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Opponents of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline are increasingly trumpeting private property rights as a reason people should oppose the pipeline. Drawing upon small-government conservatives’ wariness of the federal government abusing its eminent domain power, environmental activist groups are suddenly presenting themselves as champions ...

The proposed Keystone XL pipeline is “unlikely to have a substantial impact” on global climate, the U.S. Department of State concluded in a 2,000-page draft review issued March 1. In addition to having no substantial impact on global climate, the pipeline will have no substantial impact on U.S. aquifers or Canadian oil sands ...

Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman, whose opposition to the original Keystone XL pipeline proposal emboldened federal opposition to the plan, announced he now supports the proposal. Heineman said Keystone’s revised route proposal within the Cornhusker State addresses his environmental concerns and will produce substantial economic benefits ...

Nebraska’s unicameral legislature has passed a bill designed to keep alive the possible approval of the Keystone XL pipeline previously rejected by President Obama. In a bipartisan 44-5 vote, lawmakers endorsed legislation that will provide a mechanism for the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) to continue the ...

An American Meteorological Society survey of its members shows meteorologists remain skeptical that humans are causing a global warming crisis. The survey was sent to all AMS voting members and was returned by more than a quarter of recipients. According to the survey, 89 percent of AMS meteorologists believe global warming ...

President Barack Obama has denied a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, which would deliver up to 900,000 barrels of oil per day from neighboring Canada to American refineries. Although the federal government has been studying the proposed pipeline since 2008, Obama said a congressionally imposed February 21 deadline to approve ...

A 2012 map of various pipelines over and around the Ogallala Aquifer, including the controversial proposal for the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast. Copyright: Pennwell MAPSEARCH ...

There are relatively few things one can absolutely count on in life. Among them are death, taxes, and the reliably liberal political bent of the Washington Post editorial board. That being the case, it is quite telling that the Post has published a house editorial wondering how the heck President Obama decided to kill the ...

The Obama administration has decided to block construction of the Keystone XL pipeline that would deliver close to 1 million barrels of oil per day from neighboring Canada to U.S. refineries. Construction of the pipeline would have produced tens of thousands of jobs during the worst economic conditions of the past 70 years ...

The New York Times and other media outlets are reporting that the Obama administration is likely to delay an approval decision on the Keystone XL pipeline until after the 2012 presidential elections. The Keystone XL pipeline promises to increase energy security, lower energy prices, and create much-need jobs during a time when ...

The Keystone XL Project is an approximately 1,661-mile pipeline expansion project that will transport crude oil from Canadian oil sands to U.S. refining markets. The pipeline, three feet in diameter, would extend from Alberta, Canada to Texas, tapping into existing pipeline infrastructure in Nebraska and Oklahoma. TransCanada Keystone ...