Al Gore did it again, saying (during a Google+ Conversation) that President Obama should “block Keystone,” the TransCanada pipeline that will carry the very “dirty” tar sands crude from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast refineries. As Politico headlined the story, by Alex Guillen and Darren Goode, “Al Gore: Obama needs to get ‘serious’ on [...]
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Keystone XL: The “Obama Pipeline”? [Video]
The “Obama pipeline” as a possible description of the Keystone XL pipeline is employed by Rebuild the Dream. President of that organization, and former Obama administration green jobs advisor, Van Jones “cuts through the myths around Keystone XL … and explains who will be to blame if the pipeline is approved.” This comes as the [...]
Mark Zuckerberg Backs Keystone XL, Facebook Bans Anti-KXL Campaign
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook and FWD.us (political action group) founder, supports the construction of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline. And when a CREDO petition calling on Zuckerberg to pull support for ads promoting KXL appeared on Facebook, that CREDO effort was removed, apparently for use of Zuckerberg’s photo. From CREDO: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg started a new [...]
Keystone and Pegasus: Not in My Backyard or Water [VIDEO]
Understandably, no one wants the contents of an oil spill in their backyard, including in their water supply. But of course, even when there’s a local win, and a petroleum pipeline, for example, is denied construction in one community’s “backyard,” it’s likely going to be relocated into the backyard of someone else. One key factor [...]
Why Obama Can Safely Support KXL: PEW Poll Shows Broad Public Support (VIDEO)
It would be more accurate to talk about why Obama, and Electeds at every level, can very frequently and very safely support Big Petroleum in general, but at this moment, the focus is largely on TransCanada’s Keystone Pipeline. It will carry “tar sands” petroleum from Canada to the Texas Gulf coast. Yesterday PEW released a [...]
Another Tar Sands Spill
This time the spill was from the Exxon/Mobile Pegasus Pipeline, carrying heavy crude from the Canadian tar sands region. It occurred last Friday in Mayflower, Arkansas (about 20 miles north of Little Rock). On March 27, it was a train operated by Canadian Pacific Railway, which derailed near Parkers Prairie, Minnesota (about 150 miles northwest [...]
Tar Sands Blockade Day of Action, Lobbyist Expect Keystone XL to Get ‘Rubber Stamped’ *Updated*
(UPDATES in timeline for today’s actions below) The latest Tar Sands Day of Action is underway, in East Texas, and in other solidarity actions, including in Minneapolis and San Francisco. This follows yesterday’s Keystone XL actions in DC – see, for example, “3,000 Marched Around White House Saying No Keystone XL Pipeline, Yes Climate Solutions” [...]
Obama Playing Defense Over Gas Prices & GOP Attacks
How did it come to this? How badly has the Obama administration handled promoting what’s actually been happening on energy production on their watch? It couldn’t have been worse. The graph here is from the Wall Street Journal, from back in August 2011. Here’s an excerpt from the report: 1,069: The number of rigs drilling [...]
TransCanada to Start Building Portion of Keystone XL
From The Hill: TransCanada Corp. said Monday it plans to begin building a major portion of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline despite the Obama administration’s decision to reject a key permit for the project. The company told the State Department in a letter Monday that it will begin construction of a section of the [...]
Newt Gingrich Can’t Beat Barack Obama
NEWT GINGRICH WINS SOUTH CAROLINA Memo to GOP Star Chamber. RE: Not Losing the *(&#! House and Senate GOP Majority w/ Newt Disaster. Time for a Secret Meeting. – Mike Murphy tweet UPDATE (10:00 p.m.): Once again I want to make it very clear, I do not have a candidate in the race in 2012. [...]
Speaker Boehner Calls the Senate’s Bluff
“The tea party Republicans are wagging the Republican dog and saying to your leadership, ‘we don’t want to do this,’” charged Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.). – Politico The two-month payroll tax extention deal is ridiculous and came about because Democrats couldn’t figure a way to stand on a line and force the issue, caving on [...]
Crooks, Congress, Scalawags, and Spending
But after the vote, Casey and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y) dismissed the Keystone project as “inside baseball,” arguing that middle-class families are more interested in getting a tax cut than an oil pipeline. [...] “I was responsible for putting it in this bill,” Reid said flatly. “That’s how legislation works. … Along with Manchin, Vermont [...]
DONE DEAL: Payroll Tax Cut Extension Comes with Keystone XL
This is why people don’t trust Congress. It’s also why people want another option besides Democrats and Republicans, with an independent force desperately needed in Congress. Governing in two-month increments, while Democrats cave on principle after principle. It just never ends. From Politico: Senate leaders struck a tentative deal Friday night to extend the payroll [...]
Boehner & McConnell: Keystone XL or No Payroll Tax Extension
The next time you hear anyone on the right say Democrats don’t compromise I hope you will laugh in his or her face, then buy the person a drink. You’ve really got to hand it to Republicans. It’s déjà vu all over again, bringing back memories of this time last year when Pres. Obama allowed [...]
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