ‘Is Truly Keystone XL on Steroids’

    By Deirdre Fulton The pipeline giant TransCanada, stymied in its attempt to drive Keystone XL through America’s heartland, is facing renewed opposition to its “new and equally misguided proposal” to build the Energy East pipeline across Canada and ship tar sands oil via tankers along the U.S. East Coast to refineries in the Gulf of […]